Posted on 09/10/2017 6:57:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Hillary Clinton on Sunday acknowledged that referring to then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s supporters as a “basket of deplorables” may have further galvanized them against her and gave Trump “a political gift.”
“I thought Trump was behaving in a deplorable manner. I thought a lot of his appeals to voters were deplorable,” the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee said, when asked about the infamous remark, in her first major TV interview since the election, which aired on “CBS Sunday Morning.”
“I thought his behavior as we saw on the Access Hollywood tape was deplorable,” she continued, referring to the 2005 recording of Trump bragging about sexual assault, which surfaced in October of 2016. “And there were a large number of people who didn’t care. It did not matter to them. And he turned out to be a very effective reality TV star.”
The interview comes ahead of the Tuesday release of What Happened, her book reflecting on her election defeat.
Clinton made her “basket of deplorables” comment at a New York City fundraiser almost exactly a year ago ― on Sept. 9. On Sunday, she said that while the remark aided Trump, she didn’t think it was a big factor in her defeat because his supporters “were already energized.”
“I’m sorry I gave him a political gift of any kind, but I don’t think that was determinative,” she said....
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She's obfuscating; trying to change what she said. She said Trump supporters (Americans) were a "Basket of Deplorables" not Trump himself.And further stated that Trump supporters were "Sexist, Racist, Homophobes, Islamophobes..."
If she runs again, the Basket of Deplorables can be shown again and again. Just like Pelosi's "We have to pass the bill to see what's in it"
Sorry, Hillary. You weren’t insulting Trump; you were insulting us.
And no, we do NOT forget.
She’s not sorry about insulting Americans, she is only sorry that it worked against her. What an ass.
I bought a baseball cap with the word deplorable across the front. Everytime I look at it or wear it, I am reminded of what that black-hearted, corrupt, old witch said, and that all of her supporters believe exactly the same thing. I also bought it to commemorate the point in time at which I knew that Donald Trump would win the presidency.
Hillary Clinton, by calling all of us “deplorables,” not only guaranteed her own loss but also that we would remain staunch supporters of trump until he leaves office in 2025. Thank you, Hillary.
Some female bum beating the teeth out of Hill's lying face has got to be worth some cash-per-view, dontchathink?
More lies she called us irredeemable not long befor that. Which president Trump and I both thought was even worse
Love those!
But going after husband Bill’s sexual assault victims is not “deplorable”?
No, it is double deplorable, you lying scum.
Wow. She figured that out all on her own. To borrow a phrase from Don Rickles - “Here’s a cookie.”
Hillary not that any can stand your arrogant a$$ but running as another flaming liberal right after 8 years of the worst interloper the world has ever seen was not too smart
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