Posted on 10/01/2016 2:12:09 PM PDT by Kaslin
Hillary Clinton mocked supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders in a February fundraiser, calling them "children of the Great Recession" who are "living in their parents' basement," according to audio released this week by The Washington Free Beacon. In that fundraiser, she also described Sanders' ideas as "indefensible," and mocked the socialism of Scandinavian countries like Denmark.
When asked if Sanders could win a general election, Clinton described his chances as "very low," and went on to explain why.
His ideas are indefensible, the amount of taxes that would be raised on middle-class families is quite significant. He says we need to be a lot like Scandinavia. OK. Denmark, the top tax rate for middle-class families is 55 percent with a 25 percent vealue-added tax on top of that.
Clinton explained that if Republicans were to show Sanders' socialist ideas in a TV ad, they would destroy him. Now, those very ideas are part of the official Democratic Party platform, due to lobbying from Sanders and his supporters at the Democratic National Convention in July.
The former secretary of State did not just mock Sanders' ideas, however — she also attacked his supporters. As reported by Politico, she described them as basement dwellers who support socialism, but "don't know what that means."
There is a strain of, on the one hand, the kind of populist, nationalist, xenophobic, discriminatory kind of approach that we hear too much of from the Republican candidates. And on the other side, there's just a deep desire to believe that we can have free college, free healthcare, that what we've done hasn't gone far enough, and that we just need to, you know, go as far as, you know, Scandinavia, whatever that means, and half the people don't know what that means, but it's something that they deeply feel.
Clinton added that she did not want to be a "wet blanket on idealism," but she then attacked supporters of Sanders as political newbies unable to understand why the economy has fallen short of their expectations.
"Some are new to politics completely. They're children of the Great Recession. And they are living in their parents' basement," she declared. "They feel they got their education and the jobs that are available to them are not at all what they envisioned for themselves. And they don't see much of a future."
The former secretary of State went further to Clinton-splain the Sandersnistas: "If you're feeling like you're consigned to, you know, being a barista, or you know, some other job that doesn't pay a lot, and doesn't have some other ladder of opportunity attached to it, then the idea that maybe, just maybe, you could be part of a political revolution is pretty appealing."
Next Page: Why this audio leak comes at a particularly bad time for Clinton.
The leak sent #basementdwellers trending on Twitter. Users compared her attack on millennials to the infamous description of half of Trump supporters as fitting in "a basket of deplorables."
Some attacked her as "trashing" Americans.
Others wondered if the comment would make it into the second presidential debate.
Then there's the irony of her insisting the economy is doing well, while saying millennials live in their parents' basements.
The audio leaked at a particularly inopportune moment for Clinton, who has sent Sanders out to recruit millennial voters, who have been falling away from her campaign in recent weeks. A bevy of think-pieces shortly before the debate warned millennials that if they back Johnson or Stein in November, Trump will win.
A post-debate poll showed Clinton leading Trump (and Johnson) among millennials by wide margins, but the former secretary of State's attacks on young people as basement dwellers and recession kids who just want a little "revolution" might make her youth outreach that much more difficult. Millennials still have over a month to decide whether or not to favor the woman who attacked Sanders' ideas as "indefensible" before adopting them herself.
She's LAUGHING at you guys....
This is going to have an effect.
In Hillary’s mind, Bernie supporters are underachieving bums.
In Hillary’s mind, Trump supporters are a basket of undesirables.
Guess that leaves all those left who support this lying thieving unAmerican piece of shit her pets.
Anyone voting for this thing is stoopid.
Anyone who doesn’t support Queen Hillary is attacked. Her support comes mostly from women who want a women President, regardless of common sense or ethics.
Some good tweets here; from the article:
“The leak sent #basementdwellers trending on Twitter. Users compared her attack on millennials to the infamous description of half of Trump supporters as fitting in “a basket of deplorables.”
Blacks -Super Predators
Hispanics -Taco Bowls
Trump Supporters - Deplorables
Bernie fans - #BasementDwellers
Hillary’s inner circle laughs— RockPrincess (@Rockprincess818) October 1, 2016
Some attacked her as “trashing” Americans.
If Hillary is willing to trash so many Americans while seeking their vote, imagine what she’ll do as POTUS. #BasementDwellers #Deplorables— Jeremy Nolt (@RealJeremyNolt) October 1, 2016
Others wondered if the comment would make it into the second presidential debate.
Moderator didn’t ask Hillary about calling Americans Deplorable &Irredeemable. Will they ask about her calling Millennials #BasementDwellers— Feisty??Floridian (@peddoc63) October 1, 2016”
—that’s— gonna leave a mark...
Basement dwellers in the glorious era of Oblahmao? How can this be?
Funny coming from the party who pushed to keep “children” on Mommy and Daddy’s healthcare until age 26....
Hillary fully supports rich, white, feminist millionares who live on the east coast. Everyone else is useful if they support her rise to power but ultimately expendable.
Plenty of room in the Trump Basket of Deplorables and Bernie’s kids are welcome to join. They can even visit the basement too — feel right at home in the great big basket house. (’
So, where is the video?
Needs to be in Trump ad where Bernie backers will see it.
Hillary’s “47%” moment.
The rich, white, feminist millionares who live on the east coast are expendable, too - they just don't know it.
Hell, BILL is expendable.
She has the morals of a dung beetle.
And a taste for murder like Hitler.
Well, she's half right.
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