Posted on 08/31/2021 10:50:01 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Let's start with the obvious: "Basket of deplorables" is a weird turn of phrase. There are baskets and there are deplorable people, but pairing the two is the oddest of linguistic odd couples.
Hillary Clinton said those three words in the final months of her 2016 presidential campaign, making rhetorical and political history. There were two kinds of Donald Trump supporters, she explained: Voters who feel abandoned and desperate, who she placed in one metaphorical basket, and those she called "racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic and Islamophobic" - her "basket of deplorables."
Trump - the same man who announced his candidacy by calling Mexican immigrants "rapists" - clutched his proverbial pearls, aghast that his opponent had uttered such a shocking slander. His campaign turned that insult into an asset; supporters wore hats and shirts proudly declaring themselves deplorable. Pundits seized on the phrase, debating who does and doesn't deserve to be called that. Five years later, many believe "deplorables" - figuratively and literally - are here to stay.
This is not a cautionary tale: Clinton probably didn't lose the White House because of a figure of speech. But it's a lesson in how politicians make unforced errors. And, in a nation where half the country thinks the other half is wrong and possibly even deplorable, it's about how we talk about each other.
Five years later, you can purchase hats, T-shirts, hoodies and other gifts for the deplorables in your life. Patriot Depot, one of several online stores selling to Trump fans, offers a "Deplorables Club - Lifetime Member" cap for $19.95, The sales blurb explains: "Being a Deplorable is now a mark of pride among God-fearing, gun-loving, hard-working Americans."
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The WP and GOP-e still think The Blimp is relevant in politics.
CA is running the show now
After the events of the last six months, this writer has a lot of nerve trying to call US the deplorables!
Umm, why was this posted on FR? Did anyone read it through? It’s wall-to-wall bullshit. Goebbels couldn’t have written it any better.
Trump - the same man who announced his candidacy by calling Mexican immigrants “rapists”
Lying is just a natural go-to for Leftists.
“Trump - the same man who announced his candidacy by calling Mexican immigrants “rapists””
Liar.
Partisan Media Shill alert.
Perhaps an exercise in knowing one’s enemy?
Not like anything in this piece is news to anyone though.
Or maybe it’s just good to remember that the elites hate us and want us dead.
Kind of like Jeff Bezos' rocket program.
ha ha.. you’ll never be president..fat ass.
Bald faced lies from the Bezos Post:
Trump - the same man who announced his candidacy by calling Mexican immigrants “rapists” -
For the MSM, “some” is a very handy straw man...
Is this a desperate attempt by the WP to change the subject from the Afghanistan evacuation? Uh....yeah!
‘Trump announced his candidacy by calling Mexican immigrants “rapists”’
Only in the WaPo Bizarro Universe.
My tag line since she cackled the words.
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