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Clinton expresses regret for saying 'half' of Trump supporters are 'deplorables'
CNN ^ | 9/10/2016 | Dan Merica and Sophie Tatum

Posted on 09/10/2016 5:16:55 PM PDT by simpson96

New York (CNN)Hillary Clinton expressed "regret" Saturday for comments in which she said "half" of Donald Trump's supporters are "deplorables," meaning people who are racist, sexist, homophobic or xenophobic.

"Last night I was 'grossly generalistic,' and that's never a good idea. I regret saying 'half' -- that was wrong," Clinton said in a statement in which she also vowed to call out "bigotry" in Trump's campaign.

The Democratic presidential nominee sparked an uproar late Friday when she described Trump's supporters at a fundraiser. "To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables," Clinton said. "Right? Racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic, you name it."

She added, "And unfortunately, there are people like that and he has lifted them up. He has given voice to their websites that used to only have 11,000 people, now have 11 million. He tweets and retweets offensive, hateful, mean-spirited rhetoric."

Clinton then said some of these people were "irredeemable" and "not America."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; deplorable; deplorables; hillary; israeltv
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To: Stand Watch Listen

I’m deplorable...and irredeemable, too!


101 posted on 09/10/2016 8:51:48 PM PDT by Ciexyz (Hillary will govern like Obama surrogate PA Gov. Tom Wolfe , taking PA to the bottom.More taxes.)
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To: simpson96

“He tweets and retweets offensive, hateful, mean-spirited rhetoric,” she said regarding Trump.

Meanwhile, in addition to the “deplorables in a basket” reference, she called me “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic, you name it,” and an irredeemable non American.


102 posted on 09/10/2016 9:12:11 PM PDT by mom.mom
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To: AFreeBird
Here, too.


103 posted on 09/10/2016 9:14:16 PM PDT by Viking2002 (I.......am.......Deplorable!!!)
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To: simpson96

She stands there talking to her rich donors with contempt about how deplorable half of the Trumps supporters are. They are irredeemable non Americans, she hisses.

And the donors clap and cheer and donate.


104 posted on 09/10/2016 9:23:04 PM PDT by mom.mom
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To: MNDude

“Since she said it at a private fundraiser I tend to think that it was not intended to go public”

I guess she can thank her crack staff. Horrible for the speech to be written, even worst judgement by Canckles not to reject it. I guess they just couldn’t help themselves, had to throw raw meat to their LBGT guests. Someone will probably get thrown under the bus.


105 posted on 09/10/2016 9:48:08 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: AFreeBird

YA, I’ll drink to that. Hacking Hillary your finished.


106 posted on 09/10/2016 10:05:02 PM PDT by hapnHal (**)
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To: ncfool
Very eye evening.

What about eye morning? :^)
107 posted on 09/10/2016 11:28:26 PM PDT by Bikkuri ((...))
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To: simpson96

108 posted on 09/13/2016 6:06:17 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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