Hillary spoke at a fundraiser at Cipriani last night. Today’s big dust-up is over this remark. Note that she did preface the whole thing with “To be just grossly generalistic….”
Hillary issued this statement.
Statement from Hillary Clinton
“Last night I was ‘grossly generalistic,’ and that’s never a good idea. I regret saying ‘half’ – that was wrong. But let’s be clear, what’s really ‘deplorable’ is that Donald Trump hired a major advocate for the so-called ‘alt-right’ movement to run his campaign and that David Duke and other white supremacists see him as a champion of their values. It’s deplorable that Trump has built his campaign largely on prejudice and paranoia and given a national platform to hateful views and voices, including by retweeting fringe bigots with a few dozen followers and spreading their message to 11 million people. It’s deplorable that he’s attacked a federal judge for his ‘Mexican heritage,’ bullied a Gold Star family because of their Muslim faith, and promoted the lie that our first black president is not a true American. So I won’t stop calling out bigotry and racist rhetoric in this campaign. I also meant what I said last night about empathy, and the very real challenges we face as a country where so many people have been left out and left behind. As I said, many of Trump’s supporters are hard-working Americans who just don’t feel like the economy or our political system are working for them. I’m determined to bring our country together and make our economy work for everyone, not just those at the top. Because we really are ‘stronger together.’”
… and to be clear, not just for those who will have voted for her. Fractions are not easy – especially when they are loud and noisy. So that should be settled!
Here are some hard facts worth bookmarking.
Is Hillary Clinton Right About Trump Supporters? This Is What The Polling Data Says
She has an opinion. These are the facts.
So glad she only apologized for saying “half.” Everythjng else was 100% correct. I love the term “basket of deplorables.”
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Me too.
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Not to be light hearted about a serious subject, but when I first saw this yesterday morning, I envisioned a punk rock band of skin heads– The Deplorables!
David Duke has a tweet out this morning with a photo of Trump, his henchmen, and Duke, entitled The Deplorables. Makes Hillary’s point perfectly.
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Of course, I should have said Duke tweeted a photo-shopped image, not a photo. Shows how easy it is to garble your message when you’re focused on making a larger point. And I’m doing too many things at once this am. My bad!
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