Clinton: half of Trump supporters belong in ‘basket of deplorables’

By Jeff Mason NEW YORK (Reuters) – Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said on Friday that half the supporters of her Republican rival Donald Trump belonged in a “basket of deplorables” of people who were racist, homophobic, sexist, xenophobic, or Islamophobic. Speaking at an evening fundraiser in New York, the former U.S. secretary of state said Trump had given voice to hateful rhetoric from such individuals through his behavior as a candidate for the White House. “To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the 'basket of deplorables,'” Clinton said.

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Clinton: half of Trump supporters belong in ‘basket of deplorables’