It has come to this.
Struggling to shake Donald Trump in the polls, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton turned her sights instead on her GOP rival’s supporters, who she accused of a litany of offenses against society during a rally Friday evening.
“To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables,” Clinton told the crowd. “Right? Racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic, you name it. And unfortunately, there are people like that and he has lifted them up.”
The “Basket of Deplorables” Hillary Clinton labels half of Trump’s supporters as “racists.” Did Clinton go too far? pic.twitter.com/wfiwNnYMAx
— Fox&Friends Weekend (@ffweekend) September 10, 2016
Not content with smearing just one half of Trump’s supporters, Clinton went after the other half, who she stopped just short of calling the “bitter clingers.”
“That other basket of people are people who feel that the government has let them down, the economy has let them down, nobody cares about them, nobody worries about what happens to their lives and their futures, and they’re just desperate for change,” she said.
Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway wasted little time jumping on the slight — the irony not lost on how 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney was slammed for putting women in a binder while Clinton places millions in “baskets.”
“One day after promising to be aspirational & uplifting, Hillary insults millions of Americans. #desperate,” Conway tweeted.
One day after promising to be aspirational & uplifting, Hillary insults millions of Americans. #desperate https://t.co/OrBkowI4Sd
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) September 10, 2016
Hillary, placing people in "baskets", slandering them but admitting after 8 yrs, they are "desperate for change." https://t.co/OrBkowI4Sd
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) September 10, 2016
Social media exploded in outrage over Clinton’s barb, with #BasketOfDeplorables quickly becoming the top trending hashtag on Twitter.
Here’s a sampling of responses:
@KellyannePolls There were FIFTEEN THOUSAND of us “deplorables” in #Pensacola tonight. #Deplorable @HillaryClinton ? pic.twitter.com/0iFOdANKDH
— tree hugging sister (@treehuggingsis) September 10, 2016
Hillary just confirmed what we already know. She HATES most of the people living in this country. #BasketOfDeplorables
— Ricky Vaughn (@Ricky_Vaughn99) September 10, 2016
@Ricky_Vaughn99 coming soon! Les Deplorables: the musical!
— Jim Noel (@NoelSurfArt) September 10, 2016
I suppose these brave men who were in it to fight to their death, are in the #BasketOfDeplorables too pic.twitter.com/ilodlHcHvK
— Michelle4Trump2016 (@SheisfromBoston) September 10, 2016
1. There is a #basketofdeplorables for people who flout being above the law.
2. What real person speaks like this? https://t.co/oebdwULmWn
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) September 10, 2016
#basketofdeplorables Attacking your opponent is one thing. Attacking the American people is another. #MadAsHell
— Anthony (@HeartisticTruth) September 10, 2016
Hillary insults millions of voters, calls them #basketofdeplorables https://t.co/wXBIt1Y83F
— Pat (@grammy620) September 10, 2016
This is awkward.? #ClintonsMemory #BasketOfDeplorables pic.twitter.com/yaR1CSAWwg
— Lucis Nox (@LucisNox_) September 10, 2016
Let me guess…her #BasketofDeplorables comment was “extremely careless,” but she did nothing wrong. https://t.co/4Z1804veYj
— Andy Grewal (@AndyGrewal) September 10, 2016
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