Democrat Hillary Clinton gang-insulted more than 30 million people late last week by terming half of Republican Donald Trump’s supporters as a “basket of deplorables.”
Would you put yourself in that basket?
In the 2012 election, some 127 million people voted for either President Barack Obama or challenger Mitt Romney. If about half of that same number supports Clinton and half supports Trump, the deplorable half of Trump’s support would equal more than 31 million voters.
Sure, Clinton walked back her remarks less than 24 hours later by saying she was “grossly generalistic” and that she regretted “saying ‘half’ – that was wrong.”
But her comments at a private fundraiser – where press are rarely invited, but were this time – showed her true disdain for anyone who would dare to oppose her and, worse, displayed a misunderstanding of the electorate that made Trump the Republican candidate.