has called half of Donald Trump's supporters a "basket of deplorables".Read more here.
Speaking at a fundraiser, she said they were "racist, sexist, xenophobic, Islamophobic - you name it".
She then went on to say the rest of the Republican nominee's supporters were "just desperate for change".
Mr Trump said the comments were "insulting" to "millions of amazing, hard working people".
Ann Althouse wonders,
By the way, is a basket of deplorables anything like a binder full of women?Read more here.
...But "deplorable" is a good word for speech. It makes you seem lofty, which is good for looking down on people.
...Hillary used it as a noun. To call a person "a deplorable" is dehumanizing.
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