Clinton: Trump backers ‘deplorables’

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Hillary Clinton verbally banished half of Donald Trump’s backers to a “basket of deplorables,” and the Republican presidential nominee quickly pounced, saying Saturday she had smeared many Americans and would pay a heavy political price.

“Wow, Hillary Clinton was SO INSULTING to my supporters, millions of amazing, hard-working people. I think it will cost her at the polls!” Trump said in a tweet.

Clinton, who has said she is the candidate who can unify a divided country, made the comment at an LGBT fundraiser Friday night at a New York City restaurant, with about 1,000 people in attendance.

“To just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic – you name it,” she said, before stressing that other Trump supporters are frustrated and need sympathy/ Associated Press . More here.

Also: Clinton: I regret calling Trump supporters ‘deplorables’/ AP

Question: I’m sure some here agree with Hillary Clinton’s statement about Donald Trump’s supporters. But is this the type of statement to be made by a major candidate re: the other candidate’s supporters?