The full quote went like this: “To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Yet, damned if those wretched deplorables didn’t pull together when that hurricane, and the monstrous flooding that came with it, arrived: CNN was full of video of black people helping white and white helping black and Hispanic helping and being helped, all of them looking out for one another. Eighteen of the 54 counties affected by the hurricane or flooding have already met the criteria to be declared federal disaster areas. But knock on wood, thus far Harvey has been better handled, certainly by FEMA, and less ruinous and lethal than Katrina. Or, if they are, they’re also smart, remarkably self-sufficient and quick to help their fellow man, which counts for something.

Source: National Post August 29, 2017 01:30 UTC