Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks to journalists after meeting national security experts in New York on Friday, Sept. 9, 2016. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)Hillary Clinton said Friday that “half” of Donald Trump’s supporters could be grouped in “the basket of deplorables” at a fundraising event in New York City. “You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the 'basket of deplorables'. “Those are people we have to understand and empathize with as well.”The response from Trump's campaign came swiftly from campaign manager Kellyanne Conway who accused Clinton of "slandering" Trump's supporters. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton took aim at the "alt-right" movement that she said is taking over Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign.

Source: Washington Post September 10, 2016 02:41 UTC