But Clinton triggered a fresh controversy by claiming that “half” of Trump’s supporters fit that description. “You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the ‘basket of deplorables’. Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway called for Clinton to apologize, something that Trump himself has never done in the face of controversy. Sept. 9, 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks at a LBGT For Hillary Gala at the Cipriani Club in New York. And 83 percent of Trump supporters say that Islam is contradictory to American values compared with 57 percent of Americans overall.

Source: Washington Post September 10, 2016 17:21 UTC