"To just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the 'basket of deplorables,'" Hillary Clinton said at a New York fundraiser on Sept. 9. (Video: The Washington Post / Photo: AP)Hillary Clinton said Friday night in New York that half of Donald Trump's supporters are racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic and/or Islamophobic. At an "LGBT for Hillary" fundraiser, where Barbra Streisand performed, Clinton expanded on previous comments about many Trump supporters falling into a "basket of deplorables" that includes the groups listed above. "You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the 'basket of deplorables'. She had called Trump supporters racists and sexists and homophobes before; she just hadn't put a number on it.

Source: Washington Post September 10, 2016 14:16 UTC