WASHINGTON ― Hillary Clinton on Sunday acknowledged that referring to then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s supporters as a “basket of deplorables” may have further galvanized them against her and gave Trump “a political gift.”“I thought Trump was behaving in a deplorable manner. “And there were a large number of people who didn’t care. And he turned out to be a very effective reality TV star.”The interview comes ahead of the Tuesday release of What Happened, her book reflecting on her election defeat. Clinton made her “basket of deplorables” comment at a New York City fundraiser almost exactly a year ago ― on Sept. 9. On Sunday, she said that while the remark aided Trump, she didn’t think it was a big factor in her defeat because his supporters “were already energized.”“I’m sorry I gave him a political gift of any kind, but I don’t think that was determinative,” she said.

Source: Huffington Post September 10, 2017 15:31 UTC