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| US election: Clinton calls half of Trump supporters 'deplorables' | US election: Clinton calls half of Trump supporters 'deplorables' |
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| US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has called half of Donald Trump's supporters a "basket of deplorables". | US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has called half of Donald Trump's supporters a "basket of deplorables". |
| Speaking at a fundraiser, she said they were "racist, sexist, xenophobic, Islamophobic - you name it". | Speaking at a fundraiser, she said they were "racist, sexist, xenophobic, Islamophobic - you name it". |
| She then went on to say the rest of the Republican nominee's supporters were "just desperate for change". | She then went on to say the rest of the Republican nominee's supporters were "just desperate for change". |
| Mr Trump said the comments were "insulting" to "millions of amazing, hard working people". | Mr Trump said the comments were "insulting" to "millions of amazing, hard working people". |
| In a tweet, he added: "I think it will cost her at the polls!" | In a tweet, he added: "I think it will cost her at the polls!" |
| Polls released earlier this week suggest Mr Trump is gaining on Mrs Clinton, and the rivals are neck-and-neck in the key battleground states of Ohio and Florida. | Polls released earlier this week suggest Mr Trump is gaining on Mrs Clinton, and the rivals are neck-and-neck in the key battleground states of Ohio and Florida. |
| In other developments: | In other developments: |
| Alt-Right group | Alt-Right group |
| Mrs Clinton's comments about her opponent's supporters were made at an LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) fundraiser in New York. | Mrs Clinton's comments about her opponent's supporters were made at an LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) fundraiser in New York. |
| "To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the 'basket of deplorables'. Unfortunately there are people like that, and he has lifted them up," she said. | "To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the 'basket of deplorables'. Unfortunately there are people like that, and he has lifted them up," she said. |
| But she said the other half of his supporters were individuals who felt let down by the economy and government and were desperate for change. | But she said the other half of his supporters were individuals who felt let down by the economy and government and were desperate for change. |
| "They don't buy everything he says, but he seems to hold out some hope that their lives will be different. Those are people we have to understand and empathise with as well." | "They don't buy everything he says, but he seems to hold out some hope that their lives will be different. Those are people we have to understand and empathise with as well." |
| Her campaign manager tweeted to say the "deplorables" she referred to were the Alt-Right - a far right, mainly online, group who critics accuse of being bigoted white nationalists. | Her campaign manager tweeted to say the "deplorables" she referred to were the Alt-Right - a far right, mainly online, group who critics accuse of being bigoted white nationalists. |
| But Mr Trump felt it was a jibe at many others: | But Mr Trump felt it was a jibe at many others: |
| Singer Barbra Streisand performed at the fundraiser, with a version of Stephen Sondheim's song Send in the Clowns, parodying Mr Trump. |