>>Yes....she should of said duffle bag of idiots not basket of deplorables. Actually I agree here - it was a dumb type of thing to say - but I don't think it will cost her any votes.
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>>She just called half of the American population "deplorable". Think that it just might....
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>Well, technically, she called a bit under 25% of voting Americans deplorable. She said that of half of Trump's supporters. Since he's carrying a little under half the vote right now....

I interpreted it at first reading not to target the set of people currently considering to vote for Trump, but those actively helping his election effort, which is a smaller set. Wrong or possible meaning of "supporter" in current usage?