>>She pretty quickly apologized for saying "half" and made it clear that she was talking about the racists and neo-Nazis, who are absolutely supporting Trump. (http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/09/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-basket-of-deplorables/)
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>I would challenge the "she pretty quickly apologized". She apologized after the remark received national attention and some of the media compared it to the infamous Romney "47%" remark.
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>Are there racists and neo-Nazi-types supporting Trump? Yes. I've said dozens of times that short of major distortions of the truth, I won't defend Trump.
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>But HRC has her share of supports with some horrible prejudices as well.
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>>Did you see this this week?. http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-david-duke-20160928-snap-story.html. Here's a quote from it:
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>>“I love it,” said Duke, 66, tearing into a chicken garlic pizza at a nearby restaurant later. “The fact that Donald Trump’s doing so well, it proves that I’m winning. I am winning.”
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>So what? Duke is detestable. And so is the former MSNBC personality (MHP) who once objected to the term "person XYZ is a hard worker" because "hard worker" conjures up images of the cotton field.

Duke is detestable and, I'd argue, deplorable, as are his followers. Trump is encouraging this cohort to support him in a number of ways, including using the slogan "America First," which of course, was the slogan of the isolationists before WWII. Hiring Stephen Bannon was another signal to this crowd that he's with them.

There've been a bunch of polls that indicate that, overall, more of Trump's supporters are racist than the general public. Here's one article on one poll: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-race-idUSKCN0ZE2SW

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