From a general google search. Not a huge fan of Hillary, but ironically I think she was right about Trump during his first term. She also made another comment I agree with in saying MAGA cult members need to be "deprogrammed" LOL.
>>>During the 2016 US presidential election campaign, Hillary Clinton made a controversial remark about some of Donald Trump's supporters, saying that to be "grossly generalistic", one could put half of his supporters into a "basket of deplorables".
Clinton described those in the "basket of deplorables" as "racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic", stating that Trump had "lifted them up" and "given voice to their websites" and "tweets and retweets offensive, hateful, mean-spirited rhetoric". She added that these individuals were "irredeemable" but, importantly, "not America". However, she distinguished this group from another "basket" of Trump supporters, whom she described as people who felt let down by the economy and government and were desperate for change, stating that these were people to be understood and empathized with.
The remarks were made at an LGBT fundraiser in New York City on September 9, 2016, and were not in her prepared remarks. The next day, after facing backlash, Clinton expressed regret for saying "half", acknowledging that it was "grossly generalistic" and "never a good idea". However, she maintained that the word "deplorable" was appropriate to describe much of Trump's campaign and his association with hateful views and voices.
The "basket of deplorables" comment became a memorable episode of the campaign and is considered by some strategists to have harmed Clinton's campaign by potentially insulting white, working-class voters. Trump's campaign used the phrase against Clinton, and some of his supporters reappropriated the "deplorable" label for themselves. Clinton herself, in her 2017 book What Happened, acknowledged that her comments were a factor in her electoral loss. More recently, in September 2024, Clinton reiterated her belief that some of Trump's supporters engage in "hate and violent extremism", stating that "deplorable is too kind a word" for them.<<<