Hillary listed the various "isms" her opponents are purported to display, and she ends with the condescending, "you name it." This was an honest-to-gosh gaffe, not that it was actually the truth, but that it was what Democrats believe to be true. Here's the whole quote:
“You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the ‘basket of deplorables,’” Clinton said. “The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic — you name it.”
It's that smugness of the "you name it" that pulls like a fish hook under the skin of an innocent bystander. And Clinton's audience is all in.
As a commentator famously said, conservatives think liberals are stupid, and liberals think conservatives are evil. Seems that remark is proven to be true every time there's an opportunity.
Clinton validated her audience's own prejudices. It's not bigotry when Democrats do it, it's progress.
Meanwhile, Clinton is recuperating from an embarrassing spill and a bout of pneumonia. Get well quickly, Hillary. While we may find you disgusting, Donald Trump needs your name on the ballot. Oh, how he needs you.
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