{"id":2346468,"date":"2024-09-26T19:08:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T23:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillary-clinton-defends-her-infamous-deplorables-comment-then-takes-it-even-further\/"},"modified":"2024-09-26T19:08:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T23:08:28","slug":"hillary-clinton-defends-her-infamous-deplorables-comment-then-takes-it-even-further","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillary-clinton-defends-her-infamous-deplorables-comment-then-takes-it-even-further\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton Defends Her Infamous &#8216;Deplorables&#8217; Comment, Then Takes it Even Further"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhillary-clinton-defends-her-infamous-deplorables-comment-then-takes-it-even-further%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2346468&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The excerpt discusses Hillary\u2064 Clinton&#8217;s enduring preoccupation\u200d with her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-denier-hillary-clinton-laments-gop-election-deniers\/\" title=\"Election Denier Hillary Clinton Laments GOP Election Deniers\">2016 presidential election loss<\/a> to Donald Trump.\u200b In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-transparency-even-the-leftist-media-is-slamming-the-biden-administration-for-border-blackout\/\" title=\"What Transparency? Even The Leftist Media Is Slamming The Biden Administration For \u2018Border Blackout\u2019\">recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vowed-to-elect-more-women-they-did-just-that\/\" title=\"Republicans Vowed To Elect More Women...They Did Just That\">opinion piece<\/a><\/a> for The Washington Post, Clinton revisits\u2062 her\u200c infamous remark from that election, where she described &#8220;half&#8221; of Trump&#8217;s supporters as belonging in a \u200c&#8221;basket of deplorables,&#8221; a \u2063comment for which she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-faces-backlash-after-humiliating-china-meeting-incredible-incompetence-biden-is-weak\/\" title=\"Biden Faces Backlash After \u2018Humiliating\u2019 China Meeting: \u2018Incredible Incompetence,\u2019 \u2018Biden Is Weak\u2019\">faced significant backlash<\/a>.\u200c Initially apologizing for the phrasing\u200c during \u2064the\u200d campaign, Clinton now asserts that her characterization \u200dwas \u200cnot \u2062only valid but\u2062 insufficiently \u2063harsh, citing events\u2062 like the Charlottesville rally and\u2062 the January 6 insurrection as evidence of the\u200d extremist tendencies among some Trump supporters. The article suggests that\u200d Clinton&#8217;s perspective\u2062 reflects an ongoing fixation with 2016, \u200cwith the Democratic Party continuing to\u2062 frame its platform in opposition\u2064 to Trump and his supporters, indicating \u200da struggle to move beyond past grievances. The commentary implies that both Clinton and the Democratic\u2062 Party remain trapped\u200c in the narratives of that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">election cycle<\/a>, defining\u2063 their identities largely in relation to Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hillary Clinton will forever be stuck in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>After the former first lady and former secretary of state suffered an election loss as the Democratic presidential candidate that year to the Republican nominee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-trump-attacked-doctors-finally-give-answers-trump-rally-mystery-illness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>, it seems the entirety of her identity is constructed around that fateful election cycle that saw her hopes dashed.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, in September 2016, while speaking at a fundraiser in New York, <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/4486502\/hillary-clinton-basket-of-deplorables-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clinton infamously said<\/a> Trump and half of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-haitian-protesters-berate-black-trump-supporters-outside-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his supporters<\/a> belong in a &ldquo;basket of deplorables.&rdquo; Now &mdash; as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2024\/09\/25\/hillary-clinton-book-extremism-empathy\/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzI3MzIzMjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzI4NzA1NTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MjczMjMyMDAsImp0aSI6IjlhNzcyZjc3LTc5YWUtNGIwNS1iMWZkLTg2ODI5ZDFkYTNiZiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9vcGluaW9ucy8yMDI0LzA5LzI1L2hpbGxhcnktY2xpbnRvbi1ib29rLWV4dHJlbWlzbS1lbXBhdGh5LyJ9.w3yfsHcC9Gjaadozu6GCdF0UVxV-GM_gl9dDzF47wM4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her opinion piece<\/a> from Wednesday made clear &mdash; she still holds onto that view and then some.<\/p>\n<p>Writing for the Washington Post, Clinton brought up the remark which had spawned so much backlash.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In 2016, I famously described half of Trump&rsquo;s supporters as &lsquo;the basket of deplorables.&rsquo; I was talking about the people who are drawn to his racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, Islamophobia &mdash; you name it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>At one point in her Post commentary, she admitted that characterization was &ldquo;an unfortunate choice of words and bad politics.&rdquo; That appears to be consistent with an apology issued during that campaign, as Clinton made clear during <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Irw956jPLOA?si=hg80S16i4zM-mOec&amp;t=168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her second debate with Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-agrees-rare-mainstream-media-interview-host-made-telling-comments-just-last-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic candidate<\/a> then reversed course.<\/p>\n<p>She said she now feels that comment was not only valid, but did not go far enough. She claimed her &ldquo;deplorables&rdquo; comment &ldquo;got at an important truth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just look at everything that has happened in the years since, from Charlottesville to Jan. 6. The masks have come off, and if anything, &lsquo;deplorable&rsquo; is too kind a word for the hate and violent extremism we&rsquo;ve seen from some Trump supporters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This is quintessential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-friendly-fire-jon-stewart-suggests-bill-clinton-sexual-predator-calls-dnc-hypocrisy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clinton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s clear that she never felt genuine remorse for that comment.<\/p>\n<p>She evidently only felt the need to apologize for reasons of politically expedience &mdash; to avoid further damage to her election prospects.<\/p>\n<p>The truth was found in Wednesday&rsquo;s piece, as she has nothing to hide now in not only defending the label, but saying harsher words are needed.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton hasn&rsquo;t learned, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/speaker-mike-johnson-demands-zelenskyy-atone-election-interference-designed-help-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats<\/a> haven&rsquo;t, either.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&rsquo;t the language of a bygone era.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton practically wrote the anti-Trump playbook now adopted by other Democrats like nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=36ovmQj7gbQ&amp;pp=ygUQaGFycmlzIGludGVydmlldw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Her latest MSNBC interview<\/a> told viewers just that, as Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bizarre-setting-kamala-harris-msnbc-interview-earns-widespread-mockery-just-hilarious\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">could not speak coherently<\/a> about her policy without piggybacking off the name Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party&rsquo;s platform is entirely reactive to the former president. In the eight years since Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s defeat, every national policy position has circled back around to him, while attempting to demonize his supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton is stuck in 2016, and her party is too.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Following her defeat as the Democratic presidential candidate to Donald Trump, it appears her entire identity revolves around that election, which shattered her aspirations. In September 2016, she famously labeled Trump and many of his supporters as part of a &#8220;basket of deplorables.&#8221; Recently, in an opinion piece for the Washington Post, she reiterated this view. Clinton reflected on her previous remark about Trump&#8217;s supporters being drawn to various forms of bigotry and admitted that while it was an &#8220;unfortunate choice of words,&#8221; she now believes it was valid and perhaps not strong enough. She pointed to events like Charlottesville and January 6 as evidence that the term &#8220;deplorable&#8221; may be too lenient for some Trump supporters&#8217; hate and extremism. This indicates that Clinton has not genuinely regretted her original comment; rather, any apology seemed politically motivated at the time. Her recent statements suggest both she and the Democratic Party remain entrenched in their anti-Trump rhetoric since her loss eight years ago<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2346469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Deplorable-Hillary.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6733,41811,32624,32171,33190],"class_list":["post-2346468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-controversy","tag-deplorables","tag-hillary-clinton","tag-political-commentary","tag-political-figures"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Deplorable-Hillary.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2346468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2346469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2346468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2346468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}