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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

'Deplorables' Gaffe Touches Off Frenzy

Just days after Hillary Clinton said she regretted calling half of Donald Trump supporters a “basket of deplorables,” some of those supporters are embracing the title -- while enterprising web retailers seize the moment by quickly churning out a line of "deplorables" merchandise.

Clinton made the comment at a fundraiser Friday, saying "you can put half of Trump supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables," and calling them "racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic, you name it."

Clinton walked back the remark the next day, with some commentators comparing it to Mitt Romney's "47 percent" gaffe.

Some pro-Trumpers, however, are adopting the "deplorable" name on social media, or at least having a lot of fun with it. One Internet meme that zipped around showed a doctored version of a poster for the 2010 movie “The Expendables,” replaced with key figures of the Trump campaign and conservative media, with the banner “The Deplorables.”

Former Trump adviser Roger Stone tweeted out the image Saturday, which features a cast of rogues including Stone, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and "alt-right" mascot Pepe the Frog.

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8 comments:

  1. I'm happy and proud to be a deplorable.

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  2. I WANT that "I'm Deplorable" t-shirt!!

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  3. Hahaha could you all seem any more stupid?

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  4. Since I'm a deplorable none of my tax dollars should be going to Hillary voters.

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  5. Going to go well with my "White Marlin lives matter" shirt!

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  6. Hillary is deplorable.

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  7. Aren't we deplorable, 4:49?

    We could seem more stupid. We could be raving about 'Stronger Together' or something..

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