Clinton’s illness came less than two days after she suggested half of Donald Trump’s supporters are bigoted. Clinton made the comments Friday during a fundraiser at an LGBTQ event in New York.
Hillary Clinton: “We are living in a volatile political environment. You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic—you name it.”
Donald Trump’s campaign seized on Clinton’s comment. This is Trump’s running mate, Governor Mike Pence.
Gov. Mike Pence: “I campaign on a regular basis with Donald Trump. I campaign all across this country for Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton’s low opinion of the people that support this campaign should be denounced in the strongest possible terms.”
Clinton said in a statement on Saturday she regretted calling “half” of Trump supporters bigots, but added, “What’s really 'deplorable' is that Donald Trump hired a major advocate for the so-called 'alt-right' movement to run his campaign and that David Duke and other white supremacists see him as a champion of their values.”