--- title: Hillary Clinton Transcript: 'Basket of Deplorables' Comment description: Read the transcript of Hillary Clinton's remarks, in which she said half of Donald Trump's supporters belong in a "basket of deplorables" canonical: https://time.com/4486502/hillary-clinton-basket-of-deplorables-transcript/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-10T13:32:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T12:27:25.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Hillary Clinton's 'Basket of Deplorables' Remarks on Trump Supporters og:description: "The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic — you name it" og:url: https://time.com/4486502/hillary-clinton-basket-of-deplorables-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8125c004cdd2dcd5/6988a56f2dce01c76b9ea9a1/hillary-clinton-lgbt-gala-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton Attends National Security Working Session og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Hillary Clinton's 'Basket of Deplorables' Remarks on Trump Supporters twitter:description: "The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic — you name it" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8125c004cdd2dcd5/6988a56f2dce01c76b9ea9a1/hillary-clinton-lgbt-gala-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Hillary Clinton's 'Basket of Deplorables' Remarks About Donald Trump Supporters > Sponsored content. 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Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during the LGBT for Hillary Gala at Cipriani Club on Sept. 9, 2016 in New York City. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Updated: Jan 24, 2024 12:27 PM UTCPublished: Sep 10, 2016 1:32 PM UTC Speaking at a fundraiser in New York City on Friday, Hillary Clinton said [half of Donald Trump’s supporters belong in a “basket of deplorables”](http://time.com/4486437/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-basket-of-deplorables/) characterized by “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic” views. “You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right?” Clinton said. “The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic—you name it. And unfortunately there are people like that. And he has lifted them up.” She said the other half of Trump’s supporters “feel that the government has let them down” and are “desperate for change.” “Those are people we have to understand and empathize with as well,” she said. Trump’s campaign criticized her comments. “Just when Hillary Clinton said she was going to start running a positive campaign, she ripped off her mask and revealed her true contempt for everyday Americans,” Jason Miller, senior communications adviser for Trump’s campaign, said in a statement. 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