“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 Posted on January 16, 2021 by jgordon Link. When HRC first said this it seemed obvious to me. Now every sane person knows this is true.