Juan Williams: Clinton spoke the truth on 'deplorables'
She called out the haters, the bigots and the racists as a “basket of deplorables.” And then some Democrats told Hillary Clinton to walk it back.
David Axelrod, President Obama’s former top political guru, called Clinton’s words a “mistake” that might allow Republican nominee Donald Trump to “seize the high ground.”
The New York Times’ liberal editorial page similarly concluded “real damage had been done” because Clinton had written off a group of voters by saying they were “irredeemable.”
Sally Kohn, the left-leaning CNN commentator, wrote in The Washington Post that “what is, in fact, deplorable is not only that Clinton said this but that she apparently believes it.”
Kohn explained that while Trump is clearly “running a xenophobic campaign that’s pandering to white nationalism,” most of his supporters are filled with “resentment that is partly about identity but also about economic suffering.” Clinton, Kohn argued, “should be reaching out to these voters, not offending them.”
This line of thinking from influential white Democrats reminded me of a line in President Reagan’s 1989 farewell address: “Don’t be afraid to see what you see.”
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http://thehill.com/opinion/juan-williams/296529-juan-williams-clinton-spoke-the-truth-on-deplorables
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put racists, bigots, xenophobes, and misogynists into the basket of deplorables. Why would she try to reach out to them? Why would she want to?
If you're Trump supporter, and don't consider yourself any of the above, why would you be offended by her comments? 
