Hillary Clinton Reaffirms 'Deplorables' Comment, Calling It 'Too Kind' for Some Trump Supporters

In a Washington Post op-ed, Clinton reflects on her 2016 remarks and argues that recent events prove her point about Trump supporters' extremism.

Hillary Clinton revisits her 2016 'basket of deplorables' comment in a Washington Post op-ed, stating that the term is 'too kind' for some Trump supporters.
Clinton cites events like the Charlottesville rally and the January 6 Capitol riot as evidence of the hate and extremism among Trump's most fervent followers.
She acknowledges that her original comment was politically damaging and 'grossly generalistic,' but maintains that it contained an 'important truth.'
Clinton discusses her meeting with a former white supremacist who now works to deprogram people from hate groups, suggesting that empathy and redemption are still possible.
Despite her harsh critique, Clinton expresses a desire to believe in the potential for goodness and redemption in everyone, even those she initially deemed irredeemable.