"Forty to 50 percent of Republicans ... agree with beliefs that we would categorize as explicitly prejudiced. ... I think she's being correct and accurate."

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COMMENTS:
*  She's basically factually correct and it is not even a political mistake. She never would have had a chance to win over these people she is referring to, and her truthful criticism of them energizes her base and gets a discussion going that works in her favor.
*  Trumps words are there for all to read. Let's see how the media will take this very accurate statement by Clinton and turn it into something it is not.
    *  For Trump, his supporters & surrogates, and Pence to act like they have the moral high ground is ridiculous.  Trumps words and behavior needs to be highlighted loud and clear, and not buried. No lumps under the rug allowed.
*  "If Hillary can't be upfront with us on this most obvious problem" - Then why aren't you concerned with Trump's lies about HIS health? And his taxes? And his relationship with Russia?
*  This is deplorable.  Trump Won’t Name Any of the ‘Hundreds of Friends’ He Says Died on 9/11.  If the GOP front runner lost hundreds of friends on 9/11, and donated hundreds of millions of dollars to 9/11 victims, there’s no public record of it. http://www.thedailybeast.com/a...
*  The 258 People, Places and Things Donald Trump Has Insulted on Twitter

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/01/28/upshot/donald-trump-twitter-insults.html

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Jamelle Bouie: Looking At Polling Data, Clinton Was “Being Correct And Accurate” With Trump’s “Basket Of Deplorables”
CBS' Bouie: “Among Trump Supporters,” At Least Half Of Them “Agree With Statements That Political Scientists Categorize As Being Explicitly Racist”
By Media Maters staff, September 11, 2016



From the September 11 edition of CBS’ Face the Nation:

JAMELLE BOUIE: So, I'm inclined to see it as strategy and not so much as a gaffe because when I heard the remark, my first question was: Well, is this true? Right? Regardless of how it sounds, what it looks like, what is the case about Donald Trump supporters? And if you break down the numbers and you look at the RealClearPolitics average, and it gives Trump, 43 percent of the registered voters, there’s about 30, 31 million people. Compare that to polls show 65 to 70 percent of all Republicans who say that Barack Obama either wasn’t born in the United States, or is a Muslim. You look at pilot data from the American National Election Study, and it shows upward of 40 percent of Republicans saying things like blacks are more violent, blacks are lazier, Muslims are more violent, Muslims are lazier. Among Trump supporters in particular, 60, 50, 70 percent of them agree with statements that political scientists categorize as being explicitly racist. So I'm looking at Clinton's statement, and half, which is about 31 million people again, doesn't really seem that out of bounds. Forty to 50 percent of Republicans, I would say looking at the full spectrum of data, agree with beliefs that we would categorize as explicitly prejudiced. So regardless of whether or not Clinton needs to walk it back or not, I think she's being correct and accurate.

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