In a speech Thursday in Reno, Hillary Clinton tied Donald Trump to a vast 'alt-right' conspiracy, including alternative news sources Breitbart.com and InfoWars.com, saying that Donald Trump "treats the National Enquirer like it is gospel."



"It’s what happens when you listen to the radio host Alex Jones, who claims that 9/11 and the Oklahoma City bombings were inside jobs," she said.



"He hired Stephen Bannon," she said about Trump. "The head of a right-wing website called Breitbart.com, as campaign CEO."



She read several headlines from Breitbart.com and cited the Southern Poverty Law Center, which says Breitbart embraces, "ideas on the extremist fringe of the conservative right. Racist ideas. Race-baiting ideas. Anti-Muslim and anti-Immigrant ideas –– all key tenets making up an emerging racist ideology known as the ‘Alt-Right.’"



"The de facto merger between Breitbart and the Trump Campaign represents a landmark achievement for the “Alt-Right.” A fringe element has effectively taken over the Republican Party," she said.



Breitbart responded by trolling Clinton on Twitter:



MUH PUTIN IS BEHIND IT ALL pic.twitter.com/ICkA7S4Hug — Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) August 25, 2016

TFW a presidential candidate out-Alex Jones's Alex Jones while calling out Alex Jones pic.twitter.com/ATnDZir6Qt — Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) August 25, 2016

HILLARY CLINTON: Just recently, Trump claimed President Obama founded ISIS. And then he repeated that nonsense over and over.



His latest paranoid fever dream is about my health. All I can say is, Donald, dream on.

This is what happens when you treat the National Enquirer like Gospel.



It’s what happens when you listen to the radio host Alex Jones, who claims that 9/11 and the Oklahoma City bombings were inside jobs. He said the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there.



Trump didn’t challenge those lies. He went on Jones’ show and said: “Your reputation is amazing. I will not let you down.”



This man wants to be President of the United States...



Don’t worry, some will say, as President, Trump will be surrounded by smart advisors who will rein in his worst impulses.



So when a tweet gets under his skin and he wants to retaliate with a cruise missile, maybe cooler heads will be there to convince him not to.



Maybe.



But look at who he’s put in charge of his campaign.



Trump likes to say he only hires the “best people.” But he’s had to fire so many campaign managers it’s like an episode of the Apprentice.



The latest shake-up was designed to – quote – “Let Trump be Trump.” To do that, he hired Stephen Bannon, the head of a right-wing website called Breitbart.com, as campaign CEO.



To give you a flavor of his work, here are a few headlines they’ve published:



“Birth Control Makes Women Unattractive and Crazy.”



“Would You Rather Your Child Had Feminism or Cancer?”



“Gabby Giffords: The Gun Control Movement’s Human Shield”



“Hoist It High And Proud: The Confederate Flag Proclaims A Glorious Heritage.”



That one came shortly after the Charleston massacre, when Democrats and Republicans alike were doing everything they could to heal racial divides. Breitbart tried to enflame them further.



Just imagine – Donald Trump reading that and thinking: “this is what I need more of in my campaign.”



Bannon has nasty things to say about pretty much everyone.



This spring, he railed against Paul Ryan for, quote “rubbing his social-justice Catholicism in my nose every second.”



No wonder he’s gone to work for Trump – the only Presidential candidate ever to get into a public feud with the Pope.



According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups, Breitbart embraces “ideas on the extremist fringe of the conservative right. Racist ideas.



Race-baiting ideas. Anti-Muslim and anti-Immigrant ideas –– all key tenets making up an emerging racist ideology known as the ‘Alt-Right.’”



Alt-Right is short for “Alternative Right.”



The Wall Street Journal describes it as a loosely organized movement, mostly online, that “rejects mainstream conservatism, promotes nationalism and views immigration and multiculturalism as threats to white identity.”



The de facto merger between Breitbart and the Trump Campaign represents a landmark achievement for the “Alt-Right.” A fringe element has effectively taken over the Republican Party.



