Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE's campaign on Saturday hit back at Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJoe Biden looks to expand election battleground into Trump country Biden leads Trump by 12 points among Catholic voters: poll The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden goes on offense MORE's controversial statement about supporters of the Republican presidential nominee by sending out a fundraiser to "show Hillary the consequences of her words."



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on Friday

“You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right?”



Pierson wrote that although Clinton's remarks are "disgusting," they are nothing new to the Trump campaign.



"We’ve heard it all before. But it’s time to show the elites that they can’t keep insulting the people of this country and get away with it," she said.

"At a time when our country has never been more divided, Hillary Clinton chooses to show her disgust for tens of millions of Americans," wrote Katrina Pierson, the national spokeswoman for Trump."Hillary revealed what she truly thinks about the American people and why she can NEVER be trusted as president of the United States."Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, said half of Trump's supporters are a "basket of deplorables" at a fundraiser in New York.