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 called out 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 on Saturday for insulting his supporters after his Democratic presidential opponent said that half of his backers can be grouped into a “basket of deplorables.”

“Wow, Hillary Clinton was SO INSULTING,” Trump wrote on Twitter.

Wow, Hillary Clinton was SO INSULTING to my supporters, millions of amazing, hard working people. I think it will cost her at the Polls! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 10, 2016

Several hours later, Trump tweeted that he respects all voters, even those that will never support him.

While Hillary said horrible things about my supporters, and while many of her supporters will never vote for me, I still respect them all! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 10, 2016

Buzzfeed News first reported that Clinton made the comment on Friday while speaking at a fundraiser in New York City.

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“You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right?” Clinton said. “The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic — you name it. And unfortunately, there are people like that. And he has lifted them up. He has given voice to their websites that used to only have 11,000 people — now have 11 million.”

Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway took aim at Clinton almost immediately after the comments were reported, calling her “desperate.”

One day after promising to be aspirational & uplifting, Hillary insults millions of Americans. #desperate https://t.co/OrBkowI4Sd — Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) September 10, 2016

“Hillary, placing people in ‘baskets’, slandering them but admitting after 8 yrs, they are ‘desperate for change,’” she added.

Nick, it's simply untrue. Come to an event; talk to real people who aren't donors. Or better: have Hillary apologize https://t.co/DdBFhWgav5 — Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) September 10, 2016

The campaign issued a statement saying that the comments reflect how Clinton views the “hard-working men and women of America.”

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“Just when Hillary Clinton said she was going to start running a positive campaign, she ripped off her mask and revealed her true contempt for everyday Americans,” said Trump spokesman Jason Miller.

“Tonight’s comments were more than another example of Clinton lying to the country about her emails, jeopardizing our national security, or even calling citizens ‘super-predators’ — this was Clinton, as a defender of Washington’s rigged system — telling the American public that she could care less about them.”

Clinton offered a half apology in a Saturday statement, saying she regrets lumping so many Trump supporters into one category, but stood by her characterization of aspects of the Trump campaign as "deplorable."