Donald Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE on Sunday blamed Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Senate GOP sees early Supreme Court vote as political booster shot Poll: 51 percent of voters want to abolish the electoral college MORE during the second presidential debate for the country’s divisions, saying she has "tremendous hate in her heart."

The GOP nominee hit Clinton for saying at a rally last month that half of his supporters fit into a “basket of deplorables.”

"We have a divided nation because of people like her, she has tremendous hate in her heart," Trump said.

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"And when she said 'deplorables' she meant it, and when she said ‘irredeemables’ — you didn’t mention that — but when she said they’re irredeemable, that might have been even worse.

"She’s got tremendous hatred, and this country cannot take another four years of Barack Obama Barack Hussein ObamaMichelle Obama and Jennifer Lopez exchange Ginsburg memories Pence defends Trump's 'obligation' to nominate new Supreme Court justice The militia menace MORE, and that’s what you’re getting with her,” he continued.

Clinton has said she was wrong to make those comments about “half” of Trump’s supporters but insisted his campaign has embraced fringe elements.

During the debate, moderator Anderson Cooper of CNN followed up on a question from an audience member, asking Clinton, "How can you unite a country if you’ve written off tens of millions of Americans?"

The Democratic nominee said she had apologized for those words and said her argument was with Trump, not his supporters.

"Within hours, I said I was sorry about the way I talked about that because my argument is not with his supporters, it’s with him," Clinton said, "with the hateful and divisive campaign that he has run and the inciting of violence at his rallies, and the very brutal kinds of comments about not just women but about all kinds of Americans."