William Cummings

USA TODAY

Well, that didn't take long.

Just days after Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton said half of Donald Trump's supporters make up a "basket of deplorables," some of those supporters are embracing the label. Among those whom Clinton dismissed as the "basket" cases there is a sense of pride in being insulted by the candidate they despise.

A wide variety of "deplorable" merchandise is already available online. On the shopping website Etsy, one can find deplorable T-shirts, key chains, car decals, buttons, pendants, coffee mugs and even a deplorable pocket watch.

This Trump supporter sported his deplorable gear at a campaign rally Monday:

This man holds a "Deplorable lives matter" sign at a Trump rally in Asheville, N.C. :

There were several variations of the "we're going to need a bigger basket" theme:

Somehow, the Minions got involved: ​

Not sure how Victor Hugo would feel about this one:

Deplorables of the world, unite!



The Trump campaign hasn't yet embraced the term, but it did already put out an ad blasting Clinton for the statement. “People like you, you and you — deplorable,” the narrator in the ad says. “You know what’s deplorable? Hillary Clinton viciously demonizing hardworking people like you.”