Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin Richard (Dick) Joseph DurbinMcConnell focuses on confirming judicial nominees with COVID-19 talks stalled Senate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Top GOP senator calls for Biden to release list of possible Supreme Court picks MORE (D-Ill.) said Sunday that former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE’s recent comments about Trump voters are “wrong” and “not helpful.”

“No, it’s not helpful at all,” Durbin told “Fox News Sunday,” when asked about the remarks. “In fact my friend Hillary Clinton is wrong.”

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Clinton recently described the states that supported her during the 2016 election as more economically advanced than those that backed President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE.

"If you look at the map of the United States, there's all that red in the middle where Trump won," Clinton said in India. "I win the coast, I win, you know, Illinois and Minnesota, places like that."

Durbin emphasized that his party should focus on issues like economic insecurity.

“But we’re moving on to the next chapter of American history,” Durbin said of the Democratic Party. “It will be a different cast of characters completely,” he later added.