This Is Critical: Hillary Can't Back Down  —  Let me take a moment to address this “basket of deplorables” comment because I think it's critically important to get this right.  Hillary Clinton has simply said what is the premise of most election coverage of the 2016 campaign: a big chunk of Trump supporters are haters.

Clinton Was Wrong to Generalize About Trump's Supporters  —  After getting it horribly wrong, Hillary Clinton got it right.  —  First, what went wrong: The political world lost its collective mind when the Democratic presidential nominee said this at a fund-raiser last night:

Clinton holds lead over Trump in new poll, but warning signs emerge  —  Hillary Clinton maintains a lead over Donald Trump, but lagging interest among some of her supporters poses a potential turnout challenge for Democrats with less than nine weeks before Election Day, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Why Clinton isn't sweating ‘deplorables’  —  “Words have consequences,” Hillary Clinton likes to caution while campaigning against the loose-lipped, insult-hurling Donald Trump.  “Words can be misinterpreted.”  —  But it was the Democratic nominee, generally so careful with her language …

Alt-Right Leaders: We Aren't Racist, We Just Hate Jews  —  Bad news, Jews: You don't get to be part of Richard Spencer's white ethno-state.  —  In a windowless room in a swanky hotel half a block from the White House on Friday afternoon, three of the most visible leaders of the Alt-Right movement held …

Clinton: Half of Trump supporters are in ‘basket of deplorables’  —  New York (CNN)Hillary Clinton told an audience of donors Friday night that half of Donald Trump's supporters fall into “the basket of deplorables,” meaning people who are racist, sexist, homophobic or xenophobic.

Kaine: Clinton's ‘deplorables’ characterization doesn't merit an apology  —  RICHMOND — Hillary Clinton's assertion that half of Donald Trump's supporters fit into a “basket of deplorables” is not something for which she needs to apologize, her Democratic running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, said in an interview on Saturday.