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Scenes from deplorable America: Some Donald Trump supporters are making it clear why Hillary Clinton called them out

Donald Trump's supporters are letting their bigotry show for all the world to see

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If you want to know why Hillary Clinton referred to Donald Trump supporters as “a basket of deplorables,” you need look no further than the deplorable behavior being displayed among them in Washington during the inauguration.

Courtesy of Jared Yates Sexton, who writes for the New York Times and the New Republic:

Courtesy of Daniel Dale, Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star:

By Matthew Rozsa

Matthew Rozsa is a former Salon staff writer. He received a master's in History from Rutgers-Newark in 2012 and was awarded a science journalism fellowship from the Metcalf Institute in 2022.

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