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ers strongly reject Hillary Clinton’s ‘basket of deplorables’
approach,” The Washington Post (Sept. 26, 2016). Clinton
told an adviser afterward that she knew she had “just stepped
in it” by making the remark. Quoted in Amy Chozick, “Hillary
Clinton’s Expectations, and Her Ultimate Campaign
Missteps,” The New York Times (Nov. 9, 2016).
459 Chris Cillizza, “Why Mitt Romney’s ‘47%’ Comment Was
So Bad,” The Washington Post (Mar. 4, 2013).
460 “Full Text of James Comey’s Letter On The New Clinton
Emails,” USA Today (Nov. 6, 2016). See also Bill Chappell,
“FBI Affirms July Decision Not To Charge Clinton, After
Review of Weiner Emails,” NPR (Nov. 6, 2016).
461 Matt Flegenheimer, “Clinton to Ring in Election Under a
Real ‘Glass Ceiling’: Manhattan’s Javits Center,” The New
York Times (Oct. 26, 2016).
462 Not that these are mutually exclusive categories.
463 Brenner, supra. For more on Trump’s performance at the dinner,
see Sam Sanders, “At Al Smith Dinner, Donald Trump
Turns Friendly Roast Into 3-Alarm Fire,” NPR (Oct. 21,
2016).
464 Olivia Becker, “Bad at jokes: Trump somehow bombed at
charity dinner,” Vice (Oct. 21, 2016); Michael Daly, “Donald
Trump, Son of a Catholic Hater, Disgraces Al Smith Dinner,”
The Daily Beast (Oct. 21, 2016). But see how it could
appear to Trump supporters: Charlie Spiering, “Wealthy New
York Elite Boo Donald Trump At Al Smith Dinner,” Breitbart
(Oct. 21, 2016).
465 Adam Edelman, “Rubio teases Trump about spray-tan, size of
his hands,” New York Daily News (Feb. 29, 2016).
466 A.J. Vicens, “Trump on His Penis: ‘I Guarantee You There’s
No Problem,’” Mother Jones (Mar. 3, 2016).
467 Jessie Hellmann, “Rubio apologized to Trump for ‘small
hands’ crack,” The Hill (May 29, 2016).
468 Will Wilkinson, “Because You’d Be In Jail,” The New York
Times (Oct. 9, 2016).
469 “Watch: Megyn Kelly Challenges Trump on Derogatory
Comments About Women,” Fox News (Aug. 6, 2015).
470 Grace Guarnieri, “Donald Trump downplays leaked audio
clip about women: ‘Bill Clinton has said far worse,’” Salon
(Oct. 7, 2016).