Hillary, what's in your basket?

Hillary has announced a "basket of deplorables" as a means of profiling and condemning Trump supporters she has decided are abhorrent, hateful, and bigoted people. However, she conveniently overlooks her own shameful "basket."

Let's start with her husband Bill, who felt empowered to use his presidency to have a sexual liaison with a 21-year-old intern in the Oval Office. This was not just deplorable, it was despicable, and an arrogant act of sexual harassment. This immoral behavior qualifies Bill as a "sexist" and thus inclusion in Hillary's basket.

Under Hillary's watch as secretary of state, we had an American ambassador, plus three other officials murdered in an attack in Benghazi. Evidence points to her own malfeasance as secretary and poor judgment as being major factors in this tragedy.

This travesty combined with her email/server scandal qualifies Hillary for inclusion in her own "basket of deplorables."

This is not the first time she has used this rhetoric before an audience, but now she has found it politically expedient to back off to an extent because of the adverse backlash. She is now saying her accusations were "grossly generalistic."

I disagree. I call them "grossly disdainful" of the American electorate and reflect her vindictive contempt and need to vilify anyone she feels uses their constitutional rights to disagree with her and derail her quest for power.

So now we know Hillary also has her own "basket of deplorables", but it consists largely of just her and Bill, and it now overflows with the transgressions, deceit and lies they have fostered and fed to the American people for decades to further their political careers and to seek self-enrichment.

When will the American people get it?

Steve Thompson

South Elgin