Quote Originally Posted by Monty92 View Post
Yes, she was obviously trying to exaggerate the extent to which the racist red-neck demographic made up Trump's supporter base in order to taint those considering voting for him by association.

It massively, massively back-fired, but this was at a time where all of us - you and I included - felt that the Trump brand was too toxic for him to be elected. And all she was trying to do was capitalise on that same instinct by dialling up the "you can't vote for him - lots of his supporters are bigots" sentiment.
As ever, her tin ear for public sentiment and lack of self-awareness is what did for her. She failed to grasp that, in a competition with a populist who is railing against Washington insiders and their separation from real people, the ultimate Washington insider being seen sneering contemptuously at a quarter of the voting public was never going to be a good look. Also, she never seemed to understand how unpopular she was personally, which meant that pointing at the other guy and demanding the election by default was never going to be good enough.