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Mr. Clinton, I know rednecks, and you, sir, are no redneck

By Todd Starnes

Published October 12, 2016

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Former President Bill Clinton speaks, Monday, Oct. 3, 2016 at Northbank Center in downtown Flint, Mich. Clinton is campaigning for his wife, 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, in Michigan. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)

Former President Bill Clinton has compared Donald Trump's base to "your standard redneck."

"The other guy's base is what I grew up in," he told a crowd in Fort Meyers, Fla. "I'm basically your standard redneck."

Mr. President,  I know some rednecks. And you, sir, are no redneck.

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His wife Hillary had previously smeared Trump backers as a "basket of deplorables" who are "irredeemable."

"They are racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic -- you name it," she said at an LGBT-themed fundraiser in New York City.

Of course, it's not all that unusual for Democrats to insult patriotic, church-going Americans.

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