Politics and the power of a word
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2016
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Hillary Clinton has labeled half of Donald Trump’s supporters "deplorables." Trump has said, "Fifty percent of Americans just sit back and do nothing." As the rhetoric of this campaign becomes more divisive than ever, how difficult will be to govern — whoever ends up in the White House?
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| 0:05.5 | You got people that been in jail just like one time and their life can't get nothing because of whatever mistake they made. |
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| 0:30.5 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:39.0 | Politics and the power of a word. |
| 0:44.7 | Hello again, I'm Arunalny, and this is To the Point. |
| 0:47.4 | There's a new word in this year's political vocabulary, deplorables, first used by Hillary Clinton to describe half of Donald Trump's supporters. |
| 0:55.7 | Trump seized on it as a mistake that betrayed her elitist detachment from the beleaguered working class. |
| 1:01.2 | Many pundits agreed. |
| 1:02.8 | But Clinton's not backing away, claiming that elements of Trump's fan base are demonstrating his appeal to racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry. |
| 1:11.5 | Now the word deplorables is fueling both sides of the campaign, appearing on T-shirts, |
| 1:16.8 | Twitter memes, and advertisements. |
| 1:18.9 | Did Clinton commit a gaffe that might cost her dearly? |
| 1:22.0 | Or is it Trump that's fallen into a trap that reveals more than he wanted? |
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| 2:05.8 | Hello again, Warren-Aulney, back with To The Poet. |
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