Politics and the power of a word

Hosted by Warren Olney Sep. 14, 2016 National

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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Politics and the power of a word

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.

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Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Katie Cooper, Sáša Woodruff, Paul von Zielbauer

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