Sen Tammy Baldwin hits back at GOP opponent's Clinton comparison: 'Actually called you deplorable'

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., is responding to her opponent, Republican businessman Eric Hovde, after he compared her comments on former President Trump voters to those of former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. 

"Do you know who actually called you deplorable? This guy, Eric Hovde," a new digital ad from Baldwin's campaign said.

The ad featured Hovde's own remarks from an interview on "The Jerry Bader Show" in 2016.

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The now-Republican candidate used the word "deplorable" to describe the level of civic knowledge among average Americans, with many not knowing the year of the country's founding or who the vice president is. 

"Most of the country, sadly, doesn't know what the heck is going on," he said at the time. "They can't even tell you when our country was founded, who the vice president [sic], how many senators there are. It's just deplorable how low people are keeping themselves informed."

Hovde added, "I like to say, sadly, with females, they spend too much time with what's going on in Hollywood. And with males, they engross themselves too much with sports. And now it's not just sports, it's fantasy sports."