WATCH: Trump Invites A 'Basket Of Deplorables' On Stage - AKA Normal Americans

Donald Trump on Monday night invited supporters on stage with him to denounce Hillary Clinton’s recent description of the GOP presidential nominee’s backers a “basket of deplorables.”

At a rally in Asheville, N.C., Trump defended his supporters and knocked the Democratic nominee for painting them as bigots and racists.

“While her campaign slanders you as deplorables and irredeemables, I call you hard-working Americans patriots that love your country and want a better future for all our people,” Trump said Monday night. “You are everybody. Above all else, you’re Americans and you’re entitled to leadership that honors you, cherishes, you and totally defends you.”

The real estate mogul was then joined by a handful of supporters who took the stage to explain who they are and why they are supporting Trump.

One African-American couple came up to the microphone and said that they’ve been serving in public education for a combined 85 years.

“My wife and I represent non-deplorable people,” the man said. “We are not racists at all.”

Another woman used her time on stage as an opportunity to bash Clinton.

“I am probably a lot of things, deplorable is not one of them I assure you,” she said, adding that, “Hillary needs to take a nap.”