You know how sometimes you just want to “reach out” to “your friends on the other side” and “exchange points of view” in a “mutually respectful way” so you can “understand” each other better?
No?
Huh.
Well, just in case you get a hankering, I recommend serving this simple two-ingredient cocktail to your guests. It’s definitely not sessionable, nor particularly well-balanced. But it has an unforgettable nose.

The Basket of Deplorables Cocktail
- 2 oz bleach
- Preferably Clorox, lemon-scented
- 1 oz ammonia
- Any brand will do
Garnish: Upside down American flag, lightly flamed
Directions: Build in an Old-Fashioned glass. Do not stir. Serve up. Garnish. Evacuate.
Basket of Deplorables Cocktail tasting notes
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