Basic attacks don't provide any utility (most of the time, I'm ignoring stuff like Frozen Mallet) while abilities can provide utility, and supports are there to provide utility for the team. Therefore, supports rely on their abilities to provide utility. That's why when some traditionally AD Champions go support like Miss Fortune or Lee Sin, they either build AP (Miss Fortune) or they build tank (Lee Sin). With those builds, those Champions can provide the utility their team needs. If Miss Fortune went with a full lethality build, then she wouldn't be providing her team with good utility because she'd be relying on her auto attacks, not her abilities.
There are a few supports that do a lot of AD damage like Pantheon, Lee Sin, and Illaoi, but if they're building full AD then they're doing their job wrong. Also, there's a reason you'll almost never see these Champions as supports. So many other Champions provide better utility than these Champions.