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Donald Trump says he’ll jail opponent Hillary Clinton if he wins the presidency.
The Republican presidential nominee made the threat — an unprecedented break with U.S. political decorum — in the middle of the second presidential debate, held Sunday in St. Louis.
It came as the Democratic nominee said it is “awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in our country.”
Trump blasted back, “Because you’d be in jail.”
That drew applause in a town hall-style debate that was supposed to be free of audience participation.
A few moments earlier, Trump had said he’d instruct his attorney general to appoint a special prosecutor who would investigate the tens of thousands of emails that Clinton deleted when she was secretary of state.
After saying people across the country were “furious” with Clinton, Trump said, “So we’re going to get a special prosecutor, and we’re going to look into it.” He added: “It’s a disgrace. And honestly, you ought to be ashamed of yourself.”
Trump’s remarks drew widespread and bipartisan condemnation as un-American.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder, who served under President Barack Obama, wrote on Twitter: “In the USA we do not threaten to jail political opponents. @realDonaldTrump said he would. He is promising to abuse the power of the office.”
Ari Fleischer, White House press secretary under George W. Bush and a supporter of Trump, wrote: “Winning candidates don’t threaten to put opponents in jail. Presidents don’t threaten prosecution of individuals. Trump is wrong on this.”
Trump’s “jail” line was one of the most-discussed debate moments on social media during the debate. Trump’s campaign seemed proud of the moment, tweeting a video clip of the exchange shortly afterward with the message, “@HillaryClinton is NOT above the law!” Tens of thousands of his followers retweeted and “liked” the tweet, with some calling it a “mic-drop” moment and the best line of the debate.
The FBI and the Justice Department have closed their investigations into Clinton’s use of a private email server when she was secretary of state.
(AP)
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14 Responses
The Circus is Finally over! Clinton will take this Election, while Trump and his “movement” will be the laughing stock!
Go trump! I dont need another reason to vote for donald
Jail this devil once and for all, America needs to rid itself of the clintons.
Lock her up, one jail cell for Bill Clinton and one for Hillary, place it in middle of time square to remind us that America is not corrupt anymore!
Hillary,endangering 200 million America lives with her emails! Sorry is not enough!
Go Trump.
Jailing the opposition is a common tool of despots and dictators.
it does not mean you live in a basket of deplorables if you see that there is a separate law for the clintons and the rest of us. it may be that The Irredeemables no longer want to tolerate a crime family who runs a conspiracy of pay for play and is turning our country into a banana republic.
if you think that Trump’s comments are over the top, then you haven’t been paying attention to what she is, what she has done, and in fact what she promises to do to our country.
there are 33,000 reasons for her to go to jail.
Can a Hillary fan with brains please explain why they’d vote for a murderer, liar, thief and evil witch with Islamic friends and associated with the Muslim Brotherhood, one who belongs in jail, whose only agenda is to destroy America and Israel?
The fact that Bush will vote for her should turn a red light on for everyone. Google: The global elite and destruction of humanity (or similar words) and everything will be bright and clear.
True, Trump has a filthy mouth but at least he did not do anything illegal (although the Dems are out to put out some hoax on him right before elections and reveal the truth only after elections) and has an agenda to get America back to normal.
Arye its time you turned off Sean Hannity and educated yourself about reality.
Jailing the opposition is morally correct when the opposition engages in criminal behavior! Democracy means there should be no double standards for people whose last name is Clinton and their ilk.
#10 Keep burying your head in MSM. Hope you’ll wake up to the truth before it’s too late…
Re comment 9, arye: Trump’s “filthy mouth” was describing his own conduct with some women, and the conduct as he described it is criminal. And, oh, yes, everything else you said was wrong or worse.
#13 You’re mimicking the Dems with their lies but have no proof to what your saying. He has never done anything physically to women/girls like Hillary’s husband and Hillary herself as an accomplice.
And everything else I said was wrong? Prove it.
With everything said and done, you still haven’t given 1 logical reason why you’d vote for a murderer, liar, thief, Muslim lover and menuvel?