President Joe Biden suggested on Tuesday that former President Donald Trump should be in jail, just two weeks ahead of the presidential election. Speaking at a campaign event in New Hampshire, the 81-year-old president remarked, “We gotta lock him up,” referring to Trump.
Biden appeared to quickly realize the gravity of his statement and attempted to clarify, adding, “We need to politically lock him up. Lock him out. That’s what we have to do.”
His comments followed similar rhetoric at Democratic campaign rallies where “lock him up” chants targeting Trump have surfaced. Notably, Vice President Kamala Harris has consistently urged rally-goers to leave such matters to the courts, emphasizing her campaign’s message of preserving democracy and upholding the rule of law.
This new controversy mirrors the 2016 “lock her up” chants directed at Hillary Clinton by Trump supporters, a slogan that Democrats continue to criticize.
Trump, who has framed his campaign around contesting the multiple criminal cases against him, accuses his opponents of using the legal system—what he calls “lawfare”—to interfere in the election. He is set to face sentencing in September after being convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records, a case that could technically land him in jail. However, legal experts suggest it’s unlikely, given that he is a first-time offender in a white-collar crime.
Biden’s remark prompted a swift response from Trump’s camp. Donald Trump Jr. took to X, accusing the Biden administration of blatant election interference, writing, “They’re not even hiding it. The lawfare against my dad was always about election interference!”
Trump has not hesitated to go after his political opponents, frequently referring to them as “enemies from within.”
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Dumb. More Democrats shooting themselves in the foot. Democratic “Lawfare” is a major factor in helping Trump appeal to non-MAGA Republicans and independents.
Joe Biden and the democrats have brought “civility” back to Washington.
The new doj better follow the law wherever it leads. If joe has to do hard time so be it!
Lock up this senile crook who stole the 2020 election, along with Hillary & her 33,000 bleached emails, & of-course also with the מכשפה
“However, legal experts suggest it’s unlikely, given that he is a first-time offender in a white-collar crime.”
The offense has no victims. The case is unprecedented in that the government is claiming victimhood, and has never prosecuted similar cases. This case should be tossed out of court yesterday. Event having brought it was a dangerous, undemocratic idea.
Confine this old demented fool to a hospice
And Trump is labeled as the divisive candidate.
so the strategy is to let sleepy joe do the dirty work, while kamala stays above the fray. like tag-team wrestling.
if you foolish American’s bring in Trump….you just bought in Amalek…the biggest criminal of all and so are his family……Esau…..Lentil Soup…keep it in America…..in fact. stay where you are…you don’t deserve Israel