This IS ominous ….
The ‘Lock’m Up’ thing plays well with Republican crowds….
Soooo?
Would a newly installed American President actually install a Justice Dept. that WOULD look to put his predecessors IN JAIL for the sole reason that they are opponents to his politics ?
Donald Trump lies continually., so we have no idea if Trump WOULD actually do this…
But?
It WOULD be a BIG HUGE change in American politics…..
In an interview with Fox News on Wednesday night, host Sean Hannity asked Trump about those who have suggested Trump would seek “retribution” through the criminal justice system if he returned to the White House.
“So number one, they’re wrong. It has to stop because otherwise we’re not going to have a country,” Trump said, before baselessly accusing President Biden and his family of crimes.
“Look, when this election is over, based on what they’ve done, I would have every right to go after them,” he added. “And it’s easy because it’s Joe Biden and you see all the criminality.”….
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“Tonight in prime time, America saw Donald Trump consumed by rage and visibly rattled following his felony conviction,” Biden campaign spokesman Michael Tyler said. “Donald Trump is so consumed with personal grievance that he does not care who he hurts so long as Donald Trump benefits.”
Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, continues to claim without evidence that his prosecutions are politically motivated and that his political rivals are behind them. In addition to the New York hush money case, Trump faces 54 criminal charges in three cases, two of which are related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election….
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Trump has made payback for opponents central to his campaign, at one point declaring to a crowd: “I am your retribution.” In private, he told advisers and friends that he wants the Justice Department to investigate specific former aides and allies who are now critical of him, The Washington Post previously reported. And he has promised to appoint a special prosecutor to scrutinize Biden and his family.
But Trump’s message also has been muddled at times. “I’m not going to have time for retribution. We’re going to make this country so successful again, I’m not going to have time for retribution,” he said at an event in Iowa in January….