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Trump threatens to jail adversaries in escalating rhetoric ahead of pivotal debate

With just days to go before his first — and likely only — debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump posted a warning on his social media site threatening to jail those “involved in unscrupulous behavior” this election, which he said would be under intense scrutiny.

“WHEN I WIN, those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law, which will include long term prison sentences so that this Depravity of Justice does not happen again,” Trump wrote, again sowing doubt about the integrity of the election, even though cheating is incredibly rare.

“Please beware,” he went on, “that this legal exposure extends to Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors, Illegal Voters, & Corrupt Election Officials. Those involved in unscrupulous behavior will be sought out, caught, and prosecuted at levels, unfortunately, never seen before in our Country.”

Kalysta ,

More nazi shit. Cool, cool.

Naich ,
@Naich@lemmings.world avatar

Oh dear. Is the sad, confused, and weird old man rambling again?

rsuri ,

So related topic, what’s a good anti-Trump group to give money to? Of course there’s the Kamala campaign and Republican Voters Against Trump, but I feel like both of these are repeating attacks that are already out there and common in the media. Corruption is a bipartisan issue, and despite epic levels of corruption in his administration somehow many voters seem to view Trump as some sort of incorruptible guy.

If there was a group that would point out his alleged selling of pardons (which is quite apparent given who he has pardoned), hiring of lobbyists to run just about everything, politicizing the justice department (e.g. killing an investigation into an alleged bribe he got from egypt), and use of taxpayer-funded resources to reward allies and donors, they’d get an admittedly small chunk of money from me. Any group doing that?

RememberTheApollo_ ,

Dementia causes verbal aggression.

Naich ,
@Naich@lemmings.world avatar

He wasn’t that bright even before the dementia.

RagingRobot ,

Does voting against him count as cheating?

Badeendje ,
@Badeendje@lemmy.world avatar

Well Florida is now sending police to check up on ballot signatories. So there is a record of people filling out the ballot, who knows if they register what you voted. But I’d say yes.

ZoopZeZoop ,

I know anonymous elections are incredibly important, but I’d happily voice my votes in this case to shut down this bullshit.

Drusas ,

Petition signatories, but I'm sure they'll be happy to expand that to ballots.

some_guy ,

I’ve long known that when this country slips into fascism, my name will be on a list. I won’t be on the first list or the second list. But I’ll be on one of them. And eventually, they’ll come for me.

Orange bad is the one that wants to make it a reality right now.

SirDerpy ,

If you don’t have dependants then I encourage you to get your name on that first list. We’ll die together, without regret, our dignity intact.

Riccosuave ,
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I ain’t going out without a fight. I guaran-fucking-tee you that.

SirDerpy ,

Remember that the opponent never communicates in good faith. There’s only two languages they understand: money and physical violence.

rayyy ,

Be prepared, but not in fear. Also, Kamala Harris will win but the weird orange felon will certainly try to call in his goon squad and the Extreme Court.

cosmicrookie ,
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This will probably only extend to the democratic voters who allegedly cheated. The republican cheaters are just part of the process

themadcodger ,
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Well, the Republicans are only cheating because "the other side is cheating so they have to even the playing field". Despite no actual evidence of any wide spread voter fraud.

cosmicrookie ,
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I love that in the search for proof of cheating, they have found more republicans cheating than democrats

usnews.com/…/these-people-were-charged-with-inter…

andrew_bidlaw ,
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How democratic of you, Donnie.

He is afraid.

Bwaz ,

When did Presidential power start to include the power to jail whoever you want? Why does anyone even imagine that might be an ok situation?

I lost any general respect for nearly half of my fellow citizens in 2016, it hasnt improved a lot since.

SirDerpy ,

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    nulluser ,

    They both have the same goals

    Absolutely unadulterated bullshit. You either have no clue what you’re talking about or you are a foreign operative here intentionally trying to undermine democracy. GTFO!

    SirDerpy ,

    Absolutely unadulterated bullshit. You either have no clue what you’re talking about or you are a foreign operative here intentionally trying to undermine democracy. GTFO!

    Shallow understanding, a lack of reasoning, and false dichotomy won’t get you far as a programmer. You’ll stagnate in the exploitation stage.

    msage ,

    I have seen so many bad programmers in so many companies it’s not even funny.

    sakodak ,

    Let me ask you a question, what’s keeping you from running and winning the presidency?

    I mean, outside of political experience.

    I’ll answer for you: you don’t have the backing of billionaires to fund your campaign.

    You don’t get to be a viable candidate for president in the US if you don’t promise to kowtow to the oligarchy. Everything else is window dressing.

    Yes, some are worse than others. But the bottom line is that all of them prioritize the interests of the oligarchs over the interests of the people.

    nulluser ,

    Doesn’t fucking matter. It’s not a perfect system, but it’s the system we have, so I WILL participate in it, and I will fight to improve it. People like you working to demoralize people out of participating in and improving the system are the enemy… foreign or domestic.

    Imgonnatrythis ,

    Just watched Vice again last night. Supposed to be a bit funny but it is chilling. The seeds for this degree of power started around Nixon / Regan but only now are we about to see the kind of power Cheney worked for. Now even he fears this power.

    norimee ,

    That’s what a good authoritarian leader does. Persecuting the opposition, of course.

    adespoton ,

    “Please beware,” he went on, “that this legal exposure extends to Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors, Illegal Voters, & Corrupt Election Officials. Those involved in unscrupulous behavior will be sought out, caught, and prosecuted at levels, unfortunately, never seen before in our Country.”

    What people don’t quite grasp is that he means exactly what he says.

    He considers, for example, being a lawyer to be “unscrupulous behavior”. As is donating to anyone but himself. Or voting for anyone but him.

    DogPeePoo ,

    Mein Drumpf

    BigMacHole ,

    Going to Prison if you Insult the President is called FREEDOM and EXACTLY what the Founders Intended!

    NuXCOM_90Percent ,

    The debate (Tuesday night?) is going to be a REAL shitshow. Hope the moderators/network don’t protect him too much but expecting at least one n-word and a few unprompted threats of retribution to both democrats and republicans.

    Kalysta ,

    The people who live blog fact checking will likely need an open bar right next to them to get though it.

    vegeta ,

    I am the Law

    Trump Dredd

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3f203064-ba2e-4142-b54f-ce7b27a4242b.jpeg

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