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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.”

lenninscjay ,

Straight out of the fascist playbook. Claiming the election is stolen before voting has even taken place.

Yet the GOP is the one with a fake elector scheme.

LEDZeppelin ,

Also from Nazi playbook - accuse your opponents for exactly what you are doing

kent_eh ,

Claiming the election is stolen before voting has even taken place.

He’s been doing that since 2015

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

He’s going to start calling for their deaths any time now.

DarkDarkHouse ,
@DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/…/675435/

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.

vegeta ,

I am the Law

Trump Dredd

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

rickdg ,
@rickdg@lemmy.world avatar

#1 Maduro fan in the US

atzanteol ,

Who taught him the phrase “legal exposure”?

linearchaos ,
@linearchaos@lemmy.world avatar

One of the lawyers he didn’t pay

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 ,

Why does anyone even imagine that might be an ok situation?

Humanity has wanted kings since the old testament. Christians don’t even care for the new testament epistles’ warnings of authoritarians. Similar themes predate the bible in other religious texts.

Humans have a comfort and scaling problem. Once the group gets too large immediate comfort becomes the highest priority. No one wants to think for themselves. They’d rather a king decide for them.

Today is no different. The US now decides between an shallow orange king or an intelligent blue queen. They both have the same goals and lead to the same end. It’s only a question of pace and marketing.

BigMacHole ,

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

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.

hddsx ,

What do you mean? You can’t prosecute if they are official acts

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.

DogPeePoo ,

Mein Drumpf

norimee ,

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

cosmicrookie ,
@cosmicrookie@lemmy.world avatar

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

andrew_bidlaw ,
@andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works avatar

How democratic of you, Donnie.

He is afraid.

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