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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/

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.

    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.

    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.

    vegeta ,

    I am the Law

    Trump Dredd

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

    BigMacHole ,

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

    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

    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.

    Naich ,
    @Naich@lemmings.world avatar

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

    DogPeePoo ,

    Mein Drumpf

    hddsx ,

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

    Kalysta ,

    Never thought we’d need a constitutional amendment that spells out the president and all elected and non elected government workers are subject to all the laws of the United States in the exact same way civilians are. But here we are.

    How do we get this passed, folks?

    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

    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…

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