Donald Trump’s threat to imprison Hillary Clinton is a threat to democracy

[Divine Wind]

His threat was to get a special prosecutor to look into it. The only thing that is a threat to is Hillarys freedom.

Agreed. I think the OP article is bullshit.

 

[Esmeralda]

Trump suggested Hillary should be in jail for her crimes, not because of her political views.

Compare that to Hillary calling countless millions of Americans deplorable while at the same time championing unskilled scum from the third world flooding into the country. That alone should be grounds for her not being POTUS.

There was no crime. She has been investigated up one side and down the other. His idea to set up a special prosecutor is just a way of spending millions of tax payer dollars and reaching the same conclusion.

Let us not forget this is the same guy who has said women who get abortions should be legally punished. He's disgusting.

No, the investigation has made the fbi a joke.

And she testified before a congressional committee for 11 hours. They are a joke too?

 

[jknowgood]

I didn't read the OP linked article but imagine Trump's words hit its author somewhat as they hit me. A little chill ran down my spine as I recalled Richard Milhous Nixon's statement of using the office to go after political enemies.

Trump doesn't even understand these concepts. I loved Kaine's line during the VP debate when he said, ‘There’s a difference between dictatorship and leadership.' Trump would use his office to go after political enemies because he doesn't understand the concept of democracy. He doesn't understand the difference between a dictator and a democratic leader. He admires someone like Putin, who has murdered political opponents as well as journalists who write things against him.

Oh shut the hell up. Obama used the irs to go after conservatives with your support. Get used to the powers Obama has given future presidents, with your support.

 

[jknowgood]

Trump suggested Hillary should be in jail for her crimes, not because of her political views.

Compare that to Hillary calling countless millions of Americans deplorable while at the same time championing unskilled scum from the third world flooding into the country. That alone should be grounds for her not being POTUS.

There was no crime. She has been investigated up one side and down the other. His idea to set up a special prosecutor is just a way of spending millions of tax payer dollars and reaching the same conclusion.

Let us not forget this is the same guy who has said women who get abortions should be legally punished. He's disgusting.

No, the investigation has made the fbi a joke.

And she testified before a congressional committee for 11 hours. They are a joke too?

No, it has come out that the fbi let evidence be destroyed. I for one would vote for Donald just on the fact he would put her in jail.

 

[gipper]

His threat was to get a special prosecutor to look into it. The only thing that is a threat to is Hillarys freedom.

Agreed. I think the OP article is bullshit.

I say put the ENTIRE political class in prison. However, Hillary, W, and Big Ears should get special attention...like solitary confinement for life. I hope that is not too harsh.

 

[Esmeralda]

Trump suggested Hillary should be in jail for her crimes, not because of her political views.

Compare that to Hillary calling countless millions of Americans deplorable while at the same time championing unskilled scum from the third world flooding into the country. That alone should be grounds for her not being POTUS.

There was no crime. She has been investigated up one side and down the other. His idea to set up a special prosecutor is just a way of spending millions of tax payer dollars and reaching the same conclusion.

Let us not forget this is the same guy who has said women who get abortions should be legally punished. He's disgusting.

No, the investigation has made the fbi a joke.

And she testified before a congressional committee for 11 hours. They are a joke too?

No, it has come out that the fbi let evidence be destroyed. I for one would vote for Donald just on the fact he would put her in jail.

'He' wouldn't have the power to put her in jail. This is not a dictatorship and never will be. If anyone is indicted and found guilty through our justice system, that's one thing. But a president does not have the power to just put people in jail. You are assuming she would be found guilty, but given all the investigations on her so far, with no criminal activity found, it's just your wishful thinking. You don't like her, so you want her to be in jail. Some good old American you are. String them up.

 

[rightwinger]

His threat was to get a special prosecutor to look into it. The only thing that is a threat to is Hillarys freedom.

That combined with .....If I were president you would be in jail

Pure abuse of power

 

[jknowgood]

Trump suggested Hillary should be in jail for her crimes, not because of her political views.

Compare that to Hillary calling countless millions of Americans deplorable while at the same time championing unskilled scum from the third world flooding into the country. That alone should be grounds for her not being POTUS.

There was no crime. She has been investigated up one side and down the other. His idea to set up a special prosecutor is just a way of spending millions of tax payer dollars and reaching the same conclusion.

Let us not forget this is the same guy who has said women who get abortions should be legally punished. He's disgusting.

No, the investigation has made the fbi a joke.

And she testified before a congressional committee for 11 hours. They are a joke too?

No, it has come out that the fbi let evidence be destroyed. I for one would vote for Donald just on the fact he would put her in jail.

'He' wouldn't have the power to put her in jail. This is not a dictatorship and never will be. If anyone is indicted and found guilty through our justice system, that's one thing. But a president does not have the power to just put people in jail. You are assuming she would be found guilty, but given all the investigations on her so far, with no criminal activity found, it's just your wishful thinking. You don't like her, so you want her to be in jail. Some good old American you are. String them up.

She committed treason, she should be hung. All of her supporters should also be investigation for the same.

 

[Skylar]

His threat was to get a special prosecutor to look into it. The only thing that is a threat to is Hillarys freedom.

That combined with .....If I were president you would be in jail

Pure abuse of power

Trump is the first candidate in modern American history that insists that he'll imprison his political opponents if victorious.

And the Alt-Right cheers.....

 

[Skylar]

There was no crime. She has been investigated up one side and down the other. His idea to set up a special prosecutor is just a way of spending millions of tax payer dollars and reaching the same conclusion.

Let us not forget this is the same guy who has said women who get abortions should be legally punished. He's disgusting.

No, the investigation has made the fbi a joke.

And she testified before a congressional committee for 11 hours. They are a joke too?

No, it has come out that the fbi let evidence be destroyed. I for one would vote for Donald just on the fact he would put her in jail.

'He' wouldn't have the power to put her in jail. This is not a dictatorship and never will be. If anyone is indicted and found guilty through our justice system, that's one thing. But a president does not have the power to just put people in jail. You are assuming she would be found guilty, but given all the investigations on her so far, with no criminal activity found, it's just your wishful thinking. You don't like her, so you want her to be in jail. Some good old American you are. String them up.

She committed treason, she should be hung. All of her supporters should also be investigation for the same.

I get that *you* believe that. But to the rest of the electorate, that sounds insane. Full tilt, batshit crazy.

Its why Trump's campaign is circling the bowl. He keeps trying to appeal to the most hysterical fringe of the right wing.....while ignoring pretty much everyone else.

 

[Divine Wind]

I say put the ENTIRE political class in prison. However, Hillary, W, and Big Ears should get special attention...like solitary confinement for life. I hope that is not too harsh.

Since corruption is illegal, I agree with this sentiment. Unfortunately, the foxes are in charge of the hen house, so there's no way to make it happen in the short term. In the long term, I think pushing a third party, especially the Libertarian Party, in local and state elections is the best way to build a base that can clean up Washington, DC.

 

[jknowgood]

No, the investigation has made the fbi a joke.

And she testified before a congressional committee for 11 hours. They are a joke too?

No, it has come out that the fbi let evidence be destroyed. I for one would vote for Donald just on the fact he would put her in jail.

'He' wouldn't have the power to put her in jail. This is not a dictatorship and never will be. If anyone is indicted and found guilty through our justice system, that's one thing. But a president does not have the power to just put people in jail. You are assuming she would be found guilty, but given all the investigations on her so far, with no criminal activity found, it's just your wishful thinking. You don't like her, so you want her to be in jail. Some good old American you are. String them up.

She committed treason, she should be hung. All of her supporters should also be investigation for the same.

I get that *you* believe that. But to the rest of the electorate, that sounds insane. Full tilt, batshit crazy.

Its why Trump's campaign is circling the bowl.

If Trump becomes president Hillary will be retried and prosecuted and plenty of politicians will go down also. Including obama.

 

[martybegan]

Donald Trump’s threat to imprison Hillary Clinton is a threat to democracy
by Zack Beauchamp
October 9, 2016

There is no way to sugarcoat this: At Sunday night’s presidential debate, Donald Trump threatened to throw Hillary Clinton in jail if he wins the presidency. This — threatening to jail one’s political opponents — is how democratic norms die.

The exchange happened during a discussion of the controversy over Hillary Clinton’s private email server. Trump began by decrying Clinton’s conduct — which, according to the FBI, was quite bad but not illegal. He then proposed appointing a special prosecutor to investigate her, and warned Clinton that, if he were president now, “you’d be in jail”:

TRUMP: I'll tell you what. I didn't think I'd say this, and I'm going to say it, and hate to say it: If I win, I'm going to instruct the attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation because there's never been so many lies, so much deception … A very expensive process, so we're going to get a special prosecutor because people have been, their lives have been destroyed for doing one-fifth of what you've done. And it's a disgrace, and honestly, you ought to be ashamed.

-snip-

In democracies, we respect people’s rights to disagree with each other. When one candidate wins a presidential election, the loser returns to private life or another government position. In some cases, former rivals become close friends. George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, who defeated Bush in the 1992 election, travel together and have spent decades jointly raising money to aid the victims of natural disasters.

They don’t get sent to jail, because we believe that political disagreement should be legal.

read more: Donald Trump’s threat to imprison Hillary Clinton is a threat to democracy

Trump is nothing more then thug.

He thinks of himself as a dictator, repeatedly saying "I alone" can fix the problems in our country, so this fits right in, as dictators jail their opponents.

yes, because all dictators appoint independent prosecutors to review possible governmental malfeasance.

 

[martybegan]

Donald Trump’s threat to imprison Hillary Clinton is a threat to democracy
by Zack Beauchamp
October 9, 2016

There is no way to sugarcoat this: At Sunday night’s presidential debate, Donald Trump threatened to throw Hillary Clinton in jail if he wins the presidency. This — threatening to jail one’s political opponents — is how democratic norms die.

The exchange happened during a discussion of the controversy over Hillary Clinton’s private email server. Trump began by decrying Clinton’s conduct — which, according to the FBI, was quite bad but not illegal. He then proposed appointing a special prosecutor to investigate her, and warned Clinton that, if he were president now, “you’d be in jail”:

TRUMP: I'll tell you what. I didn't think I'd say this, and I'm going to say it, and hate to say it: If I win, I'm going to instruct the attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation because there's never been so many lies, so much deception … A very expensive process, so we're going to get a special prosecutor because people have been, their lives have been destroyed for doing one-fifth of what you've done. And it's a disgrace, and honestly, you ought to be ashamed.

-snip-

In democracies, we respect people’s rights to disagree with each other. When one candidate wins a presidential election, the loser returns to private life or another government position. In some cases, former rivals become close friends. George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, who defeated Bush in the 1992 election, travel together and have spent decades jointly raising money to aid the victims of natural disasters.

They don’t get sent to jail, because we believe that political disagreement should be legal.

read more: Donald Trump’s threat to imprison Hillary Clinton is a threat to democracy

Trump is nothing more then thug.

Is that considered TREASON? If not - it should be. Trump sounds like a third world dictator.

How is starting an investigation treason?

 

[Skylar]

I say put the ENTIRE political class in prison. However, Hillary, W, and Big Ears should get special attention...like solitary confinement for life. I hope that is not too harsh.

Since corruption is illegal, I agree with this sentiment. Unfortunately, the foxes are in charge of the hen house, so there's no way to make it happen in the short term. In the long term, I think pushing a third party, especially the Libertarian Party, in local and state elections is the best way to build a base that can clean up Washington, DC.

Which Libertarians have been saying for at least half a century now.

How's that worked out?

 

[peach174]

Donald Trump’s threat to imprison Hillary Clinton is a threat to democracy
by Zack Beauchamp
October 9, 2016

There is no way to sugarcoat this: At Sunday night’s presidential debate, Donald Trump threatened to throw Hillary Clinton in jail if he wins the presidency. This — threatening to jail one’s political opponents — is how democratic norms die.

The exchange happened during a discussion of the controversy over Hillary Clinton’s private email server. Trump began by decrying Clinton’s conduct — which, according to the FBI, was quite bad but not illegal. He then proposed appointing a special prosecutor to investigate her, and warned Clinton that, if he were president now, “you’d be in jail”:

TRUMP: I'll tell you what. I didn't think I'd say this, and I'm going to say it, and hate to say it: If I win, I'm going to instruct the attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation because there's never been so many lies, so much deception … A very expensive process, so we're going to get a special prosecutor because people have been, their lives have been destroyed for doing one-fifth of what you've done. And it's a disgrace, and honestly, you ought to be ashamed.

-snip-

In democracies, we respect people’s rights to disagree with each other. When one candidate wins a presidential election, the loser returns to private life or another government position. In some cases, former rivals become close friends. George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, who defeated Bush in the 1992 election, travel together and have spent decades jointly raising money to aid the victims of natural disasters.

They don’t get sent to jail, because we believe that political disagreement should be legal.

read more: Donald Trump’s threat to imprison Hillary Clinton is a threat to democracy

Trump is nothing more then thug.

yep.... they want us to be a banana republic. psychos.

i still haven't figured out what the republican FBI director would have to gain from making a democrat president? wouldn't he have benefitted a lot more if he helped the GOP?

of course, that requires sanity to understand.

No it requires research and gaining some knowledge about it.

It's about the elitists in both parties who think they are all above the law and control both parties, rather than the people of this nation.

A Vote for Hillary will be to keep the corruption and lawlessness ,same old same old of both parties.

Many of our millinals are starting to see it and get it.

if you say so.

No!
Says the millions of this nation who are in both parties who have educated themselves on the issue.

 

[rightwinger]

Donald Trump’s threat to imprison Hillary Clinton is a threat to democracy
by Zack Beauchamp
October 9, 2016

There is no way to sugarcoat this: At Sunday night’s presidential debate, Donald Trump threatened to throw Hillary Clinton in jail if he wins the presidency. This — threatening to jail one’s political opponents — is how democratic norms die.

The exchange happened during a discussion of the controversy over Hillary Clinton’s private email server. Trump began by decrying Clinton’s conduct — which, according to the FBI, was quite bad but not illegal. He then proposed appointing a special prosecutor to investigate her, and warned Clinton that, if he were president now, “you’d be in jail”:

TRUMP: I'll tell you what. I didn't think I'd say this, and I'm going to say it, and hate to say it: If I win, I'm going to instruct the attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation because there's never been so many lies, so much deception … A very expensive process, so we're going to get a special prosecutor because people have been, their lives have been destroyed for doing one-fifth of what you've done. And it's a disgrace, and honestly, you ought to be ashamed.

-snip-

In democracies, we respect people’s rights to disagree with each other. When one candidate wins a presidential election, the loser returns to private life or another government position. In some cases, former rivals become close friends. George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, who defeated Bush in the 1992 election, travel together and have spent decades jointly raising money to aid the victims of natural disasters.

They don’t get sent to jail, because we believe that political disagreement should be legal.

read more: Donald Trump’s threat to imprison Hillary Clinton is a threat to democracy

Trump is nothing more then thug.

Is that considered TREASON? If not - it should be. Trump sounds like a third world dictator.

How is starting an investigation treason?

We're the other eight investigations treason?

 

[Skylar]

And she testified before a congressional committee for 11 hours. They are a joke too?

No, it has come out that the fbi let evidence be destroyed. I for one would vote for Donald just on the fact he would put her in jail.

'He' wouldn't have the power to put her in jail. This is not a dictatorship and never will be. If anyone is indicted and found guilty through our justice system, that's one thing. But a president does not have the power to just put people in jail. You are assuming she would be found guilty, but given all the investigations on her so far, with no criminal activity found, it's just your wishful thinking. You don't like her, so you want her to be in jail. Some good old American you are. String them up.

She committed treason, she should be hung. All of her supporters should also be investigation for the same.

I get that *you* believe that. But to the rest of the electorate, that sounds insane. Full tilt, batshit crazy.

Its why Trump's campaign is circling the bowl.

If Trump becomes president Hillary will be retried and prosecuted and plenty of politicians will go down also. Including obama.

And the fringe right loves the idea of imprisoning, even killing their political opponents.

But to the rest of us that sounds insane too. Do you see the pattern yet?

 

[martybegan]

Donald Trump’s threat to imprison Hillary Clinton is a threat to democracy
by Zack Beauchamp
October 9, 2016

There is no way to sugarcoat this: At Sunday night’s presidential debate, Donald Trump threatened to throw Hillary Clinton in jail if he wins the presidency. This — threatening to jail one’s political opponents — is how democratic norms die.

The exchange happened during a discussion of the controversy over Hillary Clinton’s private email server. Trump began by decrying Clinton’s conduct — which, according to the FBI, was quite bad but not illegal. He then proposed appointing a special prosecutor to investigate her, and warned Clinton that, if he were president now, “you’d be in jail”:

TRUMP: I'll tell you what. I didn't think I'd say this, and I'm going to say it, and hate to say it: If I win, I'm going to instruct the attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation because there's never been so many lies, so much deception … A very expensive process, so we're going to get a special prosecutor because people have been, their lives have been destroyed for doing one-fifth of what you've done. And it's a disgrace, and honestly, you ought to be ashamed.

-snip-

In democracies, we respect people’s rights to disagree with each other. When one candidate wins a presidential election, the loser returns to private life or another government position. In some cases, former rivals become close friends. George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, who defeated Bush in the 1992 election, travel together and have spent decades jointly raising money to aid the victims of natural disasters.

They don’t get sent to jail, because we believe that political disagreement should be legal.

read more: Donald Trump’s threat to imprison Hillary Clinton is a threat to democracy

Trump is nothing more then thug.

Is that considered TREASON? If not - it should be. Trump sounds like a third world dictator.

How is starting an investigation treason?

We're the other eight investigations treason?

Only Treason is treason. Much like bigotry, progressives are trying to render the word meaningless.

 

[martybegan]

No, it has come out that the fbi let evidence be destroyed. I for one would vote for Donald just on the fact he would put her in jail.

'He' wouldn't have the power to put her in jail. This is not a dictatorship and never will be. If anyone is indicted and found guilty through our justice system, that's one thing. But a president does not have the power to just put people in jail. You are assuming she would be found guilty, but given all the investigations on her so far, with no criminal activity found, it's just your wishful thinking. You don't like her, so you want her to be in jail. Some good old American you are. String them up.

She committed treason, she should be hung. All of her supporters should also be investigation for the same.

I get that *you* believe that. But to the rest of the electorate, that sounds insane. Full tilt, batshit crazy.

Its why Trump's campaign is circling the bowl.

If Trump becomes president Hillary will be retried and prosecuted and plenty of politicians will go down also. Including obama.

And the fringe right loves the idea of imprisoning, even killing their political opponents.

But to the rest of us that sounds insane too. Do you see the pattern yet?

Oh, Rly?

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