"A new low, even for Trump"

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Sopan Deb ‏@SopanDeb 8m8 minutes ago
Wa Po editorial: "A new low, even for Donald Trump"
http://wapo.st/2d2WtAc




Sopan Deb ‏@SopanDeb 9m9 minutes ago
NYT editorial: Donald Trump Goes Low
http://nyti.ms/2d2UprZ

Alex Seitz-Wald ‏@aseitzwald 4h4 hours ago
Mike Pence says on MSNBC that jail threat was one of Trump's best moments in the debate.

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1. CNN commentators hit Trump hard on his threat to prosecute and jail Hillary if he wins

Called it NIXONIAN.

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2. Trump is a bully, he made bully moves. He must have taken advise from his puppetmaster Putin.

if Trump had his way as president everyone who did not support him would be jailed or killed the Putin way. This would include all Latinos, Muslims, and African Americans. BTW, a registered Democratic Party would be included in Trump's elimination plan.

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7. this bit

Alex Seitz-Wald ‏@aseitzwald 13h13 hours ago
This bit from Clinton's book seems relevant on a night Trump says Clinton should be in jail.

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8. Yes and the two worked together afterwards. The interest of the country first.

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3. My boyfriend

is in Brazil at this time for work and when Trump made that threat to put Hillary in prison the guy next to him said "your country is becoming just like ours." He had three different Brazilian women the other day come up to him and say "Trump bad." That is how some of the world is thinking of us.

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4. good point, Doreen

...I recall an election a decade or so ago where a fellow from a small country wrote about the differences between our system of elections and his country's own. One of the most prominent differences, he said, was that our political opponents always come together after the election, and that in his country the elections are marred by efforts to prosecute and jail political opponents.

Along with the violence and threats which have marked the Trump campaign, there's now this authoritarian threat to criminalize political differences from them which I'm certain is getting the attention of every nation struggling to keep their own political system focused away from divisive and dangerous conflict.

I think the way it''s been introduced into the political debate here is a harbinger for the future of American politics. Nothing short of leadership will address it adequately, and so much damage can be done to our democracy if Trump or anyone else is able or allowed to mainstream this type of destructive politics.

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6. Trump will never

be a leader. He would be a ruler. He has no interest in leading. Those countries that jail people for different opinions do not have leaders they have dictators, rulers, or whatever term may be used where freedom of thought is put into danger.

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5. K&R