Trump aide dismisses as 'quip' his threat to jail Clinton

[TomCADem]

Source: Philly Inquirer

On Monday, Trump's campaign manager backed off Trump's threat to throw Clinton in jail.

"That was a quip," Kellyanne Conway said on MSNBC's Morning Joe. And on Trump's threat to appoint a special prosecutor, Conway said only that the candidate was "channeling the frustration" of voters.

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Ari Fleischer, White House press secretary under George W. Bush and a supporter of Trump, wrote: "Winning candidates don't threaten to put opponents in jail. Presidents don't threaten prosecution of individuals. Trump is wrong on this."



Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/presidential/20161010_ap_5f97cf8310ce47a28fde8951e0807cdb.html

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Of course, if it was a mistake, that does not explain why Trump tweeted the same threat after the debate:

Donald Trump’s Campaign Goes All In On Jailing Hillary Clinton

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-clinton-jail-threat_us_57fb1177e4b0b6a430338df6?section=&

[hatrack]

1. Hey, Kellyanne? Just SHUT THE FUCK UP, m'kay?

[lewebley3]

7. It was not joke it was fascism lead by Trump and his KKK deplorable

[George II]

2. "Trump tweeted the same threat after the debate" - good catch.

[frazzled]

4. It was the most gasp-worthy moment of the debate

I literally almost fell out of my chair. And I was surprised it took so long for the media to focus in on it.

Not only was it confirmation that he knows nothing about the law or the limits of the presidency (or doesn't care about such laws or limits)—there is a bright line that separates the president from the DOJ, and he/she may NOT direct prosecutions—but it shows the complete dictatorial, despotic, revengeful nature of the man. What's next, drone strikes against wayward journalists?

[PatSeg]

5. I guess he was just being sarcastic

Just a joke perhaps?

[dem in texas]

6. He said something like thai at one of his rallies

He said similar - that one of the first things he would do when he took office was to arrest Hillary. This was several weeks ago. I watched it on Cnn or MSnbc, don't remember which.

Did anyone else see this?

[BumRushDaShow]

11. He's been pretty much doing this at all his rallies

and then stoking the crowd to chant "Lock her up!".

I've posted elsewhere that his entire debate performance last night was nothing but his rally speeches strung together in an incoherent fashion. Incoherent because the rally subjects that he spewed were not aligning to the friggin' debate questions that he was asked!!

When they asked him about Syria, he immediately started talking about Hillary and Mosul (Iraq). When they asked him about whether he paid taxes over the past 18 years, he immediately retorted with something like "Ask Sydney Blumenthal".

[Midnight Writer]

12. He made a similar remark about the "Mexican" judge in his Trump University trial

He said (paraphrase) "He has been making a lot of bad rulings. We'll see how that changes in November after I am elected".

I also recall his proxies questioning whether the Khan family were terrorists or traitors.

Does anyone doubt that this Trump character already has a lengthy "enemies list" and that he would eagerly use his Presidential powers to persecute his critics?

[BumRushDaShow]

13. I literally just watched the Keith Olbermann segment

posted here - http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017404961

And that is basically what Olbermann ranted about and was right on point.

[wordpix]

15. he's rallying right now, telling the fire marshal to let more people in

Then the asshat says, "Where's the fire marshal?"

[keithbvadu2]

8. 'Make America Great' must be a 'quip' as well.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. "Ari Fleischer,....wrote:"

"...Trump is wrong on this."

Wow. When you're Trump and you lose the likes of Ari Fleischer... you've gone too far!

[Third Doctor]

10. Quip my ass.

The fascist was serious.

[wordpix]

14. pretty weak Ari, "Trump is wrong on this." What about failure to pay taxes?

What about the fake Trump Foundation? What about the women he's groped?

That's the guy who's heading for jail.

[wordpix]

16. msnbc reporting, "Lock her up" chanted at current rally

Throwing the aides to the side, he's back to his old self and talking off the cuff. His minions are loving it.