Isn't going after your political enemies using the apparatus of state SOP for 3rd world dictators?

[NAO]

A few examples from history: Stalin in the Soviet Union; Edi Amin in Uganda; Pinochet in Chile; Pol Pot in Cambodia, and just about any tin-pot dictator.

This particular item really should be the main take home of the debate. To threaten retribution of your political opponents, live on stage, is not American.

Technically, this is worse than the "2nd amendment remedies", which could be taken - if you give Trump the benefit of the doubt - as meaning political pressure from the NRA.

The threat of imprisoning a political opponent is a direct and clear threat - there is no way for a Trump apologist to spin that threat.

[Historic NY]

1. The Nixon enemy list........

This memorandum addresses the matter of how we can maximize the fact of our incumbency in dealing with persons known to be active in their opposition to our Administration; stated a bit more bluntly—how we can use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.

[link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon%27s_Enemies_List#/media/File ean-enemies-1.jpg|

[NAO]

3. Nixon's Enemies List was secret - he did not publicly threaten people on his secret list

Trump's direct, in your face threat, done in front of a massive TV audience, is far, far worse than the Enemys List.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Ask Yulia Tymoshenko.

Or hell, just ask Paul Manafort about Yulia Tymoshenko.