Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump threatened to jail people “involved in unscrupulous behavior” related to voting in the 2024 election, suggesting without evidence that the election could be stolen from him — and prompting widespread condemnation from election officials who said such rhetoric could provoke violence.
“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 on Saturday on his Truth Social platform. “We cannot let our Country further devolve into a Third World Nation, AND WE WON’T!”
Trump, who began his message with the words “CEASE & DESIST,” went on to threaten a wide range of the kinds of people who would face prosecution and prison time, including campaign donors and those involved in administering elections.
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@NominationTerryDemocrat2yrs2Y
And that’s another problem - elections in the USA have moved to where everyone is ‘Democrats win, or the country is over’
We can’t go on like this, and Trump leaving the scene isn’t going to change the MAGA party that has been on this track since newt Gingrich
@AmusedCapitalistForward2yrs2Y
There’s only one “depravity of justice” and that’s this felon being allowed to freely threaten American citizens without penalty.
@ParliamentAndyDemocrat2yrs2Y
This is authoritarianism, which we have been sliding into for some time. The only answer is to vote Dem all down the ballot, and give Kamala big numbers so it’s harder to claim cheating.
Even then, Trump and his cohorts are going to fight.
@P4ndaEleanorDemocrat2yrs2Y
I still do not understand the close polls. How can anyone with marginal intelligence or a modicum of morality even consider voting for such an entirely unqualified and dangerous character?
@ChameleonMayaGreen2yrs2Y
It is utterly shocking that Trump is even remotely competitive.I read comments on social media—in 2024—from women questioning whether a woman should be president.People died because a man’s pathetically fragile ego couldn’t handle a loss.What has happened to our country?thumb_up223replyReplyshareflag
removeNow There Is Only Screaming16 hours ago
He needs to lose in numbers that are "Too Big To Rig and Too Real To Steal".
We've only got one shot at this People.Come November 5th, Vote Like Your Life Depends On It.
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
I believe that the polls are garbage.
Remember how all the polls in 2016 said that Hillary was going to win?
And just who do you think participates in all these polls? I don't know anyone who answers their phone unless they recognize the phone number, and most people ignore these political texts and e-mails that ask for whom you are voting.
I guess people who have nothing better to do answer them...???
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
@B4NDKJQ1yr1Y
The people blindly reacting to headlines like these are in total denial about the influence campaigns being waged by the CCP, Qatar, Iran, and possibly others, along with of course Russia. There need to be full investigations, with the cooperation of both parties, and not just Democratic smear campaigns against candidates they don't like.
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