WASHINGTON: Outgoing President Joe Biden sparked MAGA fury by telling Democrats “We’ve got to lock him up ,” referring to Donald Trump , before quickly dialing down his comment to clarify he meant figurative rather than literal incarceration.
At a campaign event in New Hampshire, Biden said: “I know this sounds bizarre. It sounds like, if I said this five years ago, you’d lock me up. We’ve got to lock him up,” before clarifying, "Politically lock him up...Lock him out," even as Democrat faithful burst into applause.
The Trump campaign immediately lashed out at Biden and Harris , even though the former President first led chants of "Lock her up" in the 2016 Presidential campaign when Hillary Clinton was his opponent. “Joe Biden just admitted the truth: he and Kamala’s plan all along has been to politically persecute their opponent President Trump because they can’t beat him fair and square,” Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in a statement, adding, “The Harris-Biden Admin is the real threat to democracy . We call on Kamala Harris to condemn Joe Biden’s disgraceful remark.” Harris did not comment.
Chants of "Lock him up" have erupted in some of Kamala Harris' rallies, but she has responded tactfully to them saying: “The courts will take care of that. We’ll take care of November.”
Trump has lately suggested he is for using government instruments and the military against detractors, talking of the "enemy within" even as he complains about the weaponization of the justice department -- "lawfare" in MAGA lingo -- against him. In some rallies going back to 2016, he has explicitly suggested beating up protestors, sometimes joking he will even pick up the legal tab for those who punch out protestors.
The latest flashpoint between the two camps came even as John Kelly, a retired Marine general who was Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff, said in several interviews that the former president fits “into the general definition of fascist,” "wanted the “kind of generals Hitler had,” and “certainly prefers the dictator approach to government.”
In an interview to Atlantic magazine, Kelly said Trump had wished his military personnel showed him the same deference Adolf Hitler’s Nazi generals showed Hitler during World War II.
“‘Do you mean Bismarck’s generals?’” Kelly said he asked Trump, revealing that the former President did not know who Bismarck was, or about the Franco-Prussian War.
"I said, ‘Do you mean the kaiser’s generals? Surely you can’t mean Hitler’s generals?’ And he said, ‘Yeah, yeah, Hitler’s generals," Kelly said, recounting a conversation that the Trump campaign said never took place.
At a campaign event in New Hampshire, Biden said: “I know this sounds bizarre. It sounds like, if I said this five years ago, you’d lock me up. We’ve got to lock him up,” before clarifying, "Politically lock him up...Lock him out," even as Democrat faithful burst into applause.
The Trump campaign immediately lashed out at Biden and Harris , even though the former President first led chants of "Lock her up" in the 2016 Presidential campaign when Hillary Clinton was his opponent. “Joe Biden just admitted the truth: he and Kamala’s plan all along has been to politically persecute their opponent President Trump because they can’t beat him fair and square,” Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in a statement, adding, “The Harris-Biden Admin is the real threat to democracy . We call on Kamala Harris to condemn Joe Biden’s disgraceful remark.” Harris did not comment.
Chants of "Lock him up" have erupted in some of Kamala Harris' rallies, but she has responded tactfully to them saying: “The courts will take care of that. We’ll take care of November.”
Trump has lately suggested he is for using government instruments and the military against detractors, talking of the "enemy within" even as he complains about the weaponization of the justice department -- "lawfare" in MAGA lingo -- against him. In some rallies going back to 2016, he has explicitly suggested beating up protestors, sometimes joking he will even pick up the legal tab for those who punch out protestors.
The latest flashpoint between the two camps came even as John Kelly, a retired Marine general who was Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff, said in several interviews that the former president fits “into the general definition of fascist,” "wanted the “kind of generals Hitler had,” and “certainly prefers the dictator approach to government.”
In an interview to Atlantic magazine, Kelly said Trump had wished his military personnel showed him the same deference Adolf Hitler’s Nazi generals showed Hitler during World War II.
“‘Do you mean Bismarck’s generals?’” Kelly said he asked Trump, revealing that the former President did not know who Bismarck was, or about the Franco-Prussian War.
"I said, ‘Do you mean the kaiser’s generals? Surely you can’t mean Hitler’s generals?’ And he said, ‘Yeah, yeah, Hitler’s generals," Kelly said, recounting a conversation that the Trump campaign said never took place.
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