Biden says Trump should be locked up then clarifies he meant ‘politically’
Comment evoking Trump’s frequent references to jailing or prosecuting political adversaries sparks rightwing backlash
Joe Biden appeared to suggest Donald Trump should be locked up then quickly clarified he meant “politically”, though not before triggering a rightwing backlash.
In a speech to Democrat campaign workers in Concord, New Hampshire, where he appeared to speak without the aid of a teleprompter, Biden argued that Trump represents a threat to democracy: “This is a guy who also wants to replace every civil servant, every single one; thinks he has a right under the Supreme Court ruling on immunity to be able, if need be … to actually eliminate – physically eliminate, shoot, kill – someone who … he believes would be a threat to him.
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