Trump campaign says the former president believes ‘anyone convicted of a crime’ should be jailed

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-campaign-says-believes-anyone-convicted-crime-jailed-rcna169635

39 Comments

  1. I do wonder if he is sentenced on 9/18 if that will spur further enthusiasm for his base or if the 46-47% of the electorate is his ceiling. This could also, sway some Republican to sit the top of the ticket out or vote Harris.

  2. lol, no he doesn’t. When Trump makes a statement like that, it’s like a contract with all kinds of hidden fine print that nobody would be aware of until Trump pulls it out of his ass.

  3. **Puts Trump in jail**

    NOT LIKE THAT.

    Edit: An apostrophe that autocorrect added when posting from mobile.

  4. Just leave Diaper Don on the sidewalk with a sign taped to him like Batman did to Lau in the Dark Knight.

  5. Classic_Secretary460 on

    … and he said this right before (checks notes) being sentenced for 34 felonies?

    Rightwing lurkers on this sub, real talk: this guy is a chump. He’s dumb as a rock. He’s not playing fourth dimensional chess. The guy is desperately trying to eat one of the pawns. Join us on the Harris/Walz train! It’s pretty nice!

  6. This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-campaign-says-believes-anyone-convicted-crime-jailed-rcna169635) reduced by 63%. (I’m a bot)
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    > A spokesperson for his 2024 campaign commented this week on reports of a Trump clemency recipient being convicted of a domestic violence-related charge by saying, "President Trump believes anyone convicted of a crime should spend time behind bars.”

    > The statement from Trump's national press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, to The New York Times was in response to a new conviction of Jaime A. Davidson, whose sentence Trump commuted in 2021.

    > Trump has long sought to portray his New York conviction and other pending trials as witch hunts.

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  7. External_Somewhere76 on

    The lack of self-awareness is truly astounding. But then history has taught us not to expect otherwise

  8. Squirrel_Chucks on

    Well to him he isnt isn’t convicted felon.

    He holds himself separate from any standard hebapplies to others.

    It wouldn’t surprise me if he often wonders if other people are even real.

  9. arkadiysudarikov on

    Dudes, read between the lines.

    He wants to be jailed.

    Probably his only chance to win (he thinks).

  10. CassManTysonMan on

    Silly liberals, when Trump does it, it’s not a crime! And when Trump is convicted, it’s fake news! Get with the program!

  11. Particular_Ticket_20 on

    It’s a little different because in Trumps cases there’s DERANGED PROSECUTORS, some of the trials took place IN CORRUPT NEW YORK, and the law clerk in his HOAX case once donated to a DEMOCRAT!!!! In fact, there were people all over the court house who didn’t vote for him….SO UNFAIR!!!!