On “Fox & Friends Weekend,” Trump was asked about the chant “Lock Her Up” frequently heard during the 2016 campaign with regard to his opponent Hillary Clinton and the issue with her emails. His response was this:
“I didn’t say ‘lock her up,’ but the people said lock her up, lock her up,” Trump said. “Then, we won. And I say — and I said pretty openly, I said, all right, come on, just relax, let’s go, we’ve got to make our country great.”
Washington Post, June 2, 2024
In fact, as the Washington Post notes, there were several instances in which he approved of the sentiment made by others at rally’s and other public events. In one case he said “every time I mention her, everyone screams, ‘Lock her up, lock her up,.” He then said to the crowd, “You know what, I’m starting to agree with you.”
Another time, in a Tweet he wrote: “Hillary Clinton should have been prosecuted and should be in jail. Instead she is running for president in what looks like a rigged election.”
Perhaps he actually had his team look for an instance when he actually said those precise words, and found none. But his intentions were clear. As a nowconvicted felon, he is attempting to argue that it’s a bad thing to lock up one’s political opponents and that he would presumably never consider such a thing.
The sad truth is that he lies so often, no one expects him to speak the truth and we all quickly move on. How bizarre.