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On top of that, here's an even worse nightmare scenario: Clinton gets indicted, destroying her chances in the race, and Trump wins by a landslide. Now, let's t
by amyjess 10y ago
On top of that, here's an even worse nightmare scenario:
Clinton gets indicted, destroying her chances in the race, and Trump wins by a landslide. Now, let's take a look at how Trump deals with his rivals. He endorses political violence [0]. He wants to use libel laws to destroy journalists who say bad things about him. Now imagine the lesson Trump would learn from Clinton's indictment: the government can hand the presidency to one candidate by using indictments to take out their only significant rival. Sure, the timing of Clinton's presidential campaign and the email investigation was mostly coincidence, but it won't be coincidence in 2020. Because President Trump, using Clinton as precedent, would order an indictment of whoever the Democrats run against him in 2020 and thus guarantee his re-election. And then, in 2024, he'll use indictments to make sure his hand-picked successor will become the next President of the United States.
You want to save the election system? Don't ever indict a major-party candidate during general election season, especially not when the only remaining candidate is as vindictive as Trump.
[0] http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/3/12/11211898/donald-trumps-ideology-of-violence http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/3/12/11211898/do...
- brbsix 10y agoI guess we had better immediately cease all legal action against Trump then.