Democratic presidential nomineeĀ Kamala Harris stopped her fans from getting too wild with theirĀ Trump bashing at a campaign rally in Wisconsin on Wednesday.

On the second day of her battleground blitz with running mateĀ Tim Walz, when she got to the point in her now-familiar stump speech about her days prosecuting predators, fraudsters and scammers, supporters, like those inĀ Philadelphia on Tuesday, were just starting to chant ā€œlock him upā€ when Harris deviated from the script.

ā€œWell, hold on,ā€ she said, holding out her hand as if to placate the crowd in Eau Claire, Wisc. ā€œYou know what, the courts are going to handle that part of it. What weā€™re gonna do is beat him in November.ā€

  • The Snark Urge
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    90ā€¢1 month ago

    Itā€™s not how the rule of law works. Presidents donā€™t lock people up*, and thatā€™s whatā€™s ā€œTrumpianā€ about it. Thatā€™s quite clear to me.

    To equivocate however, the idea that the courts are currently equipped to deliver justice is laughable. Judge Cannon is a clear partisan with too little judicial experience to handle a case like his. The supreme court has been ratfucked since god knows when. I would love to hear her say more about the need for judicial reforms and strengthening the plumbing of our democracy against when we inevitably have to flush another turd this size.

    *Except obviously Gitmo needs to be stopped finally, ffs

    • @Etterra@lemmy.world
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      9ā€¢1 month ago

      Wait, can Trump get sent there first? After he dies of ā€œsuicideā€ in prison like his pal Epstein, then we can close it down.

      • The Snark Urge
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        14ā€¢1 month ago

        As much as I harbour for him the most intense ill will it is possible for a sane man to keep, I am not satisfied that authoritarianism can be cured with more of the same.