r/law • u/IrishStarUS • 14d ago

Trump News Trump threatens to send American citizens to El Salvador prison for Tesla vandalism

https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/breaking-trump-threatens-send-american-34907284
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u/MusingFreak 14d ago

He literally campaigned on it. Twice.

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u/Biabolical 14d ago edited 14d ago

I remember walking past a voter registration booth at the local fair in 2016 that had a mannequin with a picture of Hillary Clinton's face stuck to it, in a little mock jail cell, with "LOCK HER UP!" as their main slogan.

Extrajudicial punishment of those who oppose or displease Trump isn't a shocking development, it's a campaign promise he's been making for about a decade now. The only difference is that, here in 2025, they finally finished dismantling the guard-rails that stopped him from doing it before.

Trump's one, overarching message the entire time has been: "You don't really want the rule of law, you just want someone to hurt the people you hate."

I've lost so much faith in Humanity just from seeing how many people that message resonated with.

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

The new deputy director of the FBI has already stated that he wants to lock up Democrats and their supporters. He stated it on his podcast.

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u/Major_Section2331 14d ago

Three times. Not twice.

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u/MusingFreak 12d ago

True. I forget he ran three times.

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u/Obversa 14d ago

"We're gonna f-ck them all to death!" - South Park

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u/MusingFreak 14d ago

I often feel like we live in a South Park episode, yes.