{"id":18512,"date":"2016-12-11T01:18:29","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T01:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=18512"},"modified":"2016-12-11T01:20:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T01:20:00","slug":"shocking-trump-was-kidding-about-locking-hillary-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=18512","title":{"rendered":"Shocking! Trump was kidding about locking Hillary up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/584b5e83120000dd00eee907.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18513\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/584b5e83120000dd00eee907-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"GRAND RAPIDS, MI - DECEMBER 9: President-elect Donald Trump waves to the crowd as he arrives onstage at the DeltaPlex Arena, December 9, 2016 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. President-elect Donald Trump is continuing his victory tour across the country. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/584b5e83120000dd00eee907-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/584b5e83120000dd00eee907.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Donald J. Trump didn&#8217;t mean it. He was kidding. He never intended to &#8220;lock up&#8221; Hillary Rodham Clinton over her use of a personal e-mail server.<\/p>\n<p>Wow! Can you believe it? He said it was a ploy to win votes.<\/p>\n<p>Interesting, yes? I think so.<\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m wondering what else the president-elect said just to sway voters to cast their ballots for him.<\/p>\n<p>Does he really intend to build a wall across our southern border? Does he actually intend to ban Muslims from entering the United States of America? The &#8220;deportation force&#8221; is a joke, too?<\/p>\n<p>Trump has acknowledged already that those hideous things he said about women were for &#8220;entertainment&#8221; purposes. Gosh, I still haven&#8217;t stop laughing. Thanks, Donald, for the hilarity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/trump-clinton-lock-her-up_us_584b5b53e4b04c8e2bb01274?\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/trump-clinton-lock-her-up_us_584b5b53e4b04c8e2bb01274?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This all seems to play into the narrative that developed not long after the election, which is that you can&#8217;t take Trump&#8217;s statements literally. When he said he knows &#8220;more about ISIS than the generals,&#8221; we&#8217;re supposed to brush it off as &#8212; what &#8212; just campaign rhetoric? When he called President Obama the &#8220;founder of ISIS,&#8221; that was meant to draw applause from those <em>yuuuuge<\/em> rallies?<\/p>\n<p>As for the so-called pledge to toss Hillary Clinton in jail, many of his ardent supporters accepted as the gospel according to Trump. &#8220;Lock\u00a0 her up!&#8221; they chanted repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, my. We&#8217;re going to have to parse the new president&#8217;s words with great care &#8230; and even greater skepticism.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald J. Trump didn&#8217;t mean it. He was kidding. He never intended to &#8220;lock up&#8221; Hillary Rodham Clinton over her use of a personal e-mail server. Wow! Can you believe it? He said it was a ploy to win votes. Interesting, yes? I think so. 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