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Isnt that just the winning end of corruption?

Are we really heralding purging political opponents as anti corruption? Imagine if Trump won and put Harris in jail.

I think we're in agreement, I was trying to dispute the GP's portrayal of the purges but maybe my intent was not clear.

> Imagine if Trump won and put Harris in jail.

Trump definitely thought about doing that, but even the judges he appointed wouldn't go for it. He still talks about putting Obama in jail for reasons.

I mean, Trump was prosecuted as well and plenty of people want to put him in jail. My point is these kinds of things can't really be argued purely from a meta-level, the actual specifics matter. And in the case of China and Xi, I certainly don't know the specifics and I doubt most people here do either.

Trump was actually convicted of a felony in New York even though he wasn't put in jail. Trump wants to throw his political enemies in jail without due process, very different thing.

Trump's trying to put Comey in jail.

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