“The use of criminal law as a discretionary political tool is why, historically, some people have wanted to leave other countries to come here. Trump put an ugly smudge on that beacon.”— Amy Davidson, newyorker.comTagged: Election 2016, Donald J. Trump, Politics
“A Presidential candidate saying that his opponent should be behind bars—and will be, if he has anything to do with it—may be new and shocking in a Presidential debate. But it is not new in this campaign. It is, indeed, one of the most regular features of Trumpism [...] The jail threat is jarring, in…”— Amy Davidson, newyorker.comTagged: Election 2016, Donald J. Trump, Hillary Clinton, Politics