Hannity, Trump, and the Whole “Lock Her Up” Crew Are Absolutely Outraged at Pelosi’s Prosecution and Prison Comment

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently told Democratic leaders that she didn’t want to impeach President Donald Trump, something she has long been resistant to politically, but instead wanted to see him “in prison,” Politico reported earlier this week.* The comment was part of Pelosi’s greater argument that the best way to seek some modicum of justice when it comes to what appears to be criminal behavior by Trump outlined in the Mueller report is to wait until he’s out of office and no longer has presidential immunity to allow the legal system to run its course. It’s a strategic decision based on evidence that crimes appear to have been committed, namely obstruction of justice, among many potential others, that may ultimately be prosecutable. It’s also calculus that is largely deferential to Trump, as president, and relies on the now-quaint notion of the rule of law being used to redress past wrongs. Some Democrats don’t love Pelosi’s approach because they believe impeachment proceedings are the appropriate forum to address Trump’s apparent crimes. Fox News host Sean Hannity, on the other hand, was absolutely gobsmacked by Pelosi’s comments.

On his show Thursday night, Hannity oscillated between outrage and disbelief that Democrats might see a legitimate legal case for prosecuting Trump once out of office.

Hannity: Speaker Pelosi now apparently telling senior Democrats that she’d like to see Trump behind bars. Based on no actual crimes, she wants a political opponent locked up in prison? That happens in banana republics—beyond despicable behavior. And by the way, they would literally turn, in many ways, the USA into a country we no longer recognize.

Hmm … jailing political opponents, you say? Who on earth would suggest such an outrageous thing?

Ijeko on June 7th, 2019 at 12:25 UTC »

"Based on no actual crimes." How about yes, based on actual crimes, Hannity. We're also still waiting on you to willingly waterboard yourself like you promised.

KarhuCave on June 7th, 2019 at 12:00 UTC »

Obligatory: if the GOP didn't have double standards they'd have no standards at all.

Republican hypocrisy has become something that transcends satire. McConnell has filibustered his own fucking bill. Graham whips around on his own "principles" so fast I'm surprised he hasn't broken his own neck. There's an entire sub dedicated to the president criticizing himself and not surprisingly there's a self-contradicting tweet for everything he says.

These people are stupid, but they're not that stupid. They know what they've said and done, they know they're lying. But they've got the greatest propaganda machine in the history of political theater behind them.

Fox News enables the GOP to not only set aside all objectivity, it encourages malicious and bad faith behavior. The more they shit on decent morals and any Dem challenger, the more they're held in esteem as the Gladiator Champions owning the Evil Libs!

sgtmashedpotato on June 7th, 2019 at 11:33 UTC »

"Lock her up" was a prerequisite for every appointment Trump made.

Every A.G. who Trump eventually hired, Sessions, Whitaker, Barr, was intended to be HIS personal legal protection (and is). Sessions (as A.G.): "Lock her up!"

On Trump having Barr investigate his enemies (Vanity Fair):

Harris: Has the president or anyone at the White House ever asked or suggested you open an investigation into anyone?

Barr: Um, I wouldn’t, uh—

Harris: Yes or no?

Barr: Could you repeat that question?

Harris: Has the president or anyone at the White House ever asked or suggested you open an investigation into anyone? Yes or no please, sir.

Barr: Uh, the president or anyone else—

Harris: It seems you’d remember something like that and be able to tell us.

Barr: I’m trying to grapple with the word “suggest”. . . there have been discussions of matters out there that . . . they have not asked me to open an investigation but . . .

Harris: Perhaps they’ve suggested?

Barr: I wouldn’t say suggested—

Harris: Hinted?

Barr: I don’t know.

Harris: Inferred?

Barr: I . . . don’t know.

Sounds so honest and impartial, huh?! /s

Trump / GOP's entire 2016 platform was putting HRC behind bars. Was there any rally in which is wasn't said?

One good thing about Trump... like the wall, MAGA, anything he touches / ridiculous ideas he has (that his handlers allow) ...he fails.