Kamala Harris is trying to stop “lock him up” chants at her rallies in an attempt to protect special prosecutor Jack Smith’s phony legal witch hunt against Donald Trump.
According to NBC, Harris’ campaign team is worried that these slogans may allow Trump’s defense team to further delay the trial around January 6.
The report states:
… There is also a very practical reason why Harris has avoided showing any support for such language: Any comments or signs of approval she makes could further delay or complicate the pending federal criminal charges Trump faces. Those include the Jan. 6 and 2020 election interference cases brought by special counsel Jack Smith.
If Harris wins the election in November, Trump’s Jan. 6 case – despite being weakened by the Supreme Court – will move on to trial.
As the current vice president in the administration that appointed the attorney general to oversee the case, any comments Harris makes related to the trial could become fodder for the former president’s lawyers to argue in court that her comments interfered with Trump’s due process rights.
This includes any suggestion that targeting Trump is an explicit target (as Trump repeatedly said about Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign).
At a recent rally, Harris responded to chants of “lock him up” by saying, “We’re going to let the courts handle this,” she said. “Our mission is to defeat him in November.”
Vice President Harris interrupted the “lock him up” chants at a Wisconsin rally:
“Hang on, wait. The courts will handle that part. All we have to do is beat him in November. pic.twitter.com/ePm28A94eT
—Republicans Against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) August 7, 2024
The phrase “lock his up” refers to “lock her up,” a phrase used by Trump supporters when talking about Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election. After winning the election, Trump ultimately declined to prosecute Clinton, which many considered a huge mistake.
Meanwhile, the legal case involves a case led by special counsel Jack Smith, who is seeking to prosecute Donald Trump’s challenge to fraud in the 2020 presidential election at the request of the Biden and Harris administrations. conviction.
However, the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that Trump is immune from all official acts while in office will inevitably narrow the scope of the charges that Smith and his followers can bring.
Even if Trump is ultimately convicted by a kangaroo court in Washington, as he was in his recent hush-money trial in New York, he will be able to pardon himself if he wins the November presidential election.
The stakes couldn’t be higher in November.
