Rolling Stone reports:
Donald Trump ended his pre-midterm rally blitz in disgusting fashion, calling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “an animal,” championing the death penalty, and giddily imagining the prison rape of the journalist who reported on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. “The leaking from the Supreme Court is unbelievable,” the former president said Monday night at a rally in Ohio.
“But you get the information very easily. You tell the reporter who is it … and if the reporter doesn’t want to tell you it’s ‘bye bye.’ The reporter goes to jail. When the reporter learns he’s going to be married to a certain prisoner who’s extremely strong, tough, and mean, he will say, ‘you know, I think I’m going to give you the information.’” He laid out the same fantasy at a rally in Texas last month. The audience burst out in laughter, just as they did Monday night in Ohio.
Read the full article. The piece goes on to note that Trump has recently been asking advisers how to copy Russian and Chinese methods for imprisoning journalists. Last night Trump also praised China for executing drug dealers after a “two-hour” trial.
Several months ago, Trump briefly asked a small gathering about what would have to be done to curb the freedom of the press.
“He said other countries do it — the implication being: Well, why not here?” the source recounts. Story: https://t.co/3vyGA04zSQ pic.twitter.com/mATC11ap0h
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) November 8, 2022
Trump has been wondering how he might be able to jail journalists since 2017. The New York Times reported then that Trump told then-FBI Director James Comey he should consider imprisoning journalists who publish classified information.https://t.co/3vyGA04zSQ
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) November 8, 2022
Donald Trump: “The reporter goes to jail, and when the reporter learns that he’s going to be married in two days to a certain prisoner…” pic.twitter.com/wvK7Ilrhn9
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) November 8, 2022