I saw a yard sign this afternoon. "Hillary for Prison". There is no reason for this. This is taking our democratic process outside all bounds of decency. This is a par with what Trump did years ago in New York city when he took out full page ad in The New York Times condemning 5 African American teens who were accused of murder. Eventually, after he ruined their lives, they were found innocent of the crime. Even a sign like "down with Hillary" would be more acceptable, fine really. This was a formal printed sign - not a homemade job. Some group printed this sign. This is not how American politics should be run.
Trump has promoted this notion with his endless rants about "crooked Hillary" and encouraging his audience to disparage her in the basest terms. And then he berates the media for dishonesty and declares that the system is rigged.
Our democracy is at risk. In 2000, the Florida hanging chads took the Presidential election decision to the Supreme Court; since 2008 the Presidency of Barrack Obama has been undermined from the day Senator McConnell said he primary goal was to prevent Obama from achieving any policy change and to make Obama a one term President and by 2012 to undermine his second term with the question of his legitimacy as President.
Trump has already started to undermine a Hillary Clinton Presidency. But he is really undermining our entire democratic form of government.
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