Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris stopped her fans from getting too wild with their Trump bashing at a campaign rally in Wisconsin on Wednesday.

On the second day of her battleground blitz with running mate Tim Walz, when she got to the point in her now-familiar stump speech about her days prosecuting predators, fraudsters and scammers, supporters, like those in Philadelphia on Tuesday, were just starting to chant “lock him up” when Harris deviated from the script.

“Well, hold on,” she said, holding out her hand as if to placate the crowd in Eau Claire, Wisc. “You know what, the courts are going to handle that part of it. What we’re gonna do is beat him in November.”

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    Rolling my fucking eyes at the notion that it is ‘Trumpian’ to call for someone to be locked up when they have publicly incited an attack on Congress to disrupt an election.

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      It’s not how the rule of law works. Presidents don’t lock people up*, and that’s what’s “Trumpian” about it. That’s quite clear to me.

      To equivocate however, the idea that the courts are currently equipped to deliver justice is laughable. Judge Cannon is a clear partisan with too little judicial experience to handle a case like his. The supreme court has been ratfucked since god knows when. I would love to hear her say more about the need for judicial reforms and strengthening the plumbing of our democracy against when we inevitably have to flush another turd this size.

      *Except obviously Gitmo needs to be stopped finally, ffs

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      Calling for someone who commits crimes to be locked up is absolutely fine and good.

      Calling on a political leader to make that happen is not.

      “Lock him/her up” has a very specific history in this context. It was Trump promising that as president he would pervert the normal course of justice to attack his political opponents. That’s how dictatorships work, not democracies.

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      I’ll respectfully disagree and agree at the same time.

      2008 Obama? Hell yeah. But 2012 Obama was kind of a slow speaker. His debates against Romney were not shoe-ins. He wasn’t as top tier amin his second term as he was in his first.

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        I uhhhhhhh… never really understood uhhhhhhhh… why Obama uhhhhhhhh… was uhhhhhhh… considered such a great orator. Sure he uhhhhhhh… could uhhhhhhh… clearly communicate a thought, but uhhhhhhh… it fucking took a while to uhhhhhhhh… get it out of his mouth.

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          This part is true. I think he just had a lot of charisma with it overall. Also, we had Bush Jr to compare him to, which makes anyone competent sound like a genius.

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            Hey dont insult me like that, I could make Bush look good on one of my bad days. I accidently started a fight in ny friend group yesterday cause I was playing CK2 and said the word gypsy.

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          I always have to laugh at people who think him going over what he’s going to say before it comes out of his lips as he’s not good at speech.

          Homie, he’s actually THINKING before he speaks. I know that might sound weird, but I for one think MORE people need to follow that way of talking.

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        His debates against Romney were not shoe-ins.

        I remember very few quotes from Presidential or Vice Presidential debates. However Obama vs Romney had one of the most memorable ones:

        “Please proceed, Governor.”

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      Everyone wondered what Harris had been doing as VP. It’s this. Preparing to be president.

      The debate schedule was the key. One at the beginning and one near the end. If Biden had killed the first debate like he did with Paul Ryan, he’s the guy. If not, Harris is ready and waiting.

      I honestly think the race was never as bleak as it seemed. The Dems know what’s at stake and have finally woken up.

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          Yeah Harris may have been waiting for her shot, and she’s getting my vote absolutely, but this wasn’t some dem moonshot to beat Trump. I voted for Biden against Trump. I’d do it again. But there’s many people I would have rather had as our president as a dem voter. I think Kamala will do great, and I’m glad she’s up for the nomination, but this was a moment of a good president realizing he’d do better for America by stepping down, not some ingenious dem plan to keep the White House.

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          They finally seem to not be tap dancing on their own dicks.

          Tampon Tim was a good choice. He’s already pwned Corporal Couchfucker from the Public Affairs office.

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      Bill Clinton was also a decent orator. He visited Ireland while I was in college and I went to see him speak in the centre of Dublin. Charisma just oozed from the guy.

      Reagan was also good on the mic in bouts before his mental decline. The balloon pop “missed me” was God tier.

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        Ha! In fairness though, when you have one side being weird with the whole “lock her up” cult chant nonsense and another saying “look, we’ll leave this to the courts”, well it’s a much better look. More “presidential”.

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    Well, the courts are obviously not going to handle that part of it. Still, I think it’s wise to show that the Democratic side of the aisle takes the high ground.

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      Looks like it’s here to stay in our politics, and that’s not a good thing.

      What I do find amusing is that conservative forums are suddenly saying we should focus on the issues. OK, let’s talk about Project 2025 (“no, not like that!”).

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