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There are many things about 2016 that lots of people have likely buried in the deepest recesses of their brains, making them nearly impossible to recall. One thing we\u2019re guessing virtually no one has forgotten? Donald Trump<\/strong>\u2019s relentless calls to imprison Hillary Clinton<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong> which were repeated so frequently then (and for years to come!) that they had their own campaign chant: \u201cLock her up.\u201d Which is why it\u2019s extra absurd that over the weekend, the ex-president claimed he never advocated for putting his then opponent behind bars.<\/p>\n Speaking to Fox & Friends Weekend,<\/em> Trump falsely declared, \u201cI didn\u2019t say \u2018lock her up,\u2019 but the people said, \u2018lock her up, lock her up.\u2019 Then, we won. And I say\u2014and I said pretty openly\u2014I said, \u2018all right, come on, just relax, let\u2019s go, we\u2019ve got to make our country great.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n This content can also be viewed on the site it originates<\/a> from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In fact, Trump called for Clinton to be imprisoned numerous times on the 2016 campaign trail, a small sampling of which include:<\/p>\n Incidentally, the calls for imprisoning Clinton didn\u2019t stop when she was no longer Trump\u2019s opponent. In September 2020, when he was running against Joe Biden,<\/strong> he responded<\/a> \u201cI agree\u201d to chants calling for locking up the former Democratic nominee.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, he also claimed in 2016 that Clinton should not be allowed to run for president because she might<\/em> be indicted.<\/p>\n This content can also be viewed on the site it originates<\/a> from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Why is Trump trying to rewrite history here? For one thing, he\u2019s a pathological liar, and lying is his thing<\/a>. But it also seems more than a little likely that he\u2019s worried his many demands for Clinton\u2014who was never even charged with a crime\u2014to be sent to prison are going to come back to haunt him when he\u2019s sentenced on July 11. While it\u2019s possible the ex-president will get no time behind bars, four years in lockup are also on the table<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nX content<\/h4>\n
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