Chants of ‘Lock her up, lock her up’ were a key part of Donald Trump’s campaign – but now he’s actually been elected, the businessman has changed his tune.
He had said he would appoint a special prosecutor to look into supposed crimes by his Democratic rival, even telling her in a presidential debate, ‘You’d be in jail’.
But today, his spokesman said he wanted to help Hillary Clinton ‘heal’ instead.
Speaking to MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’, Kellyanne Conway said: ‘I think when the president-elect who’s also the head of your party … tells you before he’s even inaugurated he doesn’t wish to pursue these charges, it sends a very strong message, tone and content, to the members.
‘Look, I think, he’s thinking of many different things as he prepares to become the president of the United States, and things that sound like the campaign are not among them.
‘I think Hillary Clinton still has to face the fact that a majority of Americans don’t find her to be honest or trustworthy, but if Donald Trump can help her heal, then perhaps that’s a good thing.’
It’s quite a reversal from when he said in October: ‘If I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation because there has never been so many lies, so much deception.’
In fact it is going back on one of his campaign promises – but has been dismissed as just ‘things that sound like the campaign’ as if people were never meant to take it seriously.
He had said he would appoint a special prosecutor to look into supposed crimes by his Democratic rival, even telling her in a presidential debate, ‘You’d be in jail’.
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| Protesters wanted Clinton jailed |
But today, his spokesman said he wanted to help Hillary Clinton ‘heal’ instead.
Speaking to MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’, Kellyanne Conway said: ‘I think when the president-elect who’s also the head of your party … tells you before he’s even inaugurated he doesn’t wish to pursue these charges, it sends a very strong message, tone and content, to the members.
‘Look, I think, he’s thinking of many different things as he prepares to become the president of the United States, and things that sound like the campaign are not among them.
‘I think Hillary Clinton still has to face the fact that a majority of Americans don’t find her to be honest or trustworthy, but if Donald Trump can help her heal, then perhaps that’s a good thing.’
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| It was a major focus of his campaign |
It’s quite a reversal from when he said in October: ‘If I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation because there has never been so many lies, so much deception.’
In fact it is going back on one of his campaign promises – but has been dismissed as just ‘things that sound like the campaign’ as if people were never meant to take it seriously.
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