Trump Will Not Lock Up Hillary Clinton

The tweets.

Hillary Clinton should have been prosecuted and should be in jail. Instead she is running for president in what looks like a rigged election

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 15, 2016

The convention. (1:15 mark)

The debate.

i have followed & covered politics for this moment https://t.co/mhGhdKRt87

— Riggsy (@RiggsBarstool) October 10, 2016

The campaign.

Another “lock her up” chant is yelled by the crowd. @thesnews pic.twitter.com/Lpr6ZXUO11

— Marie Weidmayer (@mweidmayer) November 8, 2016

This morning.

BREAKING: Trump will not pursue further investigations of Clinton related to her private email server or the Clinton Foundation, Conway says

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) November 22, 2016

Annnd thus ends the narrative that Trump will lock up Hillary Clinton. It was an excellent campaign tool — make one of your promises that you’ll take your opponent and throw her in jail if elected. It riled people up. It led chants. It fueled the connotations that Hillary was a corrupt insider above the law and not only didn’t deserve to be president, but didn’t deserve her freedom. And it worked.

But now, how can you go and lock up this little old lady just walking her dogs in Chappaqua*?

*aka the Emperor from Star Wars.