Trump Abandons Promise to Lock Up Hillary Clinton

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During the 2016 election, the chant of “Lock her up” followed Donald Trump everywhere he went. And he reveled in it. He promised on national TV to do exactly that, and during the final days of the campaign—after James Comey released his calamitous letter—he practically spoke about nothing else. Hillary Clinton was the most corrupt person ever in history, and when he became president he’d make sure she spent the rest of her natural days behind bars.

His fans loved it. But apparently they’re going to be disappointed:

On Tuesday, Mr. Trump essentially said: “never mind,” signaling that he does not intend to pursue investigations into his rival’s use of a private email server or the financial operations at the Clinton family’s global foundation.

In an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program, Kellyanne Conway, the former Trump campaign manager and a senior adviser to his transition, said the president-elect wanted to “move beyond the issues of the campaign” and confirmed that Mr. Trump did not want his promised Clinton investigations to take place.

“If Donald Trump can help her heal, then perhaps that’s a good thing,” Ms. Conway said.

Isn’t that sweet? Trump is going to help Hillary Clinton “heal.” What a guy.

Of course, he’s also signaling that he won’t undertake the most corrupt use of the Justice Department since Watergate. So that’s a positive, I guess.

Anyway, the bottom line here is that shipping Hillary off to Sing Sing was never something Trump planned to do in the first place. It just sounded good and made his crowds happy. Once the election was over, he didn’t care anymore. I wonder how many more of Trump’s promises fall into that category? His supporters are about to find out just how far the Trump con goes.

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