President Joe Biden ignited outrage just 14 days before the presidential election by suggesting Donald Trump should be jailed, declaring, “We gotta lock him up,” during a New Hampshire campaign stop. Quickly realizing his words, Biden attempted to backtrack, saying, “We need to politically lock him up.”
The slip comes as Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has distanced itself from such rhetoric, with Harris urging supporters to leave Trump’s fate to the courts. Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., slammed the comment, calling it “election interference” and igniting further debate about the role of legal battles in the upcoming election.
