Kamala shuts down "lock him up" chant, shows she's the grown-up in the room

[Clash City Rocker]

I love this.

Link to tweet

[GreenWave]

1. Lock him up! Sept. 18th

[Lulu KC]

2. She just gets better every day

Love her.

[TwilightZone]

3. Brilliant.

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.

Did I mention brilliant?

[Wounded Bear]

4. Handled that like a boss. We shouldn't be reacting like the opposition. We're better than that. nt

[AlexSFCA]

7. we should go smart but not high

[Bucky]

18. What do you think Michelle meant by 'go high'?

The implication was always nose-to-the-grind-stone, don't get distracted by the mudslinging, but hit back with truth and class. It never meant ignore attacks or respond like a delicate schoolmarm.

[Deek1935]

24. We need to be strong and tough. And yes, LOCK UP that fucking evil scumbag criminal.

[The Magistrate]

5. It's A Good Look

Hopefully, she will be given opportunity to repeat it at rally after rally....

[Maeve]

6. We are not Them. We can still "go high"

[AlexSFCA]

8. go smart, not high (that doesn't work)

[obamanut2012]

12. harris and Walz are not falling into the "Go high" mistake

Tat wasn't going high, that was being the adult in the room and keeping people's focus on winning in November.

[Bucky]

15. Being the adult in the room *IS* what going high means

But agreed. Kamala is awesome

[Deek1935]

26. Never go "high" with a sick criminal fascist democracy killer. You SMASH them down HARD as the SCUM that they are.

[Maeve]

25. Disagree..."high" can be just above

When you are dealing with 3rd grade intellects, going high can be acting like a middle schooler. In this case, Kamala was an adult, higher, smarter, and in better control than the cult can ever be.
Blue wave is possible in November!

[Deek1935]

22. We need to go TOUGH and smash the fucking shit out of the fascist scumbags!

[robleb]

9. SuperStar

Totally impressed with that move on her part. We are not them and don't want to be.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. She is ready to be President. I think the country is ready for her to be President.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

13. The excitement I'm feeling, even in my very red town in AZ,

is palpable, VP Harris and Tim Walz are going to smoke Been A Dick Donald and couch man Vance this Nov. so badly that any claims of stolen election will fall on deaf ears.
I get the sense that the sane part of America has had it with Been A Dick Donald and his MAGAt followers and just wants to move on.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

16. Someone should tell the weird and creepy couple that it was DeSantis that woke the country...

They're nuts enough to believe it.
Remember this?
from https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218126013

[MarineCombatEngineer]

19. Yep, I remember that,

they thought they had the winning message?
Turns out they were way wrong.

[ananda]

28. Been a Dick Donald -- good one!

I plan on stealing it.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

29. Please do.

Peace out
Dan.

[calimary]

34. I like what you did there!

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“Been A Dick Donald”!

Gotta say - he does inspire creative thinking and meme-scheming!

[Nimble_Idea]

11. YES!!! She's so eff'ng awesome!!!

[Bucky]

14. I know it's a fun & ironic chant, but I never liked it

Good on Kamala for this. We're the party of law and order. They're the party of extrajudicial mobs. Let's not take our cues from them

[Ftrump]

20. Exactly this. We cannot claim to be different from MAGA, and then go on to show we are the same as they are. nt

[NH Ethylene]

30. Me neither. It reeks of vigilantism.

We, on the other hand, don't want the crowd to be angry and vengeful; we want them to be exhilarated and passionate.

[NoMoreRepugs]

17. Go high/low - prefer smart and clever.

[Deek1935]

21. Yeah but c'mon, yes, lock him the fuck up! And let them chant it. He's a fucking criminal. Piss on him.

[Bucky]

23. I love your energy, but seriously...

The rule of law means the judge gets too decide how much Trump gets pissed on. That's our road back to normal

[Raven123]

35. I disagree. Why copy the MAGAs? It's old, stale and weird.

Harris is right. Our goal is to defeat him at the ballot box. Just dangle it out there that the courts will determine his fate.

[Irish_Dem]

27. She's a class act.

[richdj25]

31. Just saw Stephen Miller on

The Beat with Ari Melber. Never in my life did I think a person with a Jewish heritage could embrace a Nazi like ideology but this guy is way over the top. In my world we would say he's gone (mentally deranged).

Hope I'm not being extreme with my critique.

[TomSlick]

32. Damn, she's good.

[bluboid]

33. That's 'REAL' LEADERSHIP!

There are times & places for everything - she's sensitive to appropriate times & places, & takes charge. That's leadership - Thanks, Kamala.

[oasis]

36. Sorry Kamala, I gotta tell it like it is.

Lock Trump’s sorry ass up!

[augyboston]

37. Kamala is a happy warrior - I love it.

Imagine that? A candidate who believes in letting the courts handle prosecutions instead of riling up her crowd until they turn into a frothing at the mouth mob, i.e. a tRump rally.

Harris is taken such joy in taking it to day glow, I'm loving it.

[Emile]

38. Hopefully the judge will lock him up in September!

[Qutzupalotl]

39. She is always careful to preface her "type" comments

by pointing out she was a prosecutor, but that is not her role this time. I am glad she is shutting down the extremist chants.

We will defeat him, then the various judges can sentence him. But we can't chip away at the rule of law in the process.