Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., compared Donald Trump to Honduran dictators Monday, and promised that Hillary Clinton would not imprison the GOP nominee should she win the White House in November.
“She’s not going to be obsessed with Donald Trump,” Kaine said Monday at a campaign rally in Denver. “In fact, the day Hillary Clinton is elected president, she will not give a second thought to Donald Trump!”
The Virginia senator’s remarks come shortly after Trump quipped during the second presidential debate Sunday evening that Clinton would be in prison if he were in charge of the law.
“[I]t’s just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in our country,” Clinton said during the debate, which was held at Washington University in St. Louis.
“Because you’d be in jail,” Trump interjected.
The GOP nominee, whose supporters regularly chant “Lock her up!” at his campaign rallies, suggested Monday that he’d appoint a special prosecutor to go after Clinton if he wins the White House.
.@realDonaldTrump: "Special prosecutor, here we come" pic.twitter.com/a8lSRQRQnb— POLITICO (@politico) October 10, 2016
That same afternoon, Kaine cited his personal experience serving as a missionary in Honduras to liken Trump to a South American dictator.
“[Trump] said he wanted to see his opponent in jail,” the Virginia senator said to boos. “I worked as a missionary in Honduras. It’s a military dictatorship. That’s what would happen to political opponents.
“It’s interesting: With all the issues we’re dealing with, that Donald is so obsessed with that: ‘If I get to be president, I’m going to use the power of my office to make sure that my political opponent is in jail.'”
