Things got crazy when Mediaite reporter Tommy Christopher appeared on MSNBC columnist Deam Obeidallah’s radio show, “The Dean Obeidallah Show.” During the conversation between the two men, a berserk Obeidallah demanded that former President Donald Trump “must die in prison” to defend democracy.
That comment came when the two were discussing the advanced ages of both former President Trump and President Joe Biden, the leading Republican and Democrat frontrunners. Christopher introduced the issue, saying that the media should be more outraged about Nikki Haley saying Biden would die of old age before finishing a term, then said that Trump is old enough that he could “die in prison,” which would send the conservative side over the edge.
That is when Obeidallah chimed in and said that he thinks Trump needs to die in prison, whatever his age, so that the public is taught a lesson. What that lesson is, other than that the regime is willing to lock up its enemies without parole until they die, was unclear.
Obeidallah said, “No, I think Donald Trump I think Donald Trump MUST die in prison because I don’t care if he was 45 years old. You should get life in prison if you attempt a coup, and there should be no chance of parole. I don’t care who it is. That’s why I think Donald Trump or anyone else in terms of who must die in jail, because either we’re going to protect the Democratic Republic or we’re going to allow people in this case, Trump to chip away at our democracy and chip away at what we believe in these institutions. That’s why I’m so passionate about, like with every fiber of my being, that Donald Trump has to live out his natural days, his last days of natural life in a prison cell.”
Continuing, he explained the purpose of leaving Trump to die in prison, saying, “It’s important to say to everyone, You can’t do this. That’s why it so outrages me now, when Ron DeSantis was on Newsmax a few days ago saying, Oh, we’re going to look at pardons for the Proud Boys, like Trump said, this is outrageous. These people plotted an attack. The prosecution laid out the case. They began plotting right after the election. When Trump said the election was stolen, they brought their people there. They had 200 people there at ten in the morning, way before Trump’s speech down by the Capitol, because they had plotted how they were going to attack the Capitol. And they did that to stop the certification. And that’s why they were convicted of seditious conspiracy, just one step below treason.”
He then ranted yet more about treason and how much he hates Trump and DeSantis, saying, “And the idea that Ron DeSantis or Donald Trump are going to pardon them to me again, that is on the border of being treasonous, these people attacked our Capitol to prevent the certification of election. So I’m pretty clear where I go. And people accuse me like, oh, you say things that get people riled up like, nope, I or get what you said. I get organically riled up about this because I believe in this system. And, and if you don’t believe in it, so be it. But if you believe in it, I don’t think there’s any conclusion could bring that. Donald Trump has to end up in a prison cell and live his last days out in that prison cell.”
But, when asked if he thinks Trump will be killed in prison, Obeidallah said, “No, I think he’ll be highly protected. Highly protected, he’s going to a Secret Service. He might. I know. FranknFigliuzzi said to me he thinks they’d put him in Supermax because people think supermax is to protect America from those criminals. That’s part of it’s also protect those criminals from other bad people in jail. You want them to serve out their term.”
Watch that her:
Via @Mediaite & the @DeanObeidallah Show, MSNBC contributor Obeidallah says “Trump must die in prison, because I don’t care if he was 45 years old — you should get life in prison if you attempt a coup, and there should be no chance of parole.” pic.twitter.com/H64zeJYynH
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 10, 2023
Obeidallah later doubled down on his Trump “must die in prison” argument on Twitter, posting, “I worry Trump’s panicking will cause him to have a fatal stroke or heart attack. I want him to stay alive so he can be convicted + imprisoned. We need him to die in prison to deter others-Dems and Republicans–from ever attempting a coup and inciting an attack like Trump did.”
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