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Did Trump Say He Would ‘Go to Prison’ if Biden Were Elected?
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Did Trump Say He Would ‘Go to Prison’ if Biden Were Elected?

No.

Alec Dent
Aug 18, 2020
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Viral social media posts claim that President Donald Trump recently said, “If you elect Joe Biden, I will go to prison.”

The August 12 Facebook post claims that Trump said this “today.” On that date, Trump gave remarks about school reopenings and held a coronavirus task force briefing. That quote could not be found in his remarks at either event and, furthermore, he did not tweet on August 12. In all, there is no record of Trump having uttered those words, and the author of the earliest iteration of the post admitted shortly after the Tweet went viral that it was satire: 

Twitter avatar for @Baligubadle1Baligubadle @Baligubadle1
@aredhead331 Satire

August 2nd 2020

4 Retweets179 Likes

Trump has had plenty to say about what Biden will do if elected, but “If you elect Joe Biden, I will go to prison” is not one such thing. 

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Chris L
Aug 19, 2020

It is more remarkable that there was a day that Trump didn't tweet.

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Adam Bridge
Aug 19, 2020

He may not have said it but that is definitely a possible outcome. Not that the new administration will have done anything to enable it beyond let the current processes progress without interference.

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