Charles Krauthammer: Donald Trump’s Threats To Go After The Press If Elected Shows His “Authoritarian Impulses”

Krauthammer: “Do We Want To Invest In Him The Powers Of The Government If He Acts Where He Seems To Want To Carry Out Vendettas?”

From the October 10 edition of Fox News's Special Report with Brett Baier

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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Look I'm sure it appeals. I'm one of those who thinks there was a miscarriage of justice in not indicting her. But the problem here is the pattern from Trump. He has spoken about using the powers of the government to go after other opponents like the publisher of The Washington Post. He's talked about that. He warned the Ricketts family who supported one of his opponents that they might have the business that would be investigated. Do we want to invest in him all the powers of the government if he acts where he seems to want to carry out vendettas? And that I think only reinforced that in her case there was a miscarriage of justice I think. So, that’s perhaps in a different category. But it makes you wonder about his authoritarian impulses. And that's what I think is the issue. 

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