Trump revisits 2016 election to claim if he did what Hillary did, he'd have been put in the electric chair

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published 16 February 2017

President Donald Trump took a stroll down memory lane during his press conference Thursday, revisiting the 2016 presidential election in the form of a hypothetical scenario where he'd been fed debate questions.

"Nobody mentions that Hillary [Clinton] received the questions to the debates," Trump told the press. "Can you imagine, seriously, that I received the questions? It would be the electric chair. 'He should be put in the electric chair.' You would even call for the reinstatement of the death penalty." Watch below. Jeva Lange

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.