Speaking out for the first time. Why . This is not a normal election in any way. Certainly not one defined by policy debate. In one fell swoop, Donald Trump laid the groundwork to dispute the 2024 election just as did he in 2020. He threatened mass arrests of election officials, political opponents and critics and it landed like a Thunder Clap in the Saturday Night truth social post. It read in part, quote, when i win, those people that cheated will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Which will include longterm Prison Sentences so that this depravity of justice does not happen again. Please beware that this legal exposure extends to lawyers, political operatives, donors, illegal voters and corrupt election officials. Those involved in Inscrupulous Behavior will be sought out and caught and prosecuted at levels unfortunately never seen before in our country. And now you should know it includes a lot of nonsensical caps. A couple of long words that make me wonder who wrote i
reporter: the crackdown has also extended to chinese celebrities. those accused of tax evasion or simply being unpatriotic and sometimes even without explanations, not only cancelled but also erased from chinese social media and online streaming platforms. you can t get too high, you can t get too famous, and you can t get too wealthy. reporter: some are calling it a new cultural revolution. harking back to the 60s and 70s when then-communist leader led a movement to purify the party as he put it. but many say an obvious effort to reassert control in a power struggle. it led to brutal crackdowns on free thought, mass imprisonments, and death. though, in today s china, there is no question who is in charge. a comment by xi has massive consequences, nowadays, because the bureaucrats, the party officials today are eager to please him. are eager to follow through on his instructions nowadays. and that s actually found in the
president xi has gone a step further calling for a redistribution of wealth to close a widening income gap. it means that businesses are going to be much more under the control of the government and the party. it means that the rich are going to be also much more under check. reporter: the crackdown has also extended to chinese celebrities, those accused of tax evasion or simply being unpatriotic and sometimes even without explanations not only canceled but also erased from chinese social media and online streaming platforms. you can t get too high, you can t get too famous and you can t get too wealthy. reporter: some are calling it a new cultural revolution, heart attacking back to the 60s and 70s when then communist leader maozedong led a movement. crackdowns on free thought, mass