Current Events > Trump met with 'lock him up' chants during Veterans' Day parade

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Protesters chanted "lock him up" as Donald Trump gave a speech to mark Veterans Day in Madison Square Park in central New York.

Several dozen people holding banners reading "Traitor, criminal, lock him up!", "Sexist in chief" and "Impeach Trump" had gathered close to Madison Square Park in downtown Manhattan ahead of his speech.

The chants are an echo of those at Trump's own rallies--"Lock her up"-- Trump and his supporters have called for 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to go to jail for the use of a private email server while she was serving as Secretary of State. The State Department found last month that there was no deliberate mishandling of classified information by Mrs Clinton or her team, but Mr Trump was able to weaponise the story during his campaign and after to rally his supporters.

Mr Trump also offered his ongoing support to Gold Star families, those families who have lost someone who was serving in combat as a member of the US military.

However, during the 2016 presidential campaign, Mr Trump attacked Khizr and Ghazala Khan, a Gold Star family whose son, US Army Captain Humayun Khan, was killed in 2004 while serving in Iraq.

Mr Trump also derided former Senator John McCain's service in the Vietnam War, saying "He's not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured."

Last week, a judge ruled that Mr Trump had broken the law when he misused $2.82 million that the Trump Foundation raised to help veterans to fund his presidential campaign instead.

During his speech, Mr Trump acknowledged New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who he attacked on Twitter earlier this year, calling him "a joke".

Isn't it supposed to be "lock her up"?

The absolute irony of a draft dodger giving a Veterans Day speech is killing my soul.