With the presidential debates happening, it is evident that the United States is shifting away from democratic ideals. The presidential debate yesterday seemed like a debate on which candidate had performed worse actions rather than a debate on political issues. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both have issues that they believe are worth attacking each other on and many of these attacks from Trump are false accusations, which express nothing democratic. Trump has always made outrageous claims and statements to spur controversy and in yesterday’s debate, he threatened both Clinton and our democracy.

In the short article and video “Donald Trump’s threat to imprison Hillary Clinton is a threat to democracy”, Zack Beauchamp discusses how Trump, if elected for president, will be dominant and less restricted than we think. In the first presidential debate, Trump states that he would support Clinton if she is elected for president, and now he claims to be very motivated in putting her in jail if he is elected for president instead. Trump has always been firm and motivated on his stance on how he plans to change America, which will be possible though he has been reckless on spouting his atrocious beliefs. Zack Beauchamp recalls how these attacks are coming from Trump, someone that supports Putin dictatorship and plans to run the country the same way rather than as a president to show how serious he is.

After hearing how Trump would put Clinton in jail if he could, it is hard to believe that a majority of people support him with the presidency. In a democratic society, equal opportunities and equal rights are to be expressed, but with how the presidential debates are going, none of that is being expressed. Donald Trump as an elected candidate, should present ideas favorable to those that elected him, but has only made false accusations on Clinton and brought up racial discussions as a form of attacks.

http://www.vox.com/2016/10/9/13222302/donald-trump-jail-hillary-clinton-second-debate