REALLY!? Journo: Is Christie's call for 'jailing political opponents' like Hillary unprecedented?

https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/755587301602914305

As Twitchy reported earlier, night two of the Republican convention featured New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a former prosecutor, slamming Hillary Clinton and leading a chant of “lock her up!” The Left got the vapors. Others even wondered if Christie’s rhetoric was unprecedented:

The crowd chants "Lock her up!" and Christie says, "I'm getting there."

Since when do Americans advocate jailing political opponents?

— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) July 20, 2016

Ask a silly question, get serious answers:

.@juliaioffe We all know Hillary would never abuse the justice system for political purposes. pic.twitter.com/jIAu1Kr6lh

— BT (@back_ttys) July 20, 2016

Democrats imprisoned a youtube video maker to distract from a terrorist attack 2 months before the Pres. election. Spare me.

— BT (@back_ttys) July 20, 2016

Scooter Libby might have some insight

— Razor (@hale_razor) July 20, 2016

Rick Perry? Scott Walker? Tom Delay? "War crimes" charges againt Bush and Cheney? https://t.co/AbLlPgftBA

— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) July 20, 2016

@hale_razor @juliaioffe pic.twitter.com/g89LRrcZVl

— VACUOUS CIPHER (@THE_DAILY_BLEAT) July 20, 2016

https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/755587864583282688

Many Democrats wanted to prosecute Cheney, Bush etc. for Iraq, torture etc.. https://t.co/OODf9Q3EQc

— Eli Lake (@EliLake) July 20, 2016

Since some of the "little people" literally have been jailed for lesser offenses. https://t.co/QamOlRDUgm

— BombshellSquad (@RedStateBlonde) July 20, 2016

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@juliaioffe pic.twitter.com/9oRAetBlMQ

— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) July 20, 2016

"I can't believe Republicans want to lock up political opponents!" -people who wanted Karl Rove and Scooter Libby frogmarched in handcuffs

— Razor (@hale_razor) July 20, 2016

And besides:

https://twitter.com/JustEric/status/755605437869756416

.@juliaioffe Americans are not "advocating jailing political opponents." They are advocating imprisonment for those who break our laws.

— Belladonna Rogers (@BeladonnaRogers) July 20, 2016

We advocate jailing criminals. It just so happens one is a political opponent.

— Former "Clump of Cells" (@AlexaShrugged) July 20, 2016

Since the opponents committed treason and lied to every American https://t.co/XrUFaYPUx0

— Caleb (@caleb_perkins) July 20, 2016

Does all that help answer the question?