As one of the keynote speakers during the first night of the 2016 Republican National Convention , Flynn gave what the '' Los Angeles Times '' described as a " fiery " speech , in which he stated : " We are tired of Obama 's empty speeches and his misguided rhetoric . This , this has caused the world to have no respect for America 's word , nor does it fear our might " ; he accused Obama of choosing to conceal the actions of Osama bin Laden and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant . Flynn went on to criticize political correctness and joined the crowd in a chant of " U-S-A ! U-S-A ! " . During the chants , he told those in the audience , " Get fired up ! This is about our country . " During the speech , Flynn launched a blistering attack on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton . He led the crowd in chants of " Lock her up ! " ; during one of those chants , he encouraged the crowd to keep it up , saying , " Damn right ! Exactly right ! There is nothing wrong with that ! " He called for Clinton to withdraw from the race , saying that " if I did a tenth of what she did , I 'd be in jail today . " He repeated in subsequent interviews that she should be " locked up " . While campaigning for Trump , Flynn also referred to Clinton as the " enemy camp " . Six days after the speech , Flynn stirred up a controversy by retweeting anti-Semitic remarks , which he later apologized for and claimed were unintentional . During the election campaign , Flynn used Twitter to post links to negative stories about Clinton , like the Pizzagate conspiracy theory
2016 Republican National Convention
2016 Republican National Convention
Michael Flynn