Trump Blasts James Comey's Assassination Remark on Fox News
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President Donald Trump lit into former FBI Director James Comey for claiming he didn't know a social media post would be construed as an assassination message.
Comey sparked a wave of anger in MAGA world on Thursday when he posted a photo to Instagram that many interpreted as a call for violence against PresidentTrump when posted to his Instagram account a photo of shells spelling out the numbers "86" and "47" and captioned it, "Cool shell formation on my beach walk." Comey later denied he knew how the message could be interpreted.
In an interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier, Trump ridiculed Comey's explanation for the message.
"He knew what that meant. A child knows what that meant," Trump said. "If you're FBI director and don't know what that meant, that meant assassination and it says it cloud and clear. He wasn't very competent but competent enough to know what that meant. He did it for a reason and he was hit so hard because people like me and like what was happening with our country. All this, he is calling for assassination of the president."
"He apologized, he is — what do you want to see happen?" Baier pressed.
"I don't want to take a position on it, it will be up to Pam [Bondi] and all the great people," Trump demurred. "I will say, I think it is a terrible thing. When you add his history to that, if he had a clean history, he doesn't, he's a dirty cop. If he had a clean history, I could understand if there was leniency, I will let emthis make that decision."
Merriam Webster defines "86" as slang, meaning 'to throw out,' 'to get rid of,' or 'to refuse service to.' It comes from 1930s soda-counter slang, meaning that an item was sold out. There is varying anecdotal evidence about why the term eighty-six was used, but the most common theory is that it is rhyming slang for nix."
Comey denied that his post was meant as a threat, saying in a statement that he was unaware people linked the specific numeric arrangement with violence. "I didn't realize some folks associate it with violence. That didn't occur to me when I saw it, but I am opposed to violence in all circumstances, so I took it down," he said. Comey later said in a post on Instagram that he assumed the numbers "were a political message."
During an interview with Fox News host Jesse Watters, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbardsaid that she would like to see Comey "behind bars." However, some legal analysts believe his posting did not rise to criminal behavior.
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This story is a good example of why the country is currently fucked. The media allows, and maybe even encourages, stupid, prejudicial interpretations of items in the news, and then watches as the pot boils over.
Comey's little cutsie twitter post was suggesting Trumps position as king of the mountain should be ended, not his life.
But mainstream media site after maninstream media site is carrying this story as if the MAGA, Don Trump Jr "interpretation" is the correct one, and Comeys intent was dire.
The country would be far better off if Comey would have stood up for himself, explained what he meant , and taken it to MAGA. But he sheepishly backed down and removed the image.
The fact is there was nothing wrong with what he said. Lets ask one of the princes of MAGA, Matt Gaetz
Because he KNEW what he meant or would have stood up for himself. Seems as though there was no denying it and its meaning.
No, it means he's a pussy when it comes to things like this.
Doubtful more like, he's covering his ass, taking it down and hoping that is the end. He knows he fucked up and had to fix it before major inquiries started hounding his being.
No, I don't think so.
Who cares what you think?
The media should be ashamed of themselves for giving this nonsense so much space. But then they have never been averse to giving in to Trump's interpretation of such things.
I was reading an article about Russell Vought this morning, and in it Steve Bannon is quoted as saying we are in a war and one side is going to win and one side is going to lose.
The decent parts of this society have yet to realize they are in a war, and its hard to win with that mindset.
It would appear that the left is in freefall and losing the war of ideologies.
Come on John, you're way too smart and educated to believe that Comey didn't imply that Trump should be eliminated by any means possible.
Comey has a book coming out, makes a post that walks the line of advocating assassination without expressly inciting it to draw attention to himself and we should all apparently pretend that is a normal thing for a former fbi director to do.
Comey continues to prove that firing him was one of trumps best decisions.
who cares ?
Most law abiding and patriotic citizens care.
As do most people. Not necessarily including those who read and comment.
He knew what it meant. He posted it. Comey is a fkng idiot. Those defending him are not any better.
How many Trump supporters posted similar about Biden or Obama? Lots of them used 8646 referring to Biden and much worse things about Obama.
What are we to think about the threats against Mike Pence including putting an actual gallows at the January 6 riot?
Trump gave the J6 rioters pardons!
Comey literally handed Trump his first term with the Hillary debacle, so based on that alone Trump should give Republican Comey a free pass too.