Democrat Leaders In House And Senate Refuse To Condemn Comey’s Incitement Of Violence Against Trump
Beth Brelje
Democrats are not moved by former FBI Director James Comey’s beachcombing, social media post apparently calling for the assassination of President Trump. Try finding a Democrat condemning it.
In fact, The Federalist specifically asked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar if they planned to condemn Comey’s post. No response.
Comey’s post was a photo of seashells in the sand set in the formation of numbers “86 47” captioned, “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.”
Of course, 47 is a nickname for President Donald Trump, the 47th president. There is a long tradition of referring to presidents by their number.
And as any beat cop knows, 86 is slang for “get rid of” or “assassinate.” They know, because law enforcement makes it a point to understand threatening language.
That is why it is impossible to believe that Comey — once one of the highest law enforcement officers in the land, who was deeply involved with investigating the criminal underworld — was clueless about the meaning of 86, as he claimed in a follow-up post after his photo caused a stir.
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