UPDATE: Trump Responds…
“He knew EXACTLY what that meant. A CHILD knows what that meant. If you’re the FBI director and you don’t know what that meant? That meant assass*nation. And it says it loud and clear.”
“Now, he wasn’t very competent, but he was competent enough to know what that meant. And he did it for a reason, and he was hit so hard, because people like me, they like what’s happening with our country.”
“Our country has become respected again and all this and he’s calling for the assass*nation of the president.”
“I don’t want to take a position on it because that’s going to be up to Pam [Bondi] and all of the great people. But I will say this, I think it’s a terrible thing and when you add his history to that, if he had a clean history. He doesn’t. He’s a dirty cop. He’s a dirty cop. And if he had a clean history, I could understand if there was a leniency. But I’m going let them make that decision.”
🚨 #BREAKING: President Trump just WENT OFF on James Comey after the "8647" threat issued against him.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 16, 2025
"He knew EXACTLY what that meant. A CHILD knows what that meant. If you're the FBI director and you don't know what that meant? That meant assass*nation. And it says it loud… pic.twitter.com/qdNiRXZiRu
Former FBI Director James Comey posted a photo on Instagram Thursday that was immediately perceived as an extremely thinly veiled call for the assassination of President Trump.
The picture was of some sea shells arranged into the numbers “86 47,” with the 47 referring obviously to the 47th President, and the 86 referring to the term to remove something or someone, often violently.
Comey posted an image prior to this one showing him at the beach reading his own crime novel, FDR Drive, the plot of which involves a right-wing personality whose actions, including inciting violence, are portrayed as a serious crime not protected by the First Amendment.
Just James Comey causally calling for my dad to be murdered.
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 15, 2025
This is who the Dem-Media worships. Demented!!!! pic.twitter.com/4LUK6crHAT
Comey later deleted the post, claiming he was unaware of the potential meaning of the seashell formation.
Yeah, sure. The former FBI director doesn’t know what to “86” someone means.
Disgraced former FBI Director James @Comey is calling for President Trump to be eliminated.
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) May 15, 2025
cc: @FBIDirectorKash @FBIDDBongino pic.twitter.com/4R0s1Eo4Z4
He wrote: “I posted earlier a picture of some shells I saw today on a beach walk, which I assumed were a political message,” adding “I didn’t realise some folks associate those numbers with violence.”
“It never occurred to me,” Comey further contended, adding “I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down.”
Current FBI director Kash Patel has said he is aware of the post and is conferring with the Director of the Secret Service on the matter.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also confirmed that the Department is “investigating this threat and will respond appropriately.”
James Blair, White House deputy chief of staff for legislative, political and public affairs stated “This is a Clarion Call from Jim Comey to terrorists & hostile regimes to kill the President of the United States as he travels in the Middle East.”
This is a Clarion Call from Jim Comey to terrorists & hostile regimes to kill the President of the United States as he travels in the Middle East.
— James Blair (@JamesBlairUSA) May 15, 2025
Any Democrat or Media Outlet who fails to condemn this clear Incitement of Violence is complicit and must be described as such. https://t.co/LxHAlM3Yqy
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller also chimed in.
As the former FBI director, and key leader of the deep state, Comey’s call for assassination — while the president is abroad no less — is a chilling escalation of the war against our democracy by a faction committed to its destruction.
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) May 16, 2025
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard urged “James Comey just issued a call to action to murder the President of the United States. As a former FBI Director and someone who spent most of his career prosecuting mobsters and gangsters, he knew exactly what he was doing and must be held accountable under the full force of the law.”
“We fully support the Secret Service investigation into Comey’s threat on President Trump’s life,” Gabbard added.
She also discussed the matter in a Fox News interview, urging that it is inconceivable that Comey didn’t know the full context of the term “86”.
James Comey just issued a call to action to murder the President of the United States.
— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) May 16, 2025
As a former FBI Director and someone who spent most of his career prosecuting mobsters and gangsters, he knew exactly what he was doing and must be held accountable under the full force of the… pic.twitter.com/zvbu5Vf0zg
Concerned Americans responded on X with calls to arrest Comey.
Advocating murder of the President is a serious crime
— gorklon rust (@elonmusk) May 16, 2025
Let that sink in. The former Director of the FBI—the man once entrusted with safeguarding the rule of law—is now openly trafficking in the language of sedition and treason.
— PatriotJosh (@Patriot_Josh11) May 15, 2025
This isn’t rhetoric. This is a deliberate incitement to violence against The President of the United…
Secret Service DO YOU JOB, BRING IN AND HOLD FOR 48 Hours!
— Richard Kinkoff Jr (@kinkoff38516) May 16, 2025
And this criminal knows exactly what he's saying. He sees that there has been no punishment thus far, and he's counting on it continuing that way. Many, many, many people need examples made of them, he is a great start!
— BriShaneID🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@BriShane57848) May 15, 2025
Now I know for a fact that if I was to do that, I would be arrested immediately
— Katt (@Katt1700) May 15, 2025
I’m calling for the arrest of James Comey
Leftists are scrambling to defend Comey, claiming that he merely meant he wants Trump removed from office. Yet even that prompts the question, on what grounds? He’s a Democratically elected President.
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