This is so stupid I may have to walk into the ocean and keep going. My God:
The Department of Homeland Security and Secret Service are investigating a social media post by former FBI Director James Comey that several U.S. officials interpreted as calling for the assassination of President Donald Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday.
In a now-deleted post on Instagram, Comey shared a photo of what he described as a “shell formation” on a beach that formed the numbers “8647.” The post was swiftly condemned by administration officials, Republican lawmakers and Trump allies who said it blatantly targeted Trump, the 47th president of the United States.
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, “eighty-six” can informally mean “to get rid of.”
“Disgraced former FBI Director James Comey just called for the assassination of @POTUS Trump,” Noem wrote on X. “DHS and Secret Service is investigating this threat and will respond appropriately.”
Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., called for Comey to be arrested, while Chris LaCivita, Trump’s former campaign manager, said he would have had Comey’s home raided over the post.
FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau is prepared to “provide all necessary support” to the Secret Service, which holds primary jurisdiction over the investigation.
Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., called for an “immediate” joint investigation into Comey’s post in a letter Thursday night to Patel and Secret Service Director Sean Curran.
I’ve seen hissy fits before but this one takes the cake. And the media has lost its mind. Look at this:
“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 assassination. And it says it loud and clear,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier.
“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,” he told the “Special Report” host. “Our country’s become respected again and all this. And he’s calling for the assassination of the president.”
Spare me. The man who thinks a photo shopped tattoo is real says this silly picture of some shells that form “8647” is a national crisis. Ok.
But I guess this means there are no important things happening which must be a good thing right? No real news? Great.
