{"id":2435561,"date":"2025-05-16T12:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T16:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comey-appears-to-call-for-trumps-assassination-in-8647-post\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T12:02:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T16:02:46","slug":"comey-appears-to-call-for-trumps-assassination-in-8647-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comey-appears-to-call-for-trumps-assassination-in-8647-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Comey Appears To Call For Trump&#8217;s Assassination In &#8216;8647&#8217; Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcomey-appears-to-call-for-trumps-assassination-in-8647-post%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2435561&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> a controversial Instagram post made by former FBI Director James Comey, which appeared to suggest violence against President Donald Trump.In the post, Comey shared a photo of seashells that formed the numbers &#8220;86 47,&#8221; where &#8220;86&#8221; is slang for eliminating something, and &#8220;47&#8221; refers to President Trump as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tees-up-a-golfball-says-hell-be-47th-president-of-the-united-states\/\" title=\"... Tees Up A Golfball, Says He\u2019ll Be \u201947th\u2019 President Of The United States\">47th president<\/a>. This prompted important backlash, with officials, including White House Deputy chief of Staff Taylor Budowich and Senator Tommy Tuberville, expressing concern that Comey&#8217;s post could incite violence against Trump, who has already survived two assassination attempts. Following the criticism, Comey deleted the post and stated he did not intend to imply violence, claiming he was unaware of the association. Nonetheless, Trump responded that Comey &#8220;knew exactly what that meant,&#8221; underscoring the seriousness of the implications tied to the post. 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return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Disgraced former FBI Director James Comey appeared Thursday to try to incite violence against President Donald Trump in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n<p>Comey posted a photo of neatly placed seashells that showed the numbers &ldquo;86 47&rdquo; with the caption &ldquo;Cool shell formation on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiger-woods-headed-to-augusta-playing-in-2022-masters-a-game-time-decision\/\" title=\"Tiger Woods Headed to Augusta \u2013 Playing in 2022 Masters a \u201cGame-Time Decision\u201d\">beach walk<\/a>.&rdquo; The number &ldquo;86&rdquo; is slang for getting rid of something or eradicating it, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Urban Dictionary<\/a>, while &ldquo;47&rdquo; in this context, refers to the 47th president, Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1469013672\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The apparent incitement of violence was met with immediate backlash. White House deputy chief of staff and Cabinet Secretary Taylor Budowich <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Taylor47\/status\/1923128430415184173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> the post was &ldquo;deeply concerning.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While President Trump is currently on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vp-harris-leaning-on-guatemala-to-aid-in-border-crisis\/\" title=\"VP Harris Leaning on Guatemala to Aid in Border Crisis\">international trip<\/a> to the Middle East, the former FBI Director puts out what can clearly be interpreted as &lsquo;a hit&rsquo; on the sitting President of the United States &mdash; a messaged etched in the sand. This is deeply concerning to all of us and is being taken seriously.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenTuberville\/status\/1923147738142625970\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in a post on X: &ldquo;This is a direct THREAT against President Trump, who has already survived two assassination attempts. BEYOND despicable. James Comey MUST face consequences.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>FBI Director Kash Patel <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/1923151715777356062\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> the agency was &ldquo;aware of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >recent social media post&#038;rdquo<\/a>; by Comey and was &ldquo;in communication with the Secret Service and Director Curran. Primary jurisdiction is with SS on these matters and we, the FBI, will provide all necessary support.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Following the wave of criticism, Comey deleted the post and issued a message explaining his decision to remove the original post. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I posted earlier a picture of some shells I saw today on a beach walk, which I assumed were a political message,&rdquo; Comey wrote. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t realize some folks associate those numbers with violence. It never occurred to me but I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But as Trump later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6372900047112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told Fox News<\/a>, Comey &ldquo;knew exactly what that meant.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A child knows what that meant. If you&rsquo;re the FBI director and you don&rsquo;t know what that meant, that meant assassination.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Comey&rsquo;s apparent call for political violence comes less than a year after Trump narrowly survived the <em>first<\/em> assassination attempt that took place on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Corey Comperatore, a father and firefighter, was tragically killed during the assassination attempt while shielding his wife and daughter. <\/p>\n<p>Trump was nearly the victim of a second assassination attempt just weeks later when a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/15\/gov-desantis-announces-independent-investigation-into-second-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deranged man<\/a> was spotted camping in the bushes near Trump&rsquo;s West Palm Beach golf course with a rifle and scope. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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