{"id":2435587,"date":"2025-05-16T12:33:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T16:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-frame-comeys-trump-threat-as-conservative-uproar\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T12:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T16:35:07","slug":"media-frame-comeys-trump-threat-as-conservative-uproar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-frame-comeys-trump-threat-as-conservative-uproar\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Frame Comey&#8217;s Trump Threat As &#8216;Conservative Uproar&#8217;"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fmedia-frame-comeys-trump-threat-as-conservative-uproar%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=2435587&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>Former FBI Director james Comey is currently under investigation for posting a photo associated with a numerical code that some interpret as a call for violence against former President Donald Trump. The code, &#8220;8647,&#8221; is frequently used by individuals opposed to Trump and has raised concerns among Republican lawmakers. While Comey initially described the arrangement of seashells as &#8220;cool,&#8221; he faced backlash from the media, which tended to downplay the investigation, branding it as politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p>Media reactions varied, with Politico highlighting the &#8220;Republican outrage,&#8221; and CNN noting the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-fani-willis-indict-the-fulton-19-defendants-without-proper-jurisdiction\/\" title=\"Was Fani Willis&#039;s Indictment of the &#039;Fulton 19&#039; Defendants Jurisdictionally Correct?\">conservative uproar<\/a>&#8221; that lead Comey to delete his post. Though, some outlets focused on the complexity of Comey&#8217;s relationship with Trump, as he had <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >previously led investigations<\/a> into Trump&#8217;s alleged collusion with Russia without finding ample evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy, Comey claimed not to recognize the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alleged-would-be-trump-assassin-ryan-routh-touts-direct-link-to-thomas-matthew-crooks\/\" title=\"Alleged Would-Be ... Assassin Ryan Routh Touts Direct Link to Thomas Matthew Crooks\">violent implications<\/a> of the numbers when he shared his post, later stating he opposes violence. His actions come in the wake of two assassination attempts on Trump within the past year, heightening sensitivities around the topic.<\/p>\n<p>The article underscores a broader discourse on political rhetoric and accountability,notably related to figures in leadership roles like Comey.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former FBI Director James Comey is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/1923151715777356062\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">under investigation<\/a> after he posted a photo of numerical notation that is associated with urging the assassination of President Donald Trump. Instead of criticizing Comey over the &ldquo;8647&rdquo; seashell arrangement he dubbed &ldquo;cool,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">corporate media<\/a> tried to pretend that the Republicans investigating the post as a threat are the problem.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Politico&rsquo;s big takeaway was that Comey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/05\/15\/james-comey-sparks-republican-outrage-with-trump-social-media-post-00353141\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;sparks Republican outrage.&rdquo;<\/a> CNN complained <a href=\"https:\/\/amp.cnn.com\/cnn\/2025\/05\/15\/politics\/james-comey-instagram-post-donald-trump-uproar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;conservative uproar&rdquo;<\/a> caused Comey to delete his post. Despite the post&rsquo;s obvious hostility towards Trump, BBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c70nqk9rlxpo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deemed<\/a> it a &ldquo;seashell photo seen as threat to Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC went so far as to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/team-trump-finds-excuse-s-long-wanted-investigate-james-comey-rcna207219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accuse Republicans<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-evidence-trump-influenced-roger-stone-sentencing-doj-watchdog-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"No evidence ... influenced Roger Stone sentencing: DOJ watchdog - Washington Examiner\">finding &#038;ldquo<\/a>;an excuse to do what it&rsquo;s long wanted to do: investigate James Comey.&rdquo; The New York Times downplayed that investigation as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/15\/us\/politics\/james-comey-post-trump.html?searchResultPosition=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;Over Social Media Post About Trump.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republicans have a right to be nervous about Comey&rsquo;s incendiary beach picture. The &ldquo;8647&rdquo; code is often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.distractify.com\/p\/what-does-8647-mean\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">used<\/a> by Trump haters to denote &ldquo;opposition&rdquo; to his presidency.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump team warned in 2020 that the numerals could represent a call to &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/trumpwarroom\/status\/1317887947304280071?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">kill<\/a>&rdquo; the president. Even then, however, corporate media tried to help Democrats such as Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who touted the then &ldquo;8645&rdquo; paraphernalia, spin the slang as a food service term used to &ldquo;refer to menu items that are no longer available&rdquo; or <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/Wcvib\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;objectionable&rdquo; customers. <s>who should be removed from the restaurant<\/s>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comey, no doubt, understood the implications of the phrase when he posted it along with the snarky caption, as his opposition to Trump is no secret. <\/p>\n<p>As FBI director, Comey abused his authority to launch a &ldquo;seriously flawed&rdquo;&nbsp;probe into alleged collusion between Russia and Trump, even though there was <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/15\/heres-everything-the-fbi-deliberately-ignored-to-get-trump-in-russian-collusion-hoax-according-to-durham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">no actual evidence<\/a> to justify it. In addition to playing <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/09\/30\/comey-its-not-my-job-to-make-sure-fisa-applications-are-accurate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a key role<\/a>&nbsp;in the Democrats&rsquo; Russia collusion hoax, Comey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Comey\/status\/1323637174911250438?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proudly<\/a> supported Biden for president in 2020 and even <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/05\/after-overseeing-weaponization-of-government-against-trump-james-comey-frets-trump-could-weaponize-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">worried<\/a> with former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki&nbsp;on MSNBC about Trump weaponizing the government against his political enemies.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of owning the post, however, the man who used to lead the nation&rsquo;s self-proclaimed threat neutralizing agency claimed without blinking an eye that he never considered the violent implications of &ldquo;8647.&rdquo;<\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/steveguest\/status\/1923144805623755060?s=46&amp;t=J30u5Y_Z_wASay3GqEuR2g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>. &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>Comey&rsquo;s post, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/eagleedmartin\/status\/1923322648789938408\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reminiscent of other Democrat-led calls to violence<\/a>, comes less than one year after Trump suffered not one, but two publicized assassination attempts. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comey faces scrutiny for a post linked to threats against Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2435588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-16-at-8.55.41%E2%80%AFAM-e1747403857718.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[23264,4914,4188,3634,20092],"class_list":["post-2435587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-comey","tag-conservative","tag-media","tag-trump","tag-uproar"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-16-at-8.55.41%E2%80%AFAM-e1747403857718.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2435587"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2435591,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435587\/revisions\/2435591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2435588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2435587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2435587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2435587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}