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Showing Original Post only (View all)In Fox News interview set to air tonight, Trump says "dirty cop" Comey knew what 86 meant, was calling for assassination [View all]
AL.com article - https://www.al.com/politics/2025/05/trump-says-dirty-cop-former-fbi-director-meant-assassination-with-86-47-seashells-picture.html - that I also posted about in LBN:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143460176
President Donald Trump said there was no doubt what former FBI Director James Comey was implying when he posted a beach photo showing seashells arranged with the message 86 47.?
He knew exactly what he meant, a child knows what that meant that meant assassination, Trump told Fox News Bret Baier during an interview on Special Report set to air Friday night. And it says it loud and clear.
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Now, he wasnt very competent but he was competent enough to know what that meant. And he did it [posted the photo] for a reason, and he was hit so hard because people like me and they like whats happening to our country Hes calling for the assassination of the president."
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I think its a terrible thing, and when you add his history to that, if he had a clean history he doesnt, hes a dirty cop
He knew exactly what he meant, a child knows what that meant that meant assassination, Trump told Fox News Bret Baier during an interview on Special Report set to air Friday night. And it says it loud and clear.
-snip-
Now, he wasnt very competent but he was competent enough to know what that meant. And he did it [posted the photo] for a reason, and he was hit so hard because people like me and they like whats happening to our country Hes calling for the assassination of the president."
-snip-
I think its a terrible thing, and when you add his history to that, if he had a clean history he doesnt, hes a dirty cop
Aaron Rupar post with video on Bluesky:
Trump on Comey: "He knew exactly what that meant ... it meant assassination. It says it loud and clear ... he's calling for the assassination of the president ... it's gonna be up to Pam ... he's a dirty cop."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-05-16T13:13:22.753Z
Rupar's identical post on Twitter is in reply 1 of the KBN thread.
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In Fox News interview set to air tonight, Trump says "dirty cop" Comey knew what 86 meant, was calling for assassination [View all]
highplainsdem
May 2025
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I'd been searching for AI and copyright news earlier, hadn't looked at the Trending topics on X. Just
highplainsdem
May 2025
#9
That is crap ..... I didn't know what the writing of 8646 ... 86 47 means. What the crud !!!!!!!!
Trueblue1968
May 2025
#15
It's apparently been political shorthand for impeach (46 Biden or 47 Trump) for years, and MAGA
highplainsdem
May 2025
#16
Good point. And leaving out the normal meaning while explaining it to Trump would probably have been deliberate.
highplainsdem
May 2025
#17
I wish that were true, and the "kill" meaning is rarely meant, but Wikipedia cites a slang
highplainsdem
May 2025
#13
I don't doubt you at all. It's not the normal usage. But Trump and his followers will do everything
highplainsdem
May 2025
#28
If that was true, he'd address it quietly rather than publicizing a call for his own assassination
unblock
May 2025
#12
Interesting, I'm familiar with Maxwell Smart but not aware of the '86' origin.
Abolishinist
May 2025
#24