Tulsi Gabbard Says James Comey Should Be ‘Put Behind Bars’ for ‘Issuing a Hit’ on Trump
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard called for former FBI director James Comey to be “put behind bars” on Thursday after he made a social media post interpreted by many, including the White House, as a call to violence against President Donald Trump.
Asked by Fox News’ Jesse Watters whether she believed Comey’s claim that he didn’t know the meaning of the slogan in his post was associated “with violence,” Gabbard replied, “Absolutely not, Jesse. That is a ridiculous and insane statement to make, certainly within this context, but especially coming from a guy who’s the former director of the FBI. A guy who spent most of his career prosecuting mobsters and gangsters, people who know and execute other humans and use this exact lingo of ’86.'”
Gabbard described the slogan “86 47” as “a veiled call to action to murder the sitting president of the United States,” before adding:
The dangerousness of this, Jesse, cannot be underestimated when we have two assassination attempts on the president’s life. When we have people who look to guys like Comey who have been celebrated by MSNBC, and the Democrat elite, and CNN as the beacon of integrity, the law and order guy, the guy who would tell the truth no matter what the consequences. This is the guy who’s issuing a hit on President Trump.
“We are taking this very seriously,” she declared, noting that the Department of Homeland Security and the Secret Service were currently investigating Comey’s post. “There has to be accountability for this.”
After Watters asked, “Do you believe Comey should be in jail?” Gabbard replied, “I do. Any other person with the position of influence that he has, people who take very seriously what a guy of his stature, his experience, and what the propaganda media has built him up to be– I’m very concerned for the president’s life.”
She concluded, “We’ve already seen assassination attempts. I’m very concerned for his life and James Comey, in my view, should be held accountable and put behind bars for this.”
Comey received backlash on Thursday after he posted a photo of beach shells arranged into the slogan, “86 47.”
The former FBI director quickly deleted the post after he was accused of calling for violence against President Trump, writing, “I posted earlier a picture of some shells I saw today on a beach walk, which I assumed were a political message. I didn’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.”
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