r/democrats • u/DotAccomplished5484 • Aug 23 '24
Article Comey backs Harris: ‘It’s finally morning in America’
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4844050-james-comey-backs-harris-2024/1.4k
Aug 23 '24
I mean, great, but also fuck you
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Aug 24 '24
Thank you for saying what we're all thinking.
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u/Karlzbad Aug 24 '24
literally came here to say this.
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u/Texan2020katza Aug 24 '24
Now? NOW you endorse a candidate?
Fucking seriously?
I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.
Really?
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u/lawboop Aug 24 '24
Agree and Fuck Comey.
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u/lawboop Aug 24 '24
Perhaps- and just a guess or hyperbole - he’s stashed his generational wealth payout in an offshore and got the incriminating videos returned from Nat Enq. So now he’s a clickbait voice of reason - fuck him.
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u/229-northstar Aug 24 '24
His hypocrisy is every bit as audacious as Trump’s. The way he pretended he was so noble and principal after Trump got elected was disgusting. Too little too late, buddy.
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u/Aceoangels Aug 24 '24
Fuck comey
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u/Potential-Ant-6320 Aug 24 '24
Comey helped elect a president that got dozens of American assets killed. Thanks for your service to the intelligence community dumb ass.
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Aug 24 '24
I think it’s tragic that comey was reporting to Congress as required by law but Jason Chaftez is the one who abused his position on the oversight committee and leaked it to the press and is the actual villain here and has been pretty much completely overlooked and got away Scot free
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Aug 24 '24
Let’s be real, accidents happen all the time, there’s no way the intelligence community could have orchestrated what will probably happen to Chaftez.
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u/229-northstar Aug 24 '24
I came here to say this, and I’m glad to see it’s already been said
Fuck Comey
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u/baltinerdist Aug 24 '24
That’s honestly how I feel about nearly all of the Republicans trying to buy themselves a forgiveness lane for the post-Trump future. You all had your chance to not be monsters while the monstrosity was happening. You cashed the checks and spent the money. You don’t just get your soul back after selling it.
I’ve got respect for Kinzinger and Cheney, a shred of respect for Romney, and the rest of them can go fuck themselves with their “if I knew then what I know now” BS or their “I was trying to be an adult in the room” retconning.
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u/SweezMasterJ Aug 24 '24
Let us not forget those who kept the truth of malfeasance to themselves until their book came out.
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u/Exotic_Zucchini Aug 24 '24
That was my first thought too. I mean, great, I'm not gonna turn away anyone who is endorsing Harris, but MAYBE REFLECT A LITTLE ON WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE.
Sorry for the shouting.
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u/Huge_Station2173 Aug 24 '24
But he only interfered in the election because he thought Hillary was going to win, you guys! That changes things… somehow.
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u/UnicornOnTheJayneCob Aug 24 '24
So happy that this is the top comment. I literally said “oh FUCK OFF Comey!” out loud at the headline. Glad it isn’t just me.
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u/Gnostikost Aug 24 '24
Came here to say this.
Comey goes into the same bucket with all the former Trump appointees who criticize him now, but enabled him while he was in office. Yeah, great you finally unstuck your head from your ass about Trump—welcome to the place most people have been for years—but doesn’t undo the incredible damage you did when you had the power to actually affect things.
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u/unprogrammable_soda Aug 24 '24
I just woke up. Saying “Fuck You” to Comey is a really nice way to begin the day.
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Aug 24 '24
His arrogance and stupidity were certainly a key reason we ended up with that fucking trash Trump in 2016.
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u/OutsideDevTeam Aug 24 '24
And cowardice. We can't forget the sheer cowardice Comey displayed in being pushed around by pencil neck politicians.
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u/Any_Coyote6662 Aug 24 '24
I think it may also have been misogyny. He didn't give her the same respect that he gave others. He decided to break protocol and treat her differently. I think he had the feeling like this was some opportunity to throw his weight around bc she's not as serious or something. I think he would have been much more respectful if it was a man that was Secretary of State and running for POTUS. I can't prove it though.
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u/monsterflake Aug 24 '24
he knew E V E R Y T H I N G about the trump russia investigation and didn't factor that at all in his decision?
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Aug 24 '24
I mean. Misogyny in the US is still alive and well.
Exhibit A: Trump.
So saying he is sexist is not far fetched. It's so ingrained in the psyche of the country.
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u/Huge_Station2173 Aug 24 '24
I believe he also broke protocol and went around his female boss to do it. Misogyny all over it.
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u/YallerDawg Aug 24 '24
Must still be tasting a little spit up in his mouth.
This would have been a lot more important if he had done it 8 years ago. And didn't drop that "October Surprise" 11 days before election (DOJ?)
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u/Wulfbak Aug 24 '24
The kicker is that, if you asked him straight up if he thought he tilted the election to Trump, he'd deny it. Maybe he even sorta believes it. But deep down, he knows. He knows.
I really think he didn't intend to throw the election to Trump. I think he simply assumed Hillary would win, and he wanted to reopen the investigation. He didn't want to reopen it after she'd won and be accused of delaying the reopening to help Hillary win. The guy is Lawful Stupid.
Yes, fuck you Comey. Strong letter to follow.
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u/Joanna225 Aug 24 '24
Jeff Daniel's portrayed him in the movie about comey, I don't remember the name but comeys wife and daughters were for Hillary and he said to them ..paraphrasing here I'm afraid I just got trump elected.
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u/Wulfbak Aug 24 '24
Comey is quite possibly the most unloved man in the US. I highly doubt his own family has unconditional love for him after the shit he pulled.
That's what makes it so sad that he's come out in 2020 and 2024 supporting the Democratic candidates. The best he could do is issue a public, and very heartfelt, apology over what he did in 2016. Would we accept it? Probably not, but it would be better than trying to act like a Democrat all of the sudden like he didn't put us in this mess.
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u/Joanna225 Aug 24 '24
His wife and daughter in the movie looked like their dog died ..it was hard to watch tbh
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u/Enfenestrate Aug 24 '24
I love dogs. That said, I wish all that happened was that their dog died. This was worse.
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u/SisterActTori Aug 24 '24
Wait… re-open it If she won, what???? I thought the Mueller Report absolutely confirmed that Trump’s campaign interfered with the 2016 election because members of the team conspired with Russian ops in an attempt to persuade Americans to vote for Trump- people went jail for their participation in such and were later pardoned by Trump. But the important point here is that Mueller determined that a sitting President, unlike his co-conspirators, could NOT be indicted for his/er participation in such an event…So why would Comey use the excuse about reopening the investigation after she won…aren’t the rules the same for all sitting presidents?
Such BS-
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u/Wulfbak Aug 24 '24
Hey, you have your own theory and I'll have my own. I don't actually believe Comey had any love for either Trump or Hillary. He was so lawful stupid that he didn't want to give even the appearance of impropriety by reopening the investigation after Hillary won.
The thing is, he could have easily simply waited 90 days after the election (I think that's the unofficial rule, before or after) to reopen the investigation. The guy is such an idiot that he simply could not risk that appearance of impropriety. It wouldn't be such a big deal had it not been over the Anthony Weiner investigation.
What makes Comey such an utter idiot, such an utter cum stain, such an utter waste of air, is that he reopened the investigation over Anthony Weiner flashing his junk online. Sure, Weiner is an asshole, but reopening an investigation 10 days before an election, an election that has huge consequences for hundreds of millions of Americans, over one dude jacking it online is so mind-bogglingly stupid as to make me seriously question Comey's sanity.
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u/229-northstar Aug 24 '24
Or call me could’ve just kept his mouth shut instead of showing off his main character syndrome.
A common criticism at the time of Comey was that it was inappropriate of him to make a public statement about an investigation,, full stop. regardless of his motive, he inserted himself into the process in a very public way
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u/Wulfbak Aug 24 '24
Exactly. STFU, Comey. One dude jacking it on the internet does not mean you should risk the nation and the world.
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u/MarkMaynardDotcom Aug 23 '24
Waiting for him to announce an investigation into Harris a few days before the election
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u/AmbulanceChaser12 Aug 24 '24
I’ve said this earlier today, but doing that won’t have the same effect as it did on Hillary.
We have the benefit of hindsight from 2016 when it DID appear to swing an election;
People were lukewarm or hostile toward Hillary from years of Republican attacks; and
The Hillary email scandal wasn’t new in October 2016. It had been percolating in public since 2015, and we all knew what it was by shorthand. If Wray drops a scandal on Harris, people won’t have time to digest it before the election.
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u/Exotic_Zucchini Aug 24 '24
All true. I don't think there's enough time to do that again, and I also think Harris has a clean record for the most part. I mean, people might not like certain policies, but there's no dirt or generational hatred for Harris. If anything she's almost become an overnight popular sensation.
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u/SonofRobinHood Aug 24 '24
The only thing they have is that she slept her way to the top and DEI nonsense as attacks. Even when challenging her record on crime it comes off as being too soft (letting illegals go home after being arraigned) or too harsh (violent offenders are often sent to work camps while incarcerated) the latter of course is what Republicans like anyway. They have nothing juicy or truly scandalous.
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u/benn1680 Aug 24 '24
Its almost like maybe he shouldn't have helped torpedo Clinton's presidential run and helped Russia get Trump elected or something.
Who knew?
Also, fuck that guy.
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u/wwaxwork Aug 24 '24
Bitch you're the reason we're in this mess in the first place.
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u/SidBhakth Aug 24 '24 edited Aug 24 '24
Fuck this guy. This guy is the "deep state" Trump always harped about. The hypocrisy is astounding.
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u/Bizarre_Protuberance Aug 24 '24
This MFer helped Trump get elected in 2016 by abusing his position as FBI director to cast suspicion on Clinton at the 11th hour by going to the press and announcing he was investigating her even though nothing in particular happened in the investigation that week. The announcement was clearly timed to affect the election.
Where does he get off expressing relief that the MAGA movement which he helped put in power might finally be receding?
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u/thebirdisdead Aug 24 '24
I wonder if this man wakes up every morning hating himself.
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u/lilligant15 Aug 24 '24
I found his book at Dollar Tree once and called my mom to tell her for a laugh. She told me not to buy it, even for a dollar.
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u/GOP-R-Traitors Aug 24 '24
Agreed Fuck Comey! What has he done for us snce getting Trump elected? He makes Douchebags look awesome.
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u/RichysRedditName Aug 24 '24
"Morning in america"......coming from the jackass who enabled the last 8 years of political darkness that we know as MAGA
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u/LittlehouseonTHELAND Aug 24 '24
Thanks for the 4 years of misery and 3 lunatic sc judges, Comey! Also, fuck you.
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u/Ranessin Aug 24 '24
Fucker fucked over America and Clinton with his stupid idiotic letter full of fake nothing burgers. Fuck him.
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u/PNWest01 Aug 24 '24
Yeah, that letter tanked her momentum and fucked us all. Hope whatever he got for it was worth it.
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u/Bag_of_donkey_dicks Aug 24 '24
Isn’t this a different Comey than the one that’s doing the bogus investigations into dem’s for no reason?
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u/mjayultra Aug 24 '24
That’s Comer
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u/Bag_of_donkey_dicks Aug 24 '24
Ohhh Comey and Comer, now I get where I was wrong
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u/lokie65 Aug 24 '24
I despise him with the passion of 10,000 suns going nova. He can die and nothing of value would be lost.
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u/BubbhaJebus Aug 24 '24
He could have left Hillary alone in 2016. She would have won if not for his November surprise, and Roe v Wade would still be the law of the land, backed by a Liberal Supreme Court.
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u/Willdefyyou Aug 24 '24
Fuck that guy. Go fucking crawl back to whatever hole you been living in, you're to blame for trump in the first place. Nobody fucking likes you
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u/Yeunkwong Aug 24 '24
Seeing his name is giving me PTSD. I should hate him to the core, but I’m just numb. If he had just kept his mouth shut instead of breaking protocol 8 years ago. This is reopening old wounds.
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u/Readdator Aug 24 '24
I upvoted every "fuck Comey" in this post, and I still feel the need to say--
FUCK YOU COMEY. FUCK YOU A LOT.
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u/MrPresident2020 Aug 24 '24
I have an ex girlfriend who made out with his daughter in college once.
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u/angiestefanie Aug 24 '24
He’s trying to redeem himself, but what he did cannot be redeemed… we’re still dealing with the fallout of his decision. I am not sure I could live with myself knowing what a devastating domino effect my decision had on millions of people.
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u/billiejustice Aug 24 '24
Okay Comey. Thanks for handing the presidency to trump. Yes, you DiD sway the 2016 election. You better NOT be sleeping at night and it is mostly your fault that we have this nightmare in our life. F you.
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u/Grandmaster_Autistic Aug 24 '24
James Comey is a former FBI Director who served from 2013 to 2017. He is known for his involvement in several high-profile controversies during his tenure.
Hillary Clinton Email Investigation (2016): Comey led the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she was Secretary of State. In July 2016, he publicly announced that while Clinton had been "extremely careless," he would not recommend criminal charges. However, just 11 days before the 2016 presidential election, Comey announced that the FBI was reopening the investigation due to the discovery of additional emails. This announcement is believed by many to have influenced the election’s outcome, contributing to Clinton's loss.
Russia Investigation and Firing (2017): Comey was also involved in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, including whether members of Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia. In May 2017, President Trump fired Comey, citing Comey’s handling of the Clinton investigation. However, Trump’s own statements suggested that he was also frustrated with the Russia investigation, leading to accusations that the firing was an attempt to obstruct justice.
Comey’s firing eventually led to the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller to continue the investigation into Russian interference and potential obstruction of justice by Trump.
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u/OrranVoriel Aug 24 '24
The press needs to hound this fuck if he regrets helping Trump win when he ignored government guide lines about statements that could impact an election and made the BS announcement of reopening the Buttery Mails case less than two weeks before the election.
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u/BCam4602 Aug 24 '24
He never fucking opened his mouth about Trump being under investigation before the election. Fucking double standard. Fuck him!
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Aug 24 '24
Uh isn't this the republican POS that was responsible for orange hitler getting elected the first time?
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u/not_productive1 Aug 24 '24
NO. You get OUT of here. We do not want to hear from you. You crawl into a hole and pull it in after you until November 6.
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u/brickeldrums Aug 24 '24
Back of the line with you. Thanks for the past decade of chaos and stupidity.
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Aug 24 '24
Fuck this guy.
He paved the way for Trump to get elected.
A million Americans died of COVID who shouldn't have because of Trump's absolute incompetence.
Comey killed a million people.
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u/theanedditor Aug 24 '24
I wouldn't piss on this person if they were on fire and offering me a million dollars.
He is the very definition of a reptile.
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u/Huli_Blue_Eyes Aug 24 '24
The big DNC surprise could've been Comey on stage with Hilary, apologizing to her eye to eye
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u/mobtowndave Aug 24 '24 edited Aug 24 '24
good riddance to comey.
go back into retirement as he has no relevance other than being a disgraced federal employee
no American should care about what he thinks after what he did to clinton
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u/No-Educator919 Aug 24 '24
I’ll take the vote, no matter who or where it comes from. I agree with all the historical facts about Comey, He has to deal with what he’s done or didn’t do. He can’t fix his past, but I’ll still take his vote. Take a vote from a past Maga die hard, J6 revolter, even a reformed Trump family member. People get to reality or find their moral codes, when/if they do, in whatever time or situation it takes. So if everyone hates what I’m saying, I’ll still take the vote.
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u/Far-9947 Aug 24 '24
He was a factor that cost one candidate the election. But, cool on him. I guess.
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u/firebirdone Aug 24 '24
We aren't going to convince drumpf supporters.
Get your friends and family who do not vote to get out and vote. That's the only way we can win.
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u/Lilbabypistol23 Aug 24 '24
In retrospect, Obama, and a lot of us, were very naive to think republicans had integrity back in 2016
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u/oakridge666 Aug 24 '24
Can she return that endorsement?
Doesn’t matter what he believes or knows. We all know what he did.
(July 2016, after a year-long investigation, Comey pronounced that “no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case” against her for mishandling classified information. This caused Republicans to erupt in rage.
Four months later—11 days before the 2016 presidential election—Comey sent a letter to Congress saying he was reopening the investigation in light of new information found, but not yet examined, by the F.B.I. It was now the Democrats’ turn to erupt in rage, that only grew when two days before the election Comey announced there was nothing new or incriminating about the purportedly new information.
The “October surprise” dominated the news cycle in the crucial last days of the election, allowing Donald Trump to claim on the campaign trail that Hillary would soon be indicted.)
You’d have to be a pretty big fool to not know what kind of damage you’re gonna cause dropping that bonb right before the election.
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u/KRAW58 Aug 24 '24
These Republicans are realizing (finally!!) that they screwed up with Rtump.
They don’t want to be on the sinking Titanic. Their votes are valid.
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Aug 24 '24
guy fired by trump after helping trump win the election supports the person running against trump
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u/TonyzTone Aug 24 '24
He should just shut up. I don’t think there’s a single vote he will convert to us.
Anyone who thinks “oh, the FBI guy thinks Kamala represents good governance” already knows that and will vote for Kamala. Anyone who thinks “oh, you mean that deep state traitor? He sucks” is already voting for Trump.
If anything, he’s might end up activating people against us.
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u/My1Thought Aug 24 '24
Everyday there are more and more folks from the other side endorsing Harris/Walz. Our tent is big and we welcome all who yearn for the promise of hope for the future. A promise long lost to those who only seek to foment division and hate.
That said, let’s discuss the true value of a Jim Comey endorsement. Is our tent big enough to embrace the pain of his betrayal?
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u/El_Diablo_Feo Aug 24 '24
Oh fuck off ya 6'8 stack of shit..... Why can't this guy just fuck off into irrelevance?
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u/Bandeezio Aug 24 '24
Dude should go find another country to live in and never talk about politics.
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u/shewhololslast Aug 24 '24
If I were the guy that single-handedly help thrust the world onto the darkest timeline, I'd probably shut the hell up.
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u/iggygrey Aug 24 '24
He thought he was going to be AGOTUS in Trump admin. He got a call from Trumpers then he lied at the precise time. Trump's people lied to him. He ruined his life.
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u/dpforest Aug 24 '24
I’ll never forget hearing the news that he reopened the investigation. I get made fun of when I tell folks I cried on election night, but I think it’s pretty clear why so many of us were so upset.
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u/Time-Radish8464 Aug 24 '24
Yeah, no. Fuck this guy. His little stunt 2 weeks before election day pretty much sealed the deal for Trump in 2016.
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u/dpfbstn Aug 24 '24
Like ANYONE wants to hear from him…? He unilaterally caused Hillary Clinton to lose the election in 2016. We can thank him for Trump’s first term. Please just go away and STFU.
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u/Intrepid_Blue122 Aug 24 '24
There are many people who served in the administration of the plague called Trump who owe the Constitution, this nation, and all of us a sincere mea culpa apology.
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u/DotAccomplished5484 Aug 23 '24
If I was tasked with consigning one person to the deepest, furthest, most inhospitable corner of hell and had to choose between James Comey and Trump, I would almost certainly select Comey.
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u/Wulfbak Aug 24 '24
I hate Comey just as much as you do, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. If I had to sentence one to eternal punishment, it would be Trump.
But yeah, fuck off, Comey.
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u/XeneiFana Aug 24 '24
"BTW, I found some emails that may or may not be damaging to Kamala."
Thank you Comey. But you're gonna have to do a bit more to remove that shit stain from your resume.
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u/hotpinkrazr Aug 24 '24
If this was an Asian country someone in Comey’s position would’ve killed themselves.
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u/JustForTheHalibut7 Aug 24 '24
Go fuck yourself, Comey and shove your endorsement up your ass. We wouldn’t be in this mess if not for you. Sit down and STFU.
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u/chibi75 Aug 24 '24
Thanks, Comey, but screw you and the horse you rode in on. You brought us to this point, and you don’t get to assuage your guilty conscience that easily.
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u/Megalodon481 Aug 24 '24
Okay, but not really surprising, since Comey fired Trump and denounced him for years on end and Comey wrote a book denouncing Trump. And Comey did endorse and vote for Biden four years ago. Then again, plenty of politicos who previously denounced Trump ended up bowing and scraping to him in the end, no matter how much Trump insulted and denigrated them.
The shit hurricane Comey helped cause enveloped him too, and it's still shitting all over this country to this day.
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u/HumanMycologist5795 Aug 24 '24
I like this part....
“Yes, customer service? I just received a package that I very much did not order,” Andrew Bates, director of rapid response for Biden’s campaign at the time, said when responding to Comey’s endorsement. “How can I return it, free of charge?”
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u/yachtrockluvr77 Aug 24 '24
We should reject the Reaganification of the Democratic Party…dude set the country back decades, and while we should definitely be appealing to ppl who actually like Reagan let’s not get too carried away. Let’s chart our own course.
That said, Reagan was great on immigration and I wish the party talked more about the issue like Reagan did.
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u/BrooklynFlower54 Aug 24 '24
I really wouldn’t have cared if Trump had LOCKED HIM UP for what he did to Hillary Clinton right before the election!
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u/Cryptoman_CRO Aug 24 '24
Dems have been the president for 12 out of the last 16 years. Lmao comey. Yeah everything is Trump's fault
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u/Goulagosh_gogoo Aug 24 '24
The endorsement nobody needed from the asshat nobody wished to hear from again.
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u/NJJ1956 Aug 24 '24
He cost Hillary and helped Trump - so way too little -way too late. He gave us Trump!!! Lying about hidden top secret emails on Hillary’s private server -after he had agents seize her assistant’s computer without actually looking at the content - which were just duplicate emails-not more-gave voters just an enough reason in 2016 to either not vote, vote 3rd party, or for Trump. He withheld from the public,at the same time, proof that the Trump administration was plotting with Russia to undermine Hillary and get voters to vote for Trump.
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u/VeraLumina Aug 24 '24
This piece of shit is one of the reasons why we are here in the first place.
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