James Comey Disables Comments on His Instagram After ’86 47 [Take Out Trump]’ Post Backfires

Disgraced former FBI Director James Comey has disabled comments on his Instagram account after a post that called to “86 47,” which some interpreted as a violent threat to “take out” President Donald Trump.

As Breitbart News reported, Comey initially shared a photo of a shell formation on the beach appearing as “86 47” – 86 possibly meaning “eliminate” and 47 potentially meaning Trump.

While the phrase “86” does not inherently mean violence – it allegedly originated as a restaurant term – people immediately criticized the post for tangentially implying violence, and Comey deleted it as a result.

“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,” he wrote in a later post.

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Now it is not only the post that is missing with only a (semi)-contrite admission of a mistake left for the world to see.

So is the ability to go to Comey’s account and add comments across the board.

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