Trump officials accused former FBI director James B. Comey of threatening President Donald Trump after Comey posted a picture of seashells on a beach arranged to spell out “86 47.” Trump is the 47th president; “86” can mean banning or removing someone, but it can also be slang for killing a person.
Eat $hit WaPo. How about you provide context regarding all the 86 nonsense talk that was directed toward President Biden by the same hypocrites who are now abusing our legal justice system?? Stop normalizing them. At least try to contextualize all the BS coming from this joke of an administration!
I’ve lost count how many times Trump has indirectly threatened other people’s lives
You can't identify a nazi salute but you can mis-identify a number. You absolute fucking rag ass publication.
Did you even google 86 46 before framing this story? Because they're still selling the T-shirts
People believe anything and everything. If it read shity diaper I guess that would be a death threat.
And this is what they do to their own people. Imagine how they're gonna come after the rest of us
When is the legacy media going to figure out you dont have to take right wing fake rage seriously?
Figure out? It's their only revenue stream.
exactly this unserious fake rage is unserious tweets are not government bring charges or shut up
Please be more serious in your headlines and ledes: it’s most commonly used by truckers and restaurant servers. It’s not like “nix the mayo” and “nix Paulie” are the same thing. #FUMAGA #DumbFascism
It’s never been slang for killing someone you dipshits
Wow, just lies in the paper now. 86 is restaurant terminology. It means take something off the menu. This would be analogous to taking someone off the ballot. I know the Post doesn't care, though.
Thank you for continuing to give me reasons to be glad I cancelled my subscription
Or maybe #Comey’s a fan of this song and just mixed up the numbers: youtu.be/6WTdTwcmxyo?...
Yep many of us want Trump gone, no need to look for the most extreme explanation. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. A thought experiment: Trump is having trouble in deep water. Do you throw a flotation device, cinder block or do nothing. What would he do for you? Caveat, you have a conscience.
The Washington Post feels a lot like the New York Post now
When has it ever meant to kill someone? That’s just bs created to justify attacking critics of the president. Stop enabling this administration of sociopaths!
86 does not mean to kill someone. Everyone knows this.
Didn't he help Trump get elected the first time with the whole Hillary email thing? ironic
Yes. Because as we all know, when someone in the kitchen yells “86 the salmon!” it means that the salmon special needs to be murdered.
lol WaPo should be 86 as well
The WaPo was an amazing piece of journalism growing up. Born in D.C. and raised in the area, always enjoyed reading it with my Grandma. Today, it is mere propaganda and slanted half-truths disguised to appease evil.
Man, if only the Washington Post was capable of finding a competent lawyer who could explain the true threat analysis and why this is falls far short.
Could have been worse, he could have put 69 47
You guys really aren't tired of this yet? Just human centipede-ing whatever bullshit comes out of that admin and expecting us to line up next and swallow it down? Truly, deeply embarassing, and every person still working there should feel shame and horror at what they do.
Oh for crying out loud—-so many problems in the world & this is “news.”
What is your evidence it has ever been used as “slang for killing a person”? You made that up
In addition, the MAGA Republicans are trying to get control over social media platforms because they don't like what's being said about Trump, so they want to control what you say on any and all social media.
But unless they can prove, I mean absolutely prove that Comey arranged those stones, they have no case. He could have been walking along the beach, saw it and took a picture of it. The people in the Trump Administration are batshit crazy.
Oh please. There's probably 3 million people that feel the same way. And you have no case unless you saw him do it himself. Could have been put there by anyone, probably everyone.
Musk didn't do a Nazi salute but Comey is using "86" in a way no one ever uses it. Sure, WP, sure
Wapo sucks.
86 is short for "we're out of."
They wanted it to say 6947
Lmao nobody at your stupid rich people paper has ever waited tables and it fucking shows
"86" also stands for who cares
86 WP
“Hey, look over there!”
Give me a fucking break.
What a pathetic way to look at the world.
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WaPo is shitting the bed so hard man
Accountability! Accountability! Accountability! To the wall with the traitors!
Killing a person, that's a stretch. Whereas the intention in this March 2023 social media post is very clear.
And Washington Post, which one do you think he meant?
Why don't they just photoshop the words onto the picture, then Trump will swear it's true!!
More like The Washington Poo
I really don’t care how he gets out of office as long as he gets out of office.
pretty silly on part of Comey - as to the frump 'officials' lol
I think we all know Comey didn’t mean that but way to go NyT siding with the dictator.
Comey put Trump in office the first time around. Fools
A more accurate headline would be: "Felon47 goes full-on Banana Republic with Kangaroo Court against James Comey." Start calling out the corruption and illegal horseshit for what it is.
Can’t read the article bc I no longer subscribe but I sure hope you mentioned when Trump posted this on his social media.
86 47
I’ve never heard 86 being used as a threat to kill somebody, it was simply the treatment used when someone was tossed out of a bar.
I think people are confusing “86” (nix, remove) with “187” police code for homicide made popular by ‘90s gangster rap. “🎶 187 on a muthaf’n 👮”
Fuck off
You people really STINK. This is propaganda. 1) The term is used for retiring, ejecting or canceling something or someone, not killing it. 2) You forget to mention that the exact same expression was used ad nausea by the maga cult against Joe Biden, and that's the mildest "threat" they used.
I made the right decision cancelling my subscription.
What a farce.
This framing is absolute male bovine excrement. In common parlance, “86” just means to toss something out. Only an idiot would think he was calling for a person’s murder.
No, it can’t. It does not mean that. “Deep-six” does.
86 never means killing someone, you stupid rubes.
WaPo, you guys are complete morons
86’ might mean out of something too, it can mean a lot of things. This misrepresentation is what can get a news media sued.
I just find it funny that the party that defends the right to 3D print a machine gun sees a security threat from seashells.
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You guys suck serious shit if you feel like you need to go along with this narrative instead of printing "lol fucking losers no it doesn't mean that."
“But it can also be slang for killing a person.” No it isn’t.
But if it isn’t the government wouldn’t have this thin pretext to investi… Oh, I get it.
I thought it was restaurant/server slang for when they are out of an item on the menu!
You are correct. It is.
That's about the most common instance I've ever heard it.
That’s where I learned it!
No. It is an exit door
Well, this is the Washed Up Post. No journalistic independence, must suck up to Bezos and trump at all times.
Yes, this is complete bullshit, and it's impossible to sincerely believe Comey would use this term for any other meaning than kicking Trump out of office.
it's a better story if it is though. no one uses it like that.
FWIW, I was told that 86 is a reference to the 8’ length and 6’ depth of a grave. Regardless, it’s rather rich that the same people who actively supported the violent overthrow of the government think that this dumb joke represents some sort of a direct threat.
Let’s be sure to go after the guys who printed & sold “86 46” t-shirts when Biden was president, right, WaPo? Since it’s “slang for killing a person” 🙄 It’d be nice if the press wasn’t enabling & encouraging this administration at every gross step
Let’s get this straight. The people that put up a literal gallows & chanted kill Mike pence while they stormed the capitol are patriots that should be pardoned. BUT the man & dedicated his life to service & posted about a shell is plotting to kill the president. Not a Comey fan but seriously!
So now we're on to hurty numbers?
The guy who thinks he made up the word "equalize" and that "grocery" is an archaic word - that guy is going to define what "86" really means? It appears his lexicology degree has expired.
But is this Comey’s opinion, or is it just a photo of something he observed on a beach?
You couldn't call it a Nazi salute when Musk did a Nazi salute, but you'll do this? Really?
Exactly.
Charlie Brown has hoes moment here
Trump will need to secure a linguist to measure intent. And all of such proceedings wb held to be frivolous to contemptuous.
86 47 and no killing please. Just remove. Absolutely no killing.
Bezos, stop doing the fascist's work for them. If they want to make the case that 4 numbers have a secret meaning, let them make their case
8647 is the only proper response to this.
Comey is smarter than that. Trump's an idiot as is Kash Patel.
No it doesn’t but if it did, whoever wrote this trash should 86 themselves.
I know several people who have been 86d from my local dive bar, pretty sure they are still among the living.
This is soooo misleading. @washingtonpost.com get it together.
First I've heard of that last usage. Where did you get it?
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I got 86’d from the pub for acting the bollix, now I find out they’ve put a hit out on me?
If they didn't have bad faith arguments, they'd have no arguments at all.
Fuck your feelings, I guess?
Since when has it EVER been slang for that.
Literally never. Piss off Washington Post.
It is not slang for killing someone
No wonder your paper circulation is in the dumpster! Why are spreading MAGA propaganda with no facts-check??
no it is not slang for killing a person .. that is 187. This is just Trump Bullshit (TM) to create a distraction and go after someone they hate.
Lolol it’s not slang for killing a person. Just stop.
Would cancel my subscription over this if I had. It already done so.
86 is not slang for killing someone to anyone who has worked in a restaurant, which WaPo's owner and leadership or Social media intern has not, it means cancel...when you remove a dish or it's no longer available or someone is banned from the restaurant more WaPo bullshit
It’s never been slang for killing a person. The lengths this once respected editorial will now go to debase itself for a fascist dictator are fucking long.
Jack Posobiec tweeted "86 46" back in 2022. Should the same standards apply? I think so. Let's punish Comey to the same extent of the law that Jack was prosecuted.
Couldn’t happen to a better fellow
I spent a few years in the USN as an officer. It was late 70,s, early 80’s. The military uses codes a lot. For informal conversation, we used Falcon Code So to the snow flakes worried about seashells FALCON CODE 225 www.combat.ws/S4/SAILOR/AP...
Will they also investigate the Trump supporters who made similar threats against Biden?
So was anyone investigated for threatening rape when saying FJB?
The right had a lot of fun with "86 46" and no one cared when they used their secret codes.
Trump officials and supporters posted 86 46 and you hacks never said a word about it
the entire MAGA movement is about getting rid of people they don't like and they post about it all the time do a story about that, it would be much more relevant
Karma’s a bitch.
I have conflicting emotions about this, for sure.
It means an item is no longer available. The slang is that someone’s no longer welcome. What in the absolute fuck would make you stretch that to Comey making gang signs encouraging murder? What the fuck is wrong with you people?
Didn’t Comey put his finger on the scale and help Hillary lose the election? I hope he regrets doing that every day for the rest of his life.
"8646" tee shirts still available on amazon if anyone wants
lmao holy shit this is brazen. I don't even like James Comey but fuck you all for adding "aLsO iT mEaNs KiLliNg"
Why not a *Get Smart* reference? 1966 episode: "Strike While the Agent is hot", features both an "Agent 86" & an "Agent 47". "Mel Brooks decided on Smart's code number, 86, as a reference to the slang term, meaning to forcibly eject someone, such as a patron from a bar or casino."
Do better WP.
It’s not slang for killing someone. It’s just not
Better headline: Trump officials hypocritically condemning Comey for use of "86 47" when they approved "86 46". Confused readers can safely sit this stupid one out.
Fired
"for the purposes of this propaganda piece, we've decided to give a phrase a meaning it didn't have before."
Or impeachment,y'all forgot that one
I’d settle for the poubelle de l’histoire…
I worked in a restaurant. Many. It means out of something. So could mean out of his mind. Or out of good president.
when regimes fall, their propaganda ministries can be held accountable. #whathappenedtogoebbels
It’s just locker room talk
Von Sh!tzinpantz is upset so Hermann Noem and Heinrich Patel are going to investigate Comey? After what these clowns are passing as law enforcement? Maybe Noem can tell us why ICE has masks on and not showing credentials when arresting people. Are they really Proud Boys? Let's 86 Noem and Patel...
It is certainly not slang for killing someone, that is made-up bullshit you nutsacks just parroted because you suck at journalism.
86 47 AND His 👌🗑️ friends bsky.app/profile/ched...
Shame on WAPO. Where does it say killing? All you are doing is helping their stupid talking points.
187 is for killing someone, 86 means kick out. You absolute fucking toadies.
So if a bouncer at a bar says we are going to 86 you that’s a death threat?
Any media reporting on this like it's serious should stop pretending they're anything other than trump/GOP's waterboy. Just admit you're Fox News on paper already.
Oh ffs. Kangaroo court bullshit.
This is so stupid. But hopefully they waste lots of FBI and DOJ resources on this. Better that they run in circles over stupidity that cannot ever actually result in a successful prosecution than pursue cases with a chance of success.
In related news, Trump officials will accuse @nytimes.com editors of "illegal" journalism and ship them off to Libya following Trump's declaration of martial law, because press-hating fascists are impossible to appease.
I see we're still playing the naive character pretending to believe patently absurd interpretations of cultural idioms that coordinated right-wing hacks spew like feral alley cats
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did we miss the serious threat? Maybe these were serious threats to kill biden?
none of you dipshits have ever met a service worker and it shows
Nope, wasn’t on my bingo card. This is funny.
Maga are scared out of their minds. They'll never admit: knowing Trump's age, health and majority voters disliking Trump, they understand the whole fantasyland of a maga makeover ends abruptly when Trump is dead. Maga falling. Little things like this become oversized influencers.
It has never in the history of spoken American English been slang for "killing someone". Hey did you include ANY mention of all the posts from right wing pundits/influencers and right wing merch that said "86 46" during Biden's presidency?
Distraction from Trumpcrime and petty harassment. also F*ck Comey.
Oh eat my ass, wapo.
Apparently there is a misunderstanding of the use of “86”. When I worked in the restaurant biz that meant your out of something. I never heard it used to insinuate killing someone.
You are confusing "86 someone" with "deep six someone".
That's exactly what I thought. Or is it just a Britishism?
It's not just British slang.
Kind of a joke when this has been in the public lexicon since trump was elected.
Donnie diapers can’t wait FOR your DEMISE.
86 ain't "deep six". As in "six feet deep". MAGA are utter morons.
I have no sympathy for Comey whatsoever - he clearly jumped on the Trump train in 2016 and now he can see up close how brilliant that was.
The corrupt media and press are all about Comey's post, helping Trump switch the conversation from his criminal Saudi and Qatar grift.
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