Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher slammed protection of former FBI Director James Comey’s controversial “86 47” social media post as “f**king dull” and a long way overblown.

Christopher joined Jim Acosta on The Jim Acosta Show this week to speak about a Mediaite column he penned, wherein he argued “individuals are being really stupid” over Comey’s submit, together with Comey himself and President Donald Trump.

Comey posted — after which deleted — a photograph of himself on a beach the place shells spelled out the message “86 47.” Trump and his supporters have accused Comey of inciting violence along with his post. Trump mentioned Comey straight-up called for an “assassination.”

As Acosta cited on the podcast, 86 can mean to “eject” or “cancel” any person. In a commentary following backlash to the post, Comey stated he used to be ignorant of the extra nefarious utilization of “86.”

“I didn’t understand some people affiliate these numbers with violence. It never passed off to me however I oppose violence of any form so I took the submit down,” he said.

“None of this is assassinate or kill or anything else like that,” Acosta mentioned after reading the definitions of “86.”

“They’ve received legal analysts on TV saying, ‘smartly, can he be put in penal complex for this?’ It’s fucking stupid. That is the shit that Trump does to us. I mean, this is an absurd example, but, like, that’s pretty much what all cable news is now. It’s just testing out the dull shit that Trump does towards, like, truth and it’s like, I just wanna scream, ‘Get up!’” Christopher stated.

Acosta noted that he was once with the Trump campaign in 2016 when Comey infamously launched a letter asserting the continuation of a probe into Hillary Clinton’s emails, just days earlier than the presidential election. Trump’s team, Acosta said, notion they gained “the fucking Tremendous Bowl.”

“Just about all and sundry I do know, their first response to anything else he says is, ‘Smartly, fuck James Comey,’ you understand what I imply? Like, who provides a fuck? That’s one of the crucial factors I made within the column is nobody likes this guy. Like, who used to be he for, you know?” Christopher requested.

“I know. He kind of fucked everything up to start with again in 2016, releasing that letter eleven days prior to the 2016 election. I take into account that it neatly as a result of that was once on the marketing campaign trail with Donald Trump that day, they usually concept they’d just won the fucking Super Bowl when James Comey did that,” Acosta replied.

“They usually did!” Christopher mentioned.

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JIM AOSTA: I don’t comprehend what the hell is happening, this “86 forty seven” thing. I appeared it up within the dictionary. This is what 86 says in step with, I believe it’s Webster’s or the Oxford Dictionary, I googled this, I did a Google factor. It says “eject or bar any individual from a restaurant, bar, and so forth. They had been accused of dishonest in ’86 from their favorite on line casino. That’s the instance they use for that for 86. Any other one used to be reject, discard, or cancel. None of that is assassinate or kill or anything like that. I think if you happen to in reality wish to go down that highway, there are some people who would possibly say, k, that’s what it manner, however you wrote about how this complete thing is simply completely nuts and foolish.”

TOMMY CHRISTOPHER: Yeah, it’s utterly idiotic and, you recognize, I will be able to’t imagine that the — Appear, it’s obviously idiotic to say the only approach that you may interpret that is “that is an assassination [call],” but what truly will get me is the discussion around this. They’ve obtained criminal analysts on TV pronouncing, “smartly, can he be put in jail for this?” It’s fucking stupid. That is the shit that Trump does to us. I mean, this is an absurd instance, however, like, that’s pretty much what all cable news is now. It’s simply checking out out the stupid shit that Trump does in opposition to, like, fact and it’s like, I just wanna scream, “Get up!”

ACOSTA: Yeah, it’s sort of just like the buffet line for his shit sandwiches that he likes to dish out each day, but you realize, my factor is that — and we get accused of taking the bait and the brilliant vivid objects and the whole lot — I imply, honestly, who cares if James Comey takes a picture of some shells on a seaside? I in reality don’t care. These are issues I don’t about.

CHRISTOPHER: Pretty much everyone I do know, their first reaction to anything else he says is, “Well, fuck James Comey,” you recognize what I imply? Like, who gives a fuck? That’s one of the vital factors I made within the column is nobody likes this guy. Like, who was once he for, you already know?

ACOSTA: I do know. He kind of fucked the whole thing up initially again in 2016, releasing that letter eleven days before the 2016 election. I remember it well as a result of that used to be on the marketing campaign path with Donald Trump that day, and so they idea that they had just won the fucking Tremendous Bowl when James Comey did that.

CHRISTOPHER: They usually did!

ACOSTA: Comey, get a burner account! That you would be able to submit the entire goddamn shells you want!

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