Senator Thom Tillis just dropped a truth bomb on CNN’s State of the Union, pushing back hard against the hysteria surrounding James Comey’s indictment and the left’s favorite boogeyman phrase: 86. For those out of the loop, Comey—yeah, the guy who bungled Hillary’s emails and then kneecapped Trump—posted an Instagram photo of seashells arranged to spell 86 47, a cheeky nod to ditching the 47th president before he even steps into office. The outrage machine revved up, screeching that this was a coded call for assassination, because apparently nothing says threat to democracy like some beachside wordplay. Tillis, cool as ever, flat-out said he couldn’t find a shred of evidence that 86—slang for get rid of since the Prohibition era diner days—has ever been a mainstream signal for violence. It’s the kind of common-sense smackdown that exposes the media’s desperation to paint conservatives as paranoid while they clutch pearls over harmless idioms.
Dig deeper, and this isn’t just Comey cosplay; it’s a masterclass in selective outrage that reeks of hypocrisy for the 2A crowd. Remember when Bette Midler tweeted about hoping Trump got 86’d back in 2019? Crickets from the same CNN crew. Or AOC’s crew floating death to America vibes without a single indictment. Tillis’s point lands like a well-placed round: if 86 is suddenly verboten, why isn’t the left’s laundry list of eliminationist rhetoric under the microscope? This selective enforcement is the real threat—it’s how they normalize demonizing gun owners as insurrectionists for memes while giving their own a free pass. For 2A patriots, it’s a stark reminder that language policing is step one in ammo control; they can’t ban AR-15s outright, so they ban threatening words to chill dissent.
The implications for our community? Crystal clear: brace for more lawfare theater. Comey’s indictment on retaliation charges (for leaking memos to kneecap Trump) is a win, but Tillis calling out the 86 nonsense inoculates against the left’s inevitable pivot to stochastic terrorism smears against pro-2A voices. Stay vigilant—every dismissed hysteria like this chips away at their narrative that we’re the violent ones. Keep stacking brass, Senator; the 2A fortress holds because facts like yours don’t bend to beach-shell psyops.
