James Comey just went on national television and basically told the entire federal bureaucracy to sit quietly in the shadows

And somehow we’re supposed to pretend this is normal? The former FBI Director openly talking like government agencies are supposed to resist elected leadership instead of serving the American people is exactly why millions of Americans no longer trust these institutions the way they once did.

What really set people off was Comey saying “hang on 2.5 years, then we can rebuild,” because it sounded less like a former law enforcement official and more like a political activist rallying unelected insiders to outlast the administration. That’s the part fueling outrage across conservative America right now. Americans vote for presidents to run the executive branch, not to spend years battling entrenched bureaucrats who think they answer to their own political ideology instead of the Constitution.

James Comey just went on national television and basically told the entire federal bureaucracy to sit quietly in the shadows, wait out President Trump, and hold the line until Democrats can take power again. And somehow we’re supposed to pretend this is normal? The former FBI… pic.twitter.com/0EEkh4hKfs

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