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StevieM

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18. Comey's repeated interventions were more important to the result of that election than all other factors combined.

Reply to mr715 (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2026, 06:28 PM

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If not for his repeated interference, she also would have won Arizona, Florida and North Carolina.

Also, for the record, Gary Johnson probably took more votes away from Hillary than Jill Stein did.

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I blame James Comey for Trump. [View all] mr715 Sunday OP

Yep! bif Sunday #1

And that is why I could care less if the monster in the WH goes after him. lostincalifornia Sunday #2

Something about reaping and sowing... mr715 Sunday #3

Yup lostincalifornia Sunday #7

You really need canetoad Sunday #4

Yup. Comey had little choice but to do what he did. AZJonnie Sunday #14

In WI, MI, PA and OH, she spent more money in advertising, and had a larger ground operation, than Obama had in 2012. StevieM Sunday #20

No flames from me canetoad Sunday #21

I blame the American voters Johonny Sunday #5

I hear you - but it is bad electoral strategy to blame voters. mr715 Sunday #6

Maybe, but none of the above get a pass. RandomNumbers Sunday #8

And less time provocatively arranging seashells at his beach home, or whatever. mr715 Sunday #9

Comey concedes he may have been responsible for Trump's election LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #10

So he really did NOT concede the point--his last sentence spooky3 Sunday #28

Those... yes... but not in that order. QueerDuck Sunday #11

Here are the two letters from Comey that got trump elected LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #12

Particularly not when he said nothing about Trump's truly being spooky3 Sunday #29

Comey's press conferences on the Clinton email non-scandal violated DOJ policy. LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #13

In that press conference SocialDemocrat61 Monday #35

I Blame Bill Clinton RustyWheels Sunday #15

There were many times in 2008 and 2016 mr715 Sunday #16

How about prosecutors in the State of NY for allowing decades of illegal activity. Also, Mereck Garland mucifer Sunday #27

There are many to blame SocialDemocrat61 Sunday #17

Comey's repeated interventions were more important to the result of that election than all other factors combined. StevieM Sunday #18

Gary Johnson can't count how many fingers he has without using his toes. mr715 Sunday #19

I blame Trump's dad luv2fly Sunday #22

Fair. mr715 Sunday #23

Michael Bay LessAspin Sunday #24

Mark Burnett LessAspin Monday #39

I blame 77,303,568 Voters Locutusofborg Sunday #25

In the end, I think I blame money. Just throwing it out there. FullySupportDems Sunday #26

He's definitely a significant one to blame considering his actions themaguffin Monday #30

It's lovely to have someone to blame, but... Happy Hoosier Monday #31

I blame American voters and the Founders for saddling us with the Electoral College. DavidDvorkin Monday #32

The reason Comey's actions hurt Hillary was because of all that other shit JI7 Monday #33

Post removed Post removed Monday #34

The party selected Sec. Clinton to be their nominee. mr715 Monday #36

Bernie Sanders is NOT to blame... for anything whatsoever. ananda Monday #37

Comey definitely put a thumb on the scale the first time around. Then McConnell enabled nightmare part 2. Vinca Monday #38

Lots of blame to go around Comey for sure standingtall Tuesday #40