July 22, 2017

Here’s the Real Reason Trump Fired Comey

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Just a quick observation here. Donald Trump demonstrated again this morning that he remains obsessed with Hillary Clinton:

Trump is preoccupied with Hillary because she ruined his victory: he still can’t stand the thought that she got several million more votes than he did. I suspect the same is true of James Comey. Sure, he wanted Comey to help him out with the Michael Flynn investigation, but Comey’s real sin was being a living, breathing, daily reminder that Trump won only because Comey helped him out with his last-minute letter about the email investigation. This gnawed endlessly at Trump, so Comey had to go.

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