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Asslickers And then, along with several diet-coke-soaked cheeseburgers, your soul makes the journey through Trump's digestive tract and is eventually excreted. And then you're Stephen Miller. Stephen Colbert, Late Show with Stephen Colbert, 5/2/2019, completing James Comey's statement that “Mr. Trump eats you soul in small bites.” © 2019 Kwiple.com
Bullshitters say He wasn't doing a good job. Very simply. He was not doing a good job. Donald Trump, on firing FBI director James Comey supposedly for mishandling last year's investigation of Hillary Clinton's emails but days after Comey requested additional resources to expand his investigation of Team Trump's connection and possible collusion with Russians, and hours before meeting with Russia's foreign minister and ambassador © 2017 Kwiple.com
Fake tears Look, this is terrible. It makes me mildly nauseous to think we might have had some impact on the election. James Comey, FBI Director and Republican, on his decision to disclose two weeks before the presidential election that the FBI had reopened its Clinton email probe without having yet studied the new emails, which it later said warranted no legal action © 2017 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated to more precisely describe White House press secretary Sean Spicer's location late Tuesday night in the minutes before he briefed reporters. Spicer huddled with his staff among bushes near television sets on the White House grounds, not “in the bushes,” as the story originally stated. Washington Post, May 10, 2107, correction added to the end of its story about Spicer's behavior prior to announcing Trump had fired FBI director James Comey © 2017 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage I'm focusing on what's in my control, and that is what is what is Congress doing to solve people's problems. Paul Ryan, Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, when asked to comment on Trump's tweet suggested he recorded his conversations with FBI director James Comey © 2017 Kwiple.com
Profiles in courage Suck it up and move on. Senator Chuck Grassley's advice to people critical of Trump's ouster of FBI director James Comey © 2017 Kwiple.com
Punt returners say The irony of your making that statement here, I cannot avoid. Angus King, responding to FBI director James Comey's claim during a Senate intelligence committee hearing that, “Especially in a public forum, we never confirm or deny a pending investigation,” ignoring the press conference he held eleven days before the 2016 election to announce that the FBI was reopening its investigation of Hillary Clinton's emails without announcing it was actively investigating Donald Trump's connections to Russia © 2017 Kwiple.com
Punt returners say That's not fair. Mob bosses know how to run a casino — allegedly . . . allegedly. Stephen Colbert responding to news that James Comey compared Donald Trump to a mob boss  © 2018 Kwiple.com
Republican kiss-asses Giuliani: Trump Could Have Shot Comey And Still Couldn't Be Indicted For It — — — — — — — — — — — Congress would have to impeach Trump first before any criminal prosecution could move forward headline, Huffington Post, June 3, 2018 © 2018 Kwiple.com
Selfie He[Trump]'s tweeted at me probably fifty times. I've been gone for a year. I'm like a breakup he can't get over. James Comey © 2018 Kwiple.com
Snapshot This guy swung an election. He thought the wrong person would win. James Comey portrayed by Kellyanne Conway © 2018 Kwiple.com
Snapshot Mr. Trump eats your soul in small bites. Donald Trump portrayed by James Comey © 2019 Kwiple.com
Snapshot The silent circle of assent. The boss in complete control. The loyalty oaths. The us-versus-them worldview. The lying about all things, large and small, in service to some code of loyalty that put the organization above morality and above the truth. Donald Trump portrayed by James Comey as a mob boss © 2018 Kwiple.com
Snapshot This president is unethical, and untethered to truth and institutional values.  Donald Trump portrayed by James Comey © 2018 Kwiple.com
State of the union We are entering Nixonian territory. … Not even Nixon fired the head of the FBI.  Edward Luce, Financial Times, May 9, 2017 © 2017 Kwiple.com
Trumpists Of course, to stay, you must be seen as on his team, so you make further compromises. You use his language, praise his leadership, tout his commitment to values. And then you are lost. He has eaten your soul. James Comey, New York Times, May 2, 2019 © 2019 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say  If you're a CEO or a leader, that's what you want your team to be, a bunch of people who are loyal to the team. Steve Doocy, defending Trump's demand for a pledge of personal loyalty from FBI director James Comey © 2019 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say The President's new at this. He's new to government. So, he probably wasn't steeped in the long-running protocols that establish the relationships between DOJ, FBI and White Houses. He's just new to this. Paul Ryan explaining why Donald Trump asked FBI director James Comey to drop his investigation of Michael Flynn after everyone else at a meeting with them had been asked to leave the room © 2018 Kwiple.com
Wannabe autocrats That is not normal. That is not OK. First of all, he's just making stuff up. But, most importantly, the president of the United States is calling for the imprisonment of a private citizen, as he's done for a whole lot of people  who criticize him. That is not acceptable in this country. The president doesn't get to decide who goes to jail. James Comey, on Trump's call to imprison him for allegedly leaking classified information and lying to Congress © 2018 Kwiple.com
 
Wannabe autocrats say They spend a couple of days in jail, make a new friend, and they are ready to talk. Donald Trump on findiing leakers by jailing journalists, as quoted in James Comey's 2/14/17 memo © 2018 Kwiple.com