What Does '86' Mean? Term Referenced in Comey's Social Media Post Has Changed Over Time

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : The "47" was presumed to refer to President Trump, the United States' 47th president, and "86" is a term commonly used by restaurants to signify when they are out of a menu item, or by bars and in military and intelligence circles to throw something -- or someone -- out.
25% : Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, pointed out during a Fox News interview late Thursday that Mr. Comey had spent his entire career prosecuting the kind of mobsters and gangsters who would commonly use "86" in its most deadly sense, as she accused him of "issuing a hit on President Trump.

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