Former FBI Director James Comey declared himself a Taylor Swift fan, a.okay.a. “Swiftie,” in a video posted to social media on Sunday, saying the pop star’s music provides him the energy to oppose President Donald Trump.
“I’m in a household’s Swiftie group chat. I do know all her music, and I take heed to it in my headphones once I minimize the grass,” Comey stated within the video, including that his favourite songs are “All Too Effectively” and “Exile.”
The previous FBI Director stated that Swift’s music has been a serious a part of his household for a number of years as they’ve dealt “with adversity and celebration,” saying that the pop star’s instance has helped him to withstand “bullies.”
“However I gotta be trustworthy, it additionally leaves me with a wierd feeling at occasions as a result of I don’t need us to turn into like Trump and his followers,” he stated. “There are much more respectable, trustworthy, type individuals in America than there are imply jerks. And don’t get me unsuitable, we’ve our jerks, thousands and thousands of them.”
“I’m not an advocate for weak point. After all, we have to stand as much as jerks and defend what issues, however I believe we’ve to strive to try this with out changing into like them, which is what makes me take into consideration Taylor Swift,” he continued. “She’s made clear that she sees Donald Trump for what he’s. Final yr, she urged People to not make the intense mistake of electing him. After all, we’re now dwelling with the results of that mistake. However whereas our aged makeup-covered president is posting about whether or not Taylor Swift remains to be sizzling and declaring that he can’t stand her, what’s she doing? Dwelling her greatest life, producing nice music, and, as she urged all of us to do in the course of the podcast, not giving the jerks energy over her thoughts.”
In July, the FBI launched an investigation into former Central Intelligence Company (CIA) Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey over their roles within the investigation surrounding President Donald Trump and Russia’s alleged collusion.