Lordy, what a day.
When President Trump reached out to James Comey about dropping the investigation into former adviser Michael Flynn, the then-FBI director didn’t know how to respond. During Thursday’s Must-See Testimony TV, Senator Dianne Feinstein grilled Comey on why he didn’t stand up to Trump.
“You are big, you are strong. I know the Oval Office and I know what happens to people when they walk in. There is a certain amount of intimidation. Why didn’t you stop and say, Mr. President, this is wrong, I cannot discuss this with you?” Feinstein asked. Here’s how Comey responded:
“Maybe if I were stronger, I would have. I was so stunned by the conversation that I just took it in and the only thing I could think to say, because I was playing in my mind to remember every word he said, I was playing in my mind, what should my response be? That’s why I very carefully chose the words. I’ve seen the tweet about tapes. Lordy, I hope there are tapes.”
He added, “Again, maybe other people would be stronger in that circumstance. That’s how I conducted myself. I hope I never have another opportunity, maybe if I did it again I would do it better.” But Comey didn’t have to say anything more. He already perfectly summed up all of this [points to everything since November 2016] with one word: “Lordy.”
I am naming my first born Lordy.
— anne t donahue (@annetdonahue) June 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/mckaycoppins/status/872829960712593408
First time "lordy" has been uttered at a hearing? #ComeyTestimony
— Jon Wurster (@jonwurster) June 8, 2017
Comey: “Lordy I hope there are tapes” of his conversations with Trump
Me too.
And of the presidential suite at the Moscow Ritz Carlton.
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) June 8, 2017
We can all agree with Jim Comey that, Lordy, we hope there are tapes.
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) June 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/briankoppelman/status/872830438657724420
Already screen printed 30 hemp t-shirts that say "Lordy I Hope There Are Tapes." #ComeyDay
— Los Feliz Daycare (@LosFelizDaycare) June 8, 2017
COMEY: "Lordy, I hope there are tapes."
VP PENCE: "Watch your language, please."#ComeyHearings— Samantha Bee (@realsambee) June 8, 2017
"Lordy I hope there are tapes!" — Comey, and literally all of us, too.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) June 8, 2017
"lordy I hope there are tapes" is the old white guy equivalent of "i wish a bitch would"
— ziwe (@ziwe) June 8, 2017
(Via The Hill)