𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐇 𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐘 𝐏𝐄𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐆𝐎. 𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐎 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖, 𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐇 𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝐈𝐓 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄:

“𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯? - M.A. Rothman@MichaelARothman

𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦. 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦. 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵? 𝘑𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘺 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳, 1980 — 𝘩𝘦’𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵. 𝘏𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥, ’𝘐’𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘸.’” The receipts are public. Comey told the New Yorker in 2003 he had been “𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳” in college; his 2018 memoir confirmed he voted Carter in 1980, having moved on from “𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘴.” “𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘎𝘉 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 — 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴.”...