8647

Dear Suze, My wife got a $10 bill in change and 8647 was written along the side. I’ve seen TikToc postings with these numbers that mean dump Trump. What’s the full story?

Dear Curious, “86,” according to Webster’s dictionary means to get rid of or remove, and “47” refers to Donald Trump, the 47th President of the United States. 8647 is a coded protest to oust Trump as POTUS. James Comey, previous Director of the FBI was fired by Trump in 2017 to stop Comey’s investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 presidential elections. The story is that Comey was walking on the beach recently when his wife pointed out a seashell formation with these numbers 8647. Comey thought it was a political message and posted the picture on his Instagram account because he thought it was a clever. Anti-Trump followers found it clever too and it’s exploded as a protest message. Pro-Trumpers mistakenly says it means kill the President, and Comey should be jailed. What happened to free speech? Why was it okay when they sold those "8646" t-shirts about Biden? -SQ