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Ted Lieu Typed Four Digits And Steve Scalise Has Not Recovered
May 5, 2026
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Louisiana GOP Rep. Steve Scalise, a man who was literally shot by a gunman and then returned to work alongside colleagues, has discovered his fainting couch over two numbers typed by a congressman from California. The outrage: Ted Lieu wrote 86 47 in a tweet. That's it. That's the crime. A sitting member of Congress, a Stanford graduate, a JAG officer and Air Force veteran, typed four digits into a text box — digits that, as legal experts note, refer to getting rid of someone (as in, at the ballot box or via impeachment, or with restaurants, 86 means they are out of a particular item, so remove it off the menu) — and Scalise ran straight to Fox Business to perform cardiac arrest about it.
I also want to ask you about this, because California Democrat Ted Lieu posted the phrase 8647 on X, the host said. This directly references the slogan at the heart of James Comey's indictment.And the congressman framed the post as a prediction of failure of the DOJ, suggesting the case against Comey is going to collapse and that he'll win damages for selective prosecution. And then active excuse me, acting AG Todd Blanche, he says, is going to be disbarred in all of this. But this is just days after President Trump faced a third assassination attempt at the White House Correspondent's Dinner, she added. I want to get your reaction to these comments from Ted Lieu.read more
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