Conservatives mock Comey over Taylor Swift video

Conservatives are mocking former FBI Director James Comey over a post he made on his Substack on Sunday in which he discussed his admiration for pop superstar Taylor Swift.

The post features a video of Comey calling Swift “a truly inspirational public figure” and noting her recent appearance on NFL stars’ Jason and Travis Kelce’s podcast “New Heights.”

“Taylor Swift and I go way back. I went to my first concert of hers 15 years ago. I've been to a second and I have helped financially support the attendance of a lot of family members and others. I'm in a family's Swiftie group chat. I know all her music, and I listen to it in my headphones when I cut the grass,” Comey said in the video.

In response to Comey’s video, conservative personality Benny Johnson said that “A new James Comey hostage video just dropped.”

“This time he calls himself a ‘Swiftie’ and says Taylor Swift helps him cope with Donald Trump. You really can’t make this up,” Johnson added in a Sunday post on the social platform X.

In the Comey video, the former FBI director also states that “we need to stand up to jerks and defend what matters, but I think we have to try to do that without becoming like them, which is what makes me think about Taylor Swift.”

“She's made clear that she sees Donald Trump for what he is, and last year, she urged Americans not to make the serious mistake of electing him,” Comey added. “Of course, we're now living with the consequences of that mistake, but while our elderly makeup- covered president is posting about whether Taylor Swift is still hot and declaring that he can't stand her, what’s she doing? Living her best life.”

Conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza also said on X Sunday that Comey was attempting “now to come across as a normal guy, a Taylor Swift fan, and a champion of civility and decorum” in the wake of “using his power for years to entrap Trump, Flynn and others.”

The Hill has reached out to a representative for Comey and the White House for comment.

Comey was fired as FBI director by Trump during his first term, and the two have feuded for years.

Earlier this year, Comey made waves when he posted an image of shells on a seashore spelling out "86 47."

He deleted the post after criticism, saying he did not recognize it as something that could be seen as promoting violence toward the president.

Comey's daughter, Maureen Comey, was fired in July from her job as a prosecutor for the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY). The firing was largely seen as politically motivated given Trump's feelings for Comey and his desire for loyalists throughout his administration.