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So Comey melded those two passions into a video on Substack<\/a> Sunday that has gone viral. (Watch it below.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Comey notes in the clip that Trump \u201cis still president and still humiliating America.\u201d But he\u2019d rather talk about a \u201ctruly inspirational public figure named Taylor Swift.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He says he watched her interview with the Kelce brothers<\/a> recently and boasts, \u201cTaylor Swift and I go way back.\u201d Meaning he went to his first Swift concert 15 years ago. Now he funds the attendance of others at her pricey shows and belongs to a family Swifties group chat, he notes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Comey does criticize Trump, who fired him in 2017 and whose Justice Department just last month fired Comey\u2019s daughter<\/a> Maurene, who prosecuted Jeffrey Epstein. But all roads lead to Swift in the footage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cOf course we need to stand up to jerks and defend what matters,\u201d Comey says, adding:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cBut I think we have try to do that without becoming like them, which is what makes me think about Taylor Swift. She\u2019s 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. Of course, we\u2019re now living with the consequences of that mistake, but while our elderly makeup-covered president is posting about whether Taylor Swift is still \u2018hot,\u2019<\/a> and declaring that he can\u2019t stand her, what\u2019s she doing? Living her best life, producing great music, and, as she urged all of us to do during the podcast, not giving the jerks power over her mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n You know dude\u2019s a fanboy when he can turn one of her songs into a life lesson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cAt my second Taylor Swift concert in Hartford Connecticut 14 years ago this summer, she sang a song about this topic asking, \u2018Why you gotta be so mean<\/a>?\u2019 And she spoke directly to the nasty people: \u2018I bet you got pushed around. Somebody made you cold. But the cycle ends right now cause you can\u2019t lead me down that road,\u2019\u201d Comey says, reciting the \u201cMean\u201d lyrics<\/a>. \u201cNobody should have that power over us. Thank you, Taylor Swift. Keep the faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n 20 Years Of<\/span>Free<\/span>Journalism<\/span><\/p>\n Your Support Fuels Our Mission<\/p>\n Your Support Fuels Our Mission<\/p>\n\n