Donald Trump ally Laura Loomer has shared an X (formerly Twitter) post, accusing e-commerce giant Amazon of selling ‘ assassination gear ’. The post comes days after former FBI director James Comey ’s ‘8647’ crypto post on Instagram that stirred controversy after being interpreted by many as a threat against President Donald Trump. Loomer, in her X post has also shared screenshots of caps with the number ‘8647’ selling on Amazon. She also tagged Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in the post.
“Wow.
They are selling ASSASSINATION GEAR on Amazon!,” Loomer wrote in the post, tagging Bezos.
What is 8647 controversy
As mentioned above, ex-FBI director James Comey shared an Instagram post earlier this month. The post, now deleted, had a photo of seashells arranged in an order to form the number “8647”. “Cool shell formation on my beach walk,” the post was captioned.
Trump supporters, members of congress including Tesla CEO Elon Musk , far-right activist Laura Loomer and current FBI director Kash Patel criticized the post, interpreting it as a call for Trump’s assassination.
In American slang, 86 is generally referred to as “get rid of,” “eject,” or “remove.” While the number 47 has no direct interpretation, but is seen by many as a reference to the 47th President of the United States.
Incidentally, Trump is the US 47th President. Putting the two interpretations together, 8647 was seen as a threat to ‘eliminate’ Trump by his supporters.
Loomer then criticized Comey’s post saying:
“WOW! Former FBI Director James Comey @Comey just posted this on his Instagram 2 hours ago, with the caption “cool shell formation on my beach walk”. It’s a pic of shells in the form of “86 47”.
This is a call for the assassination of President Trump by the former FBI Director!”
Tesla CEO Elon Musk - also a close confidante of Trump then said “Advocating murder of the President is a serious crime”.
“Wow.
They are selling ASSASSINATION GEAR on Amazon!,” Loomer wrote in the post, tagging Bezos.
Wow.
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) May 19, 2025
They are selling ASSASSINATION GEAR on Amazon!@JeffBezos pic.twitter.com/TPzy8FYAV0
What is 8647 controversy
As mentioned above, ex-FBI director James Comey shared an Instagram post earlier this month. The post, now deleted, had a photo of seashells arranged in an order to form the number “8647”. “Cool shell formation on my beach walk,” the post was captioned.
Trump supporters, members of congress including Tesla CEO Elon Musk , far-right activist Laura Loomer and current FBI director Kash Patel criticized the post, interpreting it as a call for Trump’s assassination.
In American slang, 86 is generally referred to as “get rid of,” “eject,” or “remove.” While the number 47 has no direct interpretation, but is seen by many as a reference to the 47th President of the United States.
Incidentally, Trump is the US 47th President. Putting the two interpretations together, 8647 was seen as a threat to ‘eliminate’ Trump by his supporters.
Loomer then criticized Comey’s post saying:
“WOW! Former FBI Director James Comey @Comey just posted this on his Instagram 2 hours ago, with the caption “cool shell formation on my beach walk”. It’s a pic of shells in the form of “86 47”.
This is a call for the assassination of President Trump by the former FBI Director!”
Tesla CEO Elon Musk - also a close confidante of Trump then said “Advocating murder of the President is a serious crime”.
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