Conservative Twitter gleeful over outrage around Comey's firing
After White House press secretary Sean Spicer announced that Comey would no longer be working as FBI director as of Tuesday, many pointed out that firing the official who led the investigation into possible collusion between some of President Donald Trump's associates and Russians was inappropriate.
"Everyone who cares about independence & rule of law in America should be 'troubled by the timing and reasoning' of Comey firing," tweeted Preet Bharara, the New York attorney who was fired by the Trump administration in March. "Period."
But others said liberals were hypocritical about speaking out against Comey's termination when they had decried how he handled the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server in the weeks leading up to the presidential election.
Even though most spoke out against the circumstances of the termination rather than in defense of Comey, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee tweeted that liberals "who scalded Comey now try to pretend they support him and attack @realDonaldTrump."
Still others railed against the perceived hypocrisy of being outraged over the sudden termination.
But as analysts pointed out in response, the Democrats' outrage over Comey's handling of the email investigation has little to do with an unexpected decision of firing someone tasked with investigating the administration.