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Twitter comes together to trash Comey's cornball tweet

No one: Comey: Here's a photo of me in the forest.

Heather Dockray

on March 25, 2019

Twitter comes together to trash Comey's cornball tweet

Now is not the time to tweet, Comey. Credit: Getty Images

You don't *have* to tweet, James Comey.

That's a lesson a lot of people on Twitter could stand to learn. But it applies in particular to former FBI Director James Comey, who's made a habit of posting contemplative photos of himself while standing in nature. These photos appear to have been inspired by Windows '95 screensavers, and, to make them even more cringeworthy, Comey often includes a "cryptic" caption that in some way relates to the news.

After Attorney General Barr released his summary of the Mueller report on Sunday, Comey responded with a characteristic photo combined with the perfectly meaningless caption, "So many questions." The former FBI director posted the photo to both Instagram and Twitter.

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If Comey had so many questions, Twitter had so many quality responses.

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No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, we can all agree that James Comey's tweets are bad.

Heather Dockray

Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.