Jonah Goldberg beset by 'tiresome pests' reminding him he'd trust Comey over Trump any day

As we reported earlier, The Federalist published a handy list of “61 hacks” to never trust again after the release of the Durham Report. Most of those hacks work in the mainstream media, and Never Trumpers like Bill Kristol, Tom Nichols, and Rick Wilson all made the list. The folks at The Dispatch are in the clear, although Jonah Goldberg started his day knowing he’d be reminded by “tiresome pests” of the time in 2017 he said he’d trust James Comey over Donald Trump 10 times out of 10.

A whole bunch of tiresome pests are going nuts over a clip of me in — 2017! — saying I'll take Comey's word over Trump's 10 time out of 10. I agree that Comey looks much worse now then back then. But I think I was justified in saying it then, given what was known, and given…

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) May 16, 2023

Here’s the full tweet:

A whole bunch of tiresome pests are going nuts over a clip of me in — 2017! — saying I’ll take Comey’s word over Trump’s 10 time out of 10. I agree that Comey looks much worse now then back then. But I think I was justified in saying it then, given what was known, and given that the issue was Trump’s credibility versus Comey’s.

And, frankly, Trump is still more dishonest than Comey — even if you consider Comey a deeply dishonest person, which I pretty much do.

I’m just putting this here because I think all of the dunking is stupid, in bad faith, not worth individual responses — and works on the mulish assumption that if you can prove Comey was a bad guy that makes Trump a good guy. He’s not. There is still no definition of good character he can clear the hurdle on.

Trump invited virtually all of his legal, political and financial problems on himself, including to a large part the FBI collusion probe — which, by the way, resulted in a lot more criminal convictions than Durham’s probe did.

You bolstered Comey’s reputation at the time for personal & selfish reasons. People aren’t dunking on you for thinking Trump is a dishonest liar. They’re dunking on you for being a fool who fell for a scam because it was just easier to go along with the cool kids than seek truth.

— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) May 16, 2023

Wait you believed Comey's story? Like at face value?

— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) May 16, 2023

This schmuck can't just admit that people in our government did something worse than Watergate, and basically got away with it, then just admit he was wrong and move on.

How could anyone ever respect you, or even listen to any of your commentary again 🤔🤨🙄

— NYINDEPENDENT🇺🇸 (@JONEEFRY) May 16, 2023

You know I am largely on your side on this. And I think your statement was defensible at the time.

But in hindsight…I think Comey is someone nobody should trust. That doesn't mean Trump is more trustworthy (he isn't), but those actors should be treated as the liars they are.

— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) May 16, 2023

Funny how these Never Trump hacks find a way to justify their complete lack of principles. Govt corruption is okay as long as it’s against Trump

“He brought it on himself”, referring to the FBI illegally spying on a presidential campaign. Pathetic #smh

— Obi_1_D_AllKnowing (@obiopiah) May 16, 2023

“I was wrong” is the only tweet you need to post.

— Peekaso (@peekaso) May 16, 2023

Truth. Comey always was a slimeball. Hating Trump doesn’t change that fact.

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