Influencer Ed Krassenstein gets visited by the Secret Service: “Trump wants to be a dictator and I will not be intimidated”

Ed Krassenstein, a political commentator based in Florida, reported that he was visited by the Secret Service, which he believes is a result of his anti-Trump views that he shares with his followers.

The visit from the Secret Service came on Friday afternoon on May 16, and after the agents left, he took to X to expose what had transpired at his home.

What does being 86ed mean?

Former FBI Director Jim Comey shared a post on his Instagram of what he said were seashells arranged in an interesting arrangement, spelling out the letters 8647.

The Trump administration has tried to argue that to 86 a person means to kill them, a ridiculous notion considering that it is far from the most common use of the term. Many might be more familiar with the term used when being thrown out of an establishment for violating the rules. Someone might say they were 86ed from a bar where they were too rowdy, thus prompting the management to kick them out.

Nevertheless, Comey, who has had his issues with Presidnet Trump, deleted the post after the accusation was made that he was calling for violence. Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was one of Trump’s close allies who accused the former FBI director of “issuing a hit” through his Instagram post, and that she believed he “should be held accountable and put behind bars.”

Why did the Secret Service visit Ed Krassenstein?

Earlier on Friday, he posted on X that “Comey was right,” and argued that 8647 “should become the new rallying call for Americans who are sick and tired of the US Constitution being torn up.”

“The right wants it to be some nefarious symbol just they they wanted Abrego Garcia’s tattoos to be,” said the political commentators. In subsequent posts, Krassentien pointed out that similar usage of 86 had been used by Trump supporters during the Biden administration, pointing to shirts available on Amazon with the numbers 8646 written on the front.

Ed Krassentinen is not the first political dissident to be flagged by federal agencies. Earlier this week, leftist political commentator and streamer Hasan Piker was detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) while returning to the US from a family vacation in France.

While attempting to re-enter the US through the Global Entry program, which facilitates quicker customs processing, an agent informed him that he needed to follow him to secondary inspection.

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