Joe Kovacs complained in a Dec. 30 WorldNetDaily article:
A Florida candidate for U.S. Congress with a passionate disdain for Donald Trump is raising eyebrows with a photo himself sporting the numbers “86 47” on his hat and front license plate, a number which some see as a threat to kill the 47th president.
“Meet Mark Davis. He’s running for Congress in Florida,” says LibsofTikTok which is sharing the photo online. “He proudly posed with an ‘8647’ hat and license plate which signifies killing Trump. He says it’s not just merch, it’s a ‘mission.’
“Extremely alarming,” LibsofTikTok continued. “What does he mean when he says 8647 is a ‘mission’?”
Reaction online is not sympathetic to Davis, who officially has no party affiliation.
Kovacs failed to disclose the fact that his employer gave a pass to right-wingers like Jack Posobiec, who pushed the “86 46” — which, by WND’s reckoning, means he wants to kill President Biden. He did, however, give Davis a chance to respond:
Davis on Tuesday defended his strategy, saying: “86 47 means Remove Donald Trump, dumbasses. Your GOP is the only party openly threatening political harm. They’re the only ones with a president who’s threatened American politicians on American soil.”
Responding to the remark about his being “too stupid to be in Congress,” Davis said: “Dude, I’ve been posting 8647. My profile name was 8647 for the longest time. I’ve been posting it for months. Finally a picture went viral so now I’m getting tons and tons more followers so, win.”
Kovacs didn’t condemn his fellow right-wingers for being late to the game or counter Davis’ defense. This would have been a great time for Kovacs to disclose how WND said nothing about Posobiec’s “86 46” tweet, but he declined that opportunity as well, again refusing to admit his employer’s hypocrisy.