There Were 3.6 Million Tweets About James Comey’s Testimony Thursday

The most-tweeted moment was Comey being questioned by Sen. John McCain

Former FBI director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday spurred 3.6 million tweets between 7 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. ET, Twitter Data revealed in a tweet.

According to Twitter Data, the three most-tweeted moments during the hearing were:

  1. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) questions Comey, 12:37 p.m.
  2. Comey says, “Lordy, I hope there are tapes,” 10:57 a.m.
  3. Comey says “no fuzz” referring to Russian interference in the U.S. elections, 11:28 a.m.

UPDATED June 9, 5:35 p.m.

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