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On May 8, 2017, Comey addressed the Anti-Defamation League National Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. and declared his and the FBI's "love" for the organization. He began by referencing a 2014 speech which he called a "love letter to the ADL," adding, "Three years later I can say, from the perspective of the FBI, we’re still in love with you."
"We are not only educating ourselves, we are working with the ADL to build bridges in the communities we serve," Comey said in his 2017 speech.
"For more than 100 years, you have advocated for fairness and equality... And for all of that, we are grateful. As a law enforcement and national security agency, yes. But also as Americans. As humans," Comey said.
He concluded his speech with the words, "Love, the FBI."
A liberal college professor wrote a New York Times essay about the importance of him sponsoring a Turning Point USA group on campus, when other faculty refused. (ALEX WROBLEWSKI / Getty)
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TPUSA's backgrounder page on the ADL website falls under the "Center of Extremism" tag and describes the conservative group as having ties to "a range of right-wing extremists and has generated support from anti-Muslim bigots, alt-lite activists and some corners of the white supremacist alt-right."
Fox News Digital contacted the ADL for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Fox News Digital's Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.
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