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Screenshot via CNN Former FBI director James Comey gave a scathing assessment of the Republican Party during a CNN town hall discussion on Wednesday night. "If the Republicans, if they just close their eyes and imagine Barack Obama waking up in the morning saying someone should be in jail, they will understand that it's not normal," Comey said, referring to Trump's history of suggesting his political opponents should be imprisoned. Comey, once a longtime registered Republican, said he is "ashamed" of the present-day Republican Party. Former FBI director James Comey gave a scathing assessment of the Republican Party and asked them to envision how they would behave if a Democratic president had the same rhetoric as President Donald Trump. "If the Republicans, if they just close their eyes and imagine Barack Obama waking up in the morning saying someone should be in jail, they will understand that it's not normal," Comey said at a CNN town hall discussion that aired Wednesday night.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Stop blaming violent video games for mass shootingsSee Also:A Trump-Mueller interview may be back on the tableThe Supreme Court finally heard arguments on the travel ban — and Trump looks likely to winThe Mueller Risk Index: Wall Street's newest tool to navigate how much to freak out about the Russia probeSEE ALSO: Here are the biggest revelations from Comey's memos