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      That’d be more compelling if the previous Administration hadn’t sat on it too.

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        The previous administration didn’t use the release of the files as a cornerstone of their campaign.

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          What about ism at it’s finest.

          Dems voted to release, right voted against. That’s a pretty clear picture.

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          It’s a shame it being the right thing to do isn’t reason enough though isn’t it?

          “We’re not going to go after sex traffickers and child rapists because we didn’t promise we would.”

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            “We didn’t promise to make an extraordinary release of evidence to the public for PR reasons”

            This proposed release isn’t even the ‘right thing’ to do, it’s just yet another thing that the GOP promised and pulled back on because they realized it might hurt them - in this case, might hurt them because probably a few of their higher ups or donors are on that list.

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              Just want to confirm here, you’re saying that going after sex traffickers and child rapist isn’t the right thing to do?

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                Just want to confirm here, you’re saying that going after sex traffickers and child rapist isn’t the right thing to do?

                I’m saying the release of the files to the public isn’t ‘going after’ sex traffickers and child rapists.

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                  I disagree. I think if they made those lists public it would be impossible not to go after them. Not by everyone mind you, but some people would. Whether it’s just ambitious young prosecutors or Mobs with pitchforks. I don’t really care either way. Certainly it’s going after the more than anything that has been done so far.

                  However and I want to say this again the Biden Administration didn’t go after a single person. I don’t care how much you hate Donald Trump you shouldn’t defend that. They’re all protecting pedophiles. That’s not okay. The idea that political blinders causes you to justify that is a problem. Children shouldn’t have to be raped with impunity so that your team wins. This Thread has been eye opening in an extremely depressing way for me.

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                    I disagree. I think if they made those lists public it would be impossible not to go after them. Not by everyone mind you, but some people would. Whether it’s just ambitious young prosecutors or Mobs with pitchforks. I don’t really care either way. Certainly it’s going after the more than anything that has been done so far.

                    Ambitious young prosecutors now dealing with the very credible issue that the most anti-pedophile potential jurors are now easy targets for dismissal during jury selection by the defense team for the issue of pre-existing bias by release of evidence related to the case?

                    However and I want to say this again the Biden Administration didn’t go after a single person.

                    Would you like to remind me which administration locked up Ghislaine Maxwell?