A special election in Arizona provides the 218th signature to force a vote on the release of files related to Epstein

Donald Trump is reportedly scrambling to sway the three Republican congresswomen who signed the petition to force a vote ordering the release of all government files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

And Republican leaders in the House of Representatives are trying to stop the vote from happening now that enough members of Congress have signed a measure to force a full floor vote and Democrats recently gained a deciding vote on the measure.

Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) put forth a bipartisan discharge petition to release files related to the late convicted sex offender and pedophile. A discharge petition needs to receive the signatures of a majority of members to force a vote without the consent of leadership.

  • PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 days ago

    What do they think is so damning about these files? He’s already gotten away with just about every other crime on the books.

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      Because it’s a line a lot of his diehards won’t cross.

      Plenty of them will hear no evil or deny his other crimes, but the reason “protect our kids” works as such a great excuse for other overreach, is its such a priority for these people.

      Barring possibly nothing.

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      MAGA has had pedophile conspiracies since the Clinton years, so to see their Beloved Leader involved would actually cause him political harm.

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        MAGA has had pedophile conspiracies since the Clinton years, so to see their Beloved Leader involved would actually should cause him political harm, but it won’t.

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          if it wouldn’t, they wouldn’t be trying this hard to bury it. you’ve got to understand that conservatism is an idealogy fueled mostly by disgust at its core. they’re immune to shame, reason, and for the love of God stop trying to point out hypocrisy.

          but they will sway when faced with things they already spent their entire lives grooming to be disgusted by. not in a “woah Trump is a pedophile after all? this changes everything” way, they’re not capable of that. but younger generations are more prone to think things like “Damn, unc Rogan really did get me to vote for a pedophile. what if I did just get groomed?”. And getting those kids to shut the fuck up and actually watch what their parents do can change them.

          this is the kind of realization that flooding the zone and telling impressionable young boys that they’re super smart and know better than everyone prevents

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            I agree with everything you said, but Trump isn’t a normal political leader. He’s their cult leader, and every accusation is a lib projection! You will never get them to turn on Trump.

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              Maga won’t. they’re batshit crazy and will just instantly take to TikTok about how pedophilia is normal actually. for them, disgust is transferable.

              but Gen Z had functioning brains once. I saw them have brains. they’re capable of learning new things which is why Maga hard focused on selling them tough guy meme shit last election. they’re not full on the crazy juice yet even after this PR stunt with Kirk but people gotta stay tuned in to what they actually respond to before the Christian industry sucks them all up.

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          Not just that, it also devalues the information contained within as extortion leverage.

          If everyone already knows, how’s he gonna threaten Senator Perpetrator with exposure?

          Edit: grammar

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        Trump is just going to call them fake anyway and his supporters would rather believe him than open their eyes, since opening their eyes would be woke.

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      I don’t expect much, but to keep an idea I keep wandering over to the conservative areas.

      The Epstein Files are the only thing I’ve seen he’s not been able to shake off from his cult.