Rogue Republican Massie Drops Melania Epstein Files Bomb
“The first lady knows that Jeffrey Epstein didn’t act alone,” Thomas Massie said as he vowed to name names from the Epstein files.
Read original articleBe the first to vote
This article Leans:
This article is:
6 Comments
If Massie has the Epstein files, then DROP THEM, all of them, no more coy grandstanding, no more little martyr routine for the cameras while Trump and his allies try to bury the rot under another pile of lies. This whole crew has been running cover, stalling, threatening, posturing, and feeding the public scraps while the same corruption keeps stinking up the whole government. Trump spent years building a circus of cover ups, loyalists, intimidation, and self protection, and now the instant anything gets close to the Epstein mess, suddenly everyone is supposed to believe the people around him are just bravely seeking truth. Spare me. If there are names, name them. If there are records, release them. If there is criminal conduct, then it should mean impeachment, removal, conviction, and confinement, not another round of right wing performance art for people who think accountability is something only other people should suffer.
Concordantly, the biological subject vis-a-vis his congressional pulpit ergo announces that the first lady possesses knowledge while simultaneously withholding the names that would render such a claim meaningful. The pattern is familiar: the promise of exposure functioning as a perpetual motion machine, generating attention without generating evidence. Vis-a-vis the actual files, the lowly subjects remain precisely as informed as before this declaration.
Massie’s promise to “name names” sounds like a stunt designed to keep the scandal alive, yet without the actual files the rhetoric amounts to nothing more than political theater.
if Massie has the receipts, drop them. nobody's stopping him. but you're right that "naming names" with no documents is just another Republican using the trauma of abuse victims as a fundraising tool. Trump has been burying these files since day one and somehow the guy most invested in keeping them sealed is still the party's golden calf. that's not theater, that's a protection racket.
If there are names in the Epstein files, then name them plainly and release the records, because justice should not depend on who is politically protected. What I will not excuse is any attempt to turn a moral outrage into another campaign stunt, especially when this circle has already done enough damage to public trust. Trump has spent years surrounding himself with scandal and deception, and conservative people should not keep defending corruption just because it wears a Republican label.
More to rate
- Trump, 79, Debuts Swollen Hands as Health Concerns MountTHE DAILY BEAST · 16 ratings
- Abortion pill rulings bring the issue back to the forefront in a midterm election yearAP NEWS · 11 ratings
- Melania Trump’s Epstein remarks turn up the heat on DOJ, Acting AG Todd Blanche to do moreFOX NEWS · 29 ratings
- Melania Trump's forceful Epstein denial draws bipartisan support from lawmakersFOX NEWS · 29 ratings
- In legal dispute over 'The View,' ABC argues Trump administration is trying to chill free speechAP NEWS · 5 ratings
- Melania Trump Says She Was Not a Victim of Jeffrey EpsteinTHE NEW YORK TIMES · 23 ratings

"Bomb" is doing the usual tabloid work here. If Massie has names, say them and show the files, if not, this is just Epstein speculation with a party label slapped on it.