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In reply to the discussion: Sorry to annoy everyone yet again, but much about that Epstein email hangs on the accuracy of one word [View all]Emrys
(8,748 posts)When has normality ever been a boundary for a Trump administration?
When was Trump last driven to have to haul in the likes of Boebert to try to "persuade" her to toe the Trump line? If you don't consider that and other behind-the-scenes pressure - coupled with clodhopping public attempts to shut down the issue, to the extent that Ingraham asked a Republican Congressman today whether, as Trump declared, he was "stupid" or "bad" because he supported airing the Epstein evidence - as "great lengths", not to mention Johnson blatantly obstructing the swearing in of Grijalva, I don't know what would persuade you.
The latest desperate pivot by Trump and his mouthpieces to brand the Epstein affair just "a hoax" is proving highly inflammatory talk for the most vocal of his base in Congress, never mind the world at large. The "fake news" tactic's running out of road, and at a very treacherous point in Trump's term when many ugly chickens are coming home to roost.