Despite a last minute push from Donald Trump, GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert kept her name on a discharge petition that would demand the full release of investigative files around convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Boebert is one of four Republicans who signed the bipartisan discharge petition led by GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California to force the Justice Department to release all the files.
Honestly it’s the smartest thing Trump could do. He knows his base won’t care. He can ask why the push wasn’t as strong under Biden. And it’ll hurt the Democrats who were involved more than it will hurt him.
Who does he think will affect him if there’s (more) concrete proof he’s a nonce? He already tried to overthrow the government and the people still voted for him and/or refused to vote against him.
I wouldn’t underestimate the negative reaction of just about anyone to hearing from trusted sources that someone is a child rapist. There’s a certain amount of evidence that would turn Fox and even OAN, and should the MAGA base start hearing confirmation from them…
There’s a reason child abusers are the scummiest scum in prison. Society absolutely does not abide them, so long as society believes it’s true.