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.
Exactly. I can’t see this having no component of political strategy and influence.
Trump is going to crash hard once all the horrible stuff he’s (very very likely) done comes out. At which point he’ll be extremely toxic andand anyone “true to MAGA” but seen to have pushed for “the truth” will have good political credit with that base.
But also, I think people like Boeberts or Taylor Greene are true believers, to a strong degree. They believe in lots of absolutely fucked up shit, but they are also unwilling to compromise on defending nonces, which is one thing we can agree on and respect them for.
So, a mix of both I’d say.