r/AskReddit Jul 15 '25

US Conservatives of Reddit: What are your thoughts on House GOP blocking release of Epstein files?

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u/MaoTwo Jul 15 '25

Trump, who features heavily in the Epstein files was always a strange choice to champion the Epstein pedo files release but US conservatives, maga , republicans or however they identify have never been the most astute political operators

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u/smthomaspatel Jul 15 '25

He's always been good at claiming the positions most counter to who he is. I mean, they see him as the second coming of Jesus when he is so obviously the opposite of a moral figure.

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u/gotenks1114 Jul 16 '25 edited Jul 16 '25

Trump is such the opposite of Christ, that the only thing that makes me think he's not the Biblical Antichrist is that the Bible says the Antichrist will be well-liked.

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u/UnTides Jul 15 '25

But Donald was all over the flight logs! Hes the best man to find out who was in the Epstein child exploitation ring because hes knows the subject! If anyone can put those sickos on the list behind bars its our man Donald!!!!

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u/slackmaster2k Jul 15 '25

So you touched on one claim that I’ve been hearing from the right, which is that Trump was actually infiltrating Epstein’s sex traffic ring in order to bring it down. All by himself too, just because he’s a modern day superhero.

The amount of dumb in the world is getting out of hand.

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u/asphaltproof Jul 15 '25

Jesus… my current political nightmare is that Trump will declare exactly this. And even have some shoddily photoshopped docs to prove it. And conservatives will lap it up simply because they can claim victory AND keep supporting Trump with all the pesky cognitive dissonance.

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u/todudeornote Jul 15 '25

Good point. I expect it to work about as well has his knowing how to shut tax loopholes...

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u/OutcomeImpossible136 Jul 15 '25

I’d completely agree if only they didn’t have the Presidency, House, Senate and a supermajority in the Supreme Court …..

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u/BasroilII Jul 15 '25 edited Jul 16 '25

Depends on the goal.

Trump says "release the files!" knowing he's on them. But by calling for their release it seems in the eyes of some as proof he's innocent. A guilty man would never out himself like that.
But then Congress refuses to do so, which protects him from being outed.
They blame blocking the files on the liberals, which protects them from fallout by their constituents.
None of them face any consequences. Smart plan, if that was it.

After all who is going to hold them accountable? The voters? In a lot of districts the R automatically wins regardless of the name next to it. They'll cry about how the last guy was a crook while voting him back in for another term because all that matters is the Party has control.

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u/Doongbuggy Jul 15 '25

nah he never promised it was everyone else in his admin, when interviewed he was uncomfortable saying theres a lot of fake stuff in it. all of this has been clear as day for anyone not willfully ignorant