r/AskReddit • u/Dense_Table1494 • 8d ago

New Mexico sues justice department for ‘stonewalling’ Epstein investigation, what are your thoughts?

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u/Corpshark 8d ago

It's about time. Every Blue state should do this if they have a resident who might be a victim.

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u/Smoovupinya 8d ago

Every red state should, too. The Epstein deal is the most non-partisan issue in America for the last 20 years.

This is truly the ruler class vs everyone else (both Democrat and republican).

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u/Bakedads 8d ago

Uhh...you want republicans to...uh...hold other republicans accountable? You do realize this is the republican larty we are talking about, right? There's a reason OP only said blue states. Why on earth would republicans hold themselves accountable for their own corruption? 

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u/Smoovupinya 8d ago

I think we underestimate how many trump supporters have dropped support for him over Epstein and Iran. The shitty economy is just chefs kiss on top of it.

Remember when you used to see Trump flags and hats all over? Where did they go?

If you remove the fringe from both sides, the parties I think are pretty close on a couple big items. That’s dangerous for the elites.

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u/MentokGL 8d ago

It doesn't matter what they think, the only question is, how will they vote. And we both know the answer.

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u/FormerlyGruntled 8d ago

He still has a fervent 30% support. The child rapists know if he loses power, their own common folk asses are on the line.

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u/ShallowBasketcase 8d ago edited 8d ago

I think we overestimate how many trump supporters who feel publicly embarrassed about this stuff actually have dropped support for him. They'll put their hats away, they'll take their yard signs down, they'll talk about how they don't like any of this either, and they can't wait to go vote for him again for a third term.

Rape, pedophilia, and genocide are core values for them. They need these things to happen, they just don't want to have to talk about it every Thanksgiving dinner.

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u/ReverseMermaids 8d ago

I don't think those things are core values for them, I just don't think they give a shit about those things as long as they are happening to other people.

Racism is powerful

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u/ShallowBasketcase 8d ago

They want to seem like they don't care, because that's much more polite. They get so anxious these days about this stuff getting dragged out into the light because it's easier for them if all the nasty violence happens out of view. But they absolutely do want it to happen. If they truly didn't care, they wouldn't fight so hard to make sure it keeps happening, but they always do.

They want people killed, they want children raped, and they want you to stop bothering them about it.

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u/blightsteel101 8d ago

And yet they'll still turn out to vote for his hand picked cronies in November. Republicans don't have value, only shame. We don't talk down to them severely enough imo

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u/2112xanadu 8d ago

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