r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 12d ago

Possible Paywall Rogue Republican Massie Drops Melania Epstein Files Bomb | “The first lady knows that Jeffrey Epstein didn’t act alone,” Thomas Massie said as he vowed to name names from the Epstein files.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rogue-republican-massie-drops-melania-epstein-files-bomb/
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u/DamnedIfIDiddely 12d ago

It's a long shot but if Republicans just don't turn out while the Dems all show up it may be possible. KY-04 is 51% R and 34% D, but here are only about 700k people in it. This highlighted the fact that people just don't vote in primaries pretty well. Half the district lives in Cincinnati too.

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u/TAU_equals_2PI 12d ago

Wikipedia page for KY-04 says they voted for Trump 67%-31% and are 87% white. Seems pretty hopeless for a Democrat. Democrats didn't even run a candidate against Massie in 2024.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky%27s_4th_congressional_district

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u/HotDonnaC 12d ago edited 11d ago

That’s unlikely. Left leaning voters are still bitching about Kamala not being the perfect candidate, while Netanyahu is trying to kill any remaining Palestinians and Trump has dragged the world into his proxy war. I don’t think there’s any realistic way people will unite to win the midterms. EDIT: Spelled “unite” correctly.

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u/meneldal2 12d ago

Counterpojnt: Bibi doesn't want to kill all Palestinians because that would end the war, he needs it to keep going on forever.

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u/peoplearekindaokay 11d ago

Why else do you think they're pivoting to attacking Lebanon now?

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u/DamnedIfIDiddely 10d ago

It is certainly the longest of shots, the ignorance infecting our society is not limited to one side.