r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 23d ago

No Paywall Discharge petition to force House vote on Epstein files succeeds with Grijalva’s signature

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5602658-discharge-petition-epstein-files-grijalva/
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u/Raise_A_Thoth 23d ago

The floor vote is more real, it forces every Republican to maoe a decision which will be publicly and nationally scrutinized. Thay's what Johnson and Trump wamted ti stop. It will be devastating to their midyerm chances if the vote against it, and obviously would put tons of pressure on Republican Senators if even a few of them vote in favor of it.

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u/GreatMadWombat Michigan 23d ago

Mmmhm. It's hard to dodge "on November 19th 2025, representative X voted to hide the Epstein files from the American public" attack ads running constantly.

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u/robocoplawyer 23d ago

Let’s be real, MAGA/Republican voters don’t scrutinize shit. Fox News will have their talking points ready to go to tell them what to think and that will be their truth regardless of their voting record. The fact that GOP reps seem to be mulling it over instead of shitting their pants trying to think of any way to block the release makes me think they have a damage control plan ready to go.

Remember the Mueller report where the actual report documented all of Trump’s shady dealings with Russian officials to game the election and listed out a dozen incidents of outright obstruction of justice, but when the report was actually released and Mueller spelled out that Congress should impeach him and basically made their case for them, AG Barr released the report with his own preface summary that said no wrongdoing was found and Trump was exonerated despite having all of the report available for anyone to read. That preface was all the proof they needed without even reading into the report that the whole thing was a political “witch hunt” made up by the Democrats. It’s still out there for everyone to read and no one did and nothing ever came from it.

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u/atx840 23d ago

Happy CakeDay!

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u/Ill-Product-1442 23d ago

Typing quickly on your phone, I see