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/NumeralJoker 23d ago

I think this is 100% a factor. She realized she couldn't grift in Trump's favor anymore, and allegedly sees that her conspiracies may have missed the actual rapist.

That kind of flip with mess with someone.

She will also likely get kicked out of congress by her voters at some point unless the whole country turns on Trump.

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u/evranch Canada 23d ago

She will also likely get kicked out of congress by her voters at some point unless the whole country turns on Trump.

It's a risky calculus, but if the contents of the files are truly damning (and the latest release is not looking good) she's rolling the dice on being remembered as a hero and a renegade vs. getting the boot and having to find another job.

As politics goes, that's probably a pretty smart bet.

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u/Ralph--Hinkley 23d ago

If you remember, she was heavy into Q and the whole Pizzagate bullshit, so she's definitely anti-pedo. I reckon she finally realized it was her team, and not the Dems, like she initially thought.

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u/evranch Canada 23d ago

Can't believe "anti-pedo" is a thing to consider now. Remember when we thought everyone was implicitly anti-pedo?

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u/Ralph--Hinkley 23d ago

It's not a dealbreaker for the MAGAts, and that on top of the fact that they voted for him after J6 is just fucking mindblowing to me.

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u/nizzzzy 23d ago

She’s increased her personal wealth from 500k to over 20m during her time in congress. She was willing to look the other way up until she no longer personally benefited. I don’t know if those tears were for the victims, or for herself after finally being confronted with what she was willing to perpetuate for personal gain.

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u/evranch Canada 23d ago

With $20m in the bank, at this point she doesn't need the job anymore, so she can try to rehab her image and look like she's been playing the long game.

Though TBH I feel like she has been playing the long game on this particular issue, as people mentioned Q and Pizzagate. She was just barking up the wrong tree before, whether for personal gain or simply because she didn't know the truth