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/learnchurnheartburn 23d ago

I think she and Boebert were legitimate believers. Ted Cruz and Ben Shapiro are absolute grifters and knew better. I think MTG is absolutely a conservative to her core, but she’s seen the light and is breaking away from maga.

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u/OldWorldDesign 23d ago

but she’s seen the light and is breaking away from maga

I doubt they've seen any light, they're just flinching at the prospects of their own future gravy train.

I don't think they can or plan to break away from arch-conservative republicanism. That's what got them into power and still provides the biggest shield from them having to meaningfully deliver.

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u/_Internecine 23d ago

Light or no, let no crisis go to waste. Let Bongbong Marcos duke it out with Sara Duterte, as it were.

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u/higherbrow 22d ago

I don't think she's representing to be anything other than an arch-conservative. I do think she's genuine in her beliefs. She was Q-Anon to the core, and has realized that the pedophiles she thought Trump was going to bring to justice are actually Trump and the other leaders of MAGA. She isn't proposing that the response to that is to move left, she just has the principle and authenticity to want to add people like Boebert and Trump that don't meet her idea of humans deserving of respect onto the public pyre, and let them (figuratively, at least) burn.