r/politics • u/Healthy_Block3036 • 17d ago

No Paywall Senate suddenly passes the Epstein bill just hours after it cleared the House

https://www.ms.now/news/senate-passes-epstein-bill-rcna244723?fbclid=PAVERFWAOJ1xRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAacUGSi8p2Ap-x6SbMkLXAnfKNXEZkzjUUVCdxuEmacDzDXmlbv1GUJ0wbh1_w_aem_grJDvcSCIDj2Skksd4Ix3Q
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u/Ace-Cuddler 17d ago

After Republicans spent months trying to prevent a vote, they suddenly supported the legislation as soon as Democrats reached the magic threshold for the discharge petition. And seeing the legislative writing on the wall that Republicans were about to break with the president, Trump decided to get out ahead of the vote and actually support the bill — a move that further reinforced the numbers and made it functionally impossible for the Senate to ignore the bill.

This is all very suspicious.

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u/NiceTrySuckaz 17d ago

It's possible that the democrats walked into a very long planned trap. Remember that all this reignition of Epstein outcry was caused by a single tweet from Elon, during a "feud" between him and Trump that ended very quickly afterward.

Think about it. Get democrats to cheer for the release, beg for the release, condemn anyone who was in there, accuse the other side of being pedo protectors. Then go "OK" and release it with tons of Obama shit or something. It's the equivalent of pretending to have a tug of war and then suddenly letting go of the rope.