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[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 6 points 2 hours ago

Jeffrey Epstein's BEST FRIEND using the Situation Room to COVER UP Child Sex Trafficking while using TAXPAYER Dollars to KIDNAP CHILDREN with ICE is EXACTLY why I Voted for Trump! GOD BLESS HIM!

-LITERALLY every Republican Voter!

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 3 hours ago

They just don't want us to see that they were really covering up for all those Democrats in the files. It's all Obama this, and Hillary that, and they don't want to focus on the past, it's time for America to move forward in our new post-war economic prosperity.

/S, just in case, because you can't tell who's serious these days.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Good idea, now that the AmerIsraeli War is over, we can get back to focusing on Epstein again, and THIS is a great place to start.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

I'm sure the Cheeto will come up with the next distraction

US presidents are just walking distractions from the crimes they're committing, but trump is a fucking expert at that

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago

Why? Not like they have anything to hide, right?

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 15 points 11 hours ago

Why? What are you hiding, dumpy?

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 76 points 17 hours ago
[–] nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 68 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

I don’t believe a fucking word of that anymore. FFS there could be an Epstein snuff movie in these files and still his cult would love him, call it a demonrat hoax or 4d chess or whatever. Terrifc guy eh?

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That's because Republicans don't care about children.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago

Well, no. Most of them really, ahem, care about children.

Most of them just can't stop thinking about all those little girls and boys. It's when they get to about 13 that most of them stop caring.
Not all, though, just most. Some like the 'old hags' of 13 to 15 year olds.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

"Fake AI hoax. We ain't fooled easy by corrupt Hillary and the Dems."

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

Most don't know there's a B in dumb.

[–] Akh@lemmy.world 16 points 17 hours ago

Well and been teased with leaks for years now… nothing

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 26 points 16 hours ago

Times is complicit. They would bury it as if they are the enquierer

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 17 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

That would be awesome if we heard trump actually say what he did. I could see him feeling invincible with his team. We'll have to wait and see, again.

[–] areakode@riskeratspizza.com 5 points 10 hours ago

He could clear this up in a second. But he's too SCARED to go under oath. Come on Donnie. You CHICKEN?

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago

If he lives much longer, he’ll just announce it at a press conference.