What the Right is Getting Wrong About Epstein

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I am gobsmacked at the pundits circling the wagons on Epstein and frankly, a little disappointed with Trump’s response.

Hugh Hewitt sounded like Hillary Clinton at the Benghazi hearings when she barked, “What does it matter anyway?!” It matters, Hugh. I love you. I’m a huge fan. But CHILDREN MATTER. That should be a non-negotiable on the right.

I don’t need there to be some grand unmasking of a conspiracy.

I don’t care about myths being busted or not. I don’t care about front-page, tabloid trash reckonings or perp walks. In fact, I’d much prefer quiet, grown-up, methodical professionalism.

But trafficking adults and minors for sexual exploitation is a crime. Period. How in the ____  do you establish deterrence for the next predator, if the most public, prolific, scandalous, and scurrilous perpetrators never feel the discomfort of their crimes??

We have the victims. Are we calling them liars, if there are now no abusers? You can’t have it both ways. Epstein was a monster, these girls were abused, and he should go to jail…Ghislaine should be in jail…but strangely, there are no other guilty parties?

TO WHOM were they trafficked??

Statute of limitations be damned. I don’t care if all but one signed a non-disclosure. There should be as much truth and revelation as the law will allow. And with it, there should be as much condemnation as possible. If they are guilty–public shaming will have to suffice. But preservation that allows them to live with their evil unconfronted or uncorrected WILL NOT.

I am not getting over it.

My conscience–my credibility, my consistency, my character–will not allow it. Our government should have all the same reasons.

This is a litmust test for justice and transparency in this administration. If there is clarifying to be done, do it. If you botched the messaging, own it. Fix it. But leaving this open wound to fester is a PR disaster at best and a moral failing at worst.

“Get over it…move on…stop living in the past…but also pay attention to the 2020 elections?” Not a good take.

I like Trump. I voted for Trump and am rooting for his success. But this is not nothing. I pray the right reads the room. Tell me you see how this defeats any hope that there will be justice on any other level. SCOTUS leak? Autopen? COVID? The border??

And what about, “Obama created the Epstein files??”

That’s noteworthy. You can’t throw a grenade like that in passing, with no follow-up. Do tell.  Are you saying it was all fabricated? Or are you saying that Obama’s administration has had exclusive access and is responsible for what remains?

You can’t have mixed messaging in the house that is all over the place for the last few years, the public promises, the comments that now seem inconsistent, the binder debacle…followed by a poorly-timed late night statement that addresses nothing–and then be annoyed that your supporters noticed.

Scolding voters because they are discerning enough to detect ______ is not the move here, my guy…I mean Mr. President.

We have the internet. We may not have the receipts on Epstein but we have the receipts on everything this administration said about Epstein. The podcasts, the interviews, the teases…so juicy. So Elliot Ness. We rooted for YOU.

Come on, guys and girl. YOU made the case. YOU made the promises.

YOU banged the drum for truth. No one made YOU go on all the shows and say confidently, there’s more there, there. “Not in our house,” you said. Deliver.

Epstein is a bellwether whether you want him to be or not. Epstein matters because public trust in our government has been so dangerously eroded and so desperately needs to be restored.

Fix it. Fix what is broken in the justice system or forfeit the privilege of carrying the hammer and nails.

Has our confidence been poorly placed? Or was this just poorly communicated? I think the latter and I am still rooting for the right.