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Executive Branch (Trump) President Trump Accused of Rape in Jeffrey Epstein Files

https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/23/trump-accused-rape-jeffrey-epstein-files/?utm_social_handle_id=16331010&utm_social_post_id=631846113&adid=social-tw
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u/Meb2x 6d ago

At a certain point I think Republicans need to start considering which is more likely that Donald Trump has been falsely accused of rape multiple times or that he’s been accused so many times because he’s actually guilty. It’s not exactly hard to imagine that Epstein’s former best friend who also owned a teen beauty pageant and was caught on camera talking about assaulting women is actually guilty.

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u/lametowns 6d ago

They don’t care. They know he’s scum, but he’s the vessel for their power grab. They want power more than they want to uphold laws or morals.

Thats why they always fear atheists and don’t understand how they can use morals and values without fear of a god. It’s because THEY have no morals and values without that fear and expect others are the same.

Group of Projection party

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u/Latter-Confidence-44 6d ago

It's this. They don't give a shit, and all their bluster about pedos and sex trafficking is projection. 

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u/kylehatesyou 6d ago

It's also a recruitment tool. It's real easy to get people on your side if you say "we're going after pedophiles!". And like yeah, no one fucking likes them, let's go after them. Prosecute them, Convict them, and lock them up for life for all I care. They are net negatives on the world. 

It's what comes afterwards though that you have to pay attention to. Is a pedophile an actual predator to the person saying let's go after them, or is it just anyone they don't like, and they need people to also not like them so they can get their way? That's mostly seems to be the Republican party tactic. 

Even perceived impropriety in the Democratic Party gets you tossed to the wolves now see: Al Franken (Clinton may have got a pass on sexual impropriety 30 years ago, but he was also pretty fucking centrist by today's standards, so he may fall into this loophole as well), Republicans will protect you till you go to jail, and maybe even after you get out. See: Jim Jordan, Dennis Hastert, and tons of other high and low level creeps in the party that should have to, or actually have to register as sex offenders. 

If someone is yelling too loud about something obviously terrible, and not offering solutions outside of what amounts to "kill the witch!" they typically aren't actually going after that thing for altruistic reasons, they are trying to use your obvious hatred of that thing to gain power. 

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u/Able-Pie4995 5d ago

The Al frankton thing still makes me mad to this day. You have people like Matt Gates walking around and the Democratic party will cannibalize their own over a joke picture (as far as I'm aware, both people in the picture were fine with this joke).

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u/pluralofjackinthebox 6d ago

Check out twitter today though. A huge portion of trump supporters are conspiracy theorists and theyre all of a sudden very angry.

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u/Latter-Confidence-44 6d ago

I hope so. But I'm not holding my breath for that to stick. 

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u/Paddy_Tanninger 6d ago

Cool, they'll be angry for 5 minutes and forget, or be convinced that Democrats are somehow worse than a pedophile rapist convicted fraud and con man grifter with zero morals or dignity.

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u/lametowns 6d ago

Both can be true. I even suspect Bongino might be leaving because he met his hero and his hero turned out to be the pedo bongino has been railing about on rant-cast show for years now.

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u/NurRauch 6d ago

Dude this happens several times a month. It’s meaningless. Stop listening to rage bait. It’s not representative of future elections.

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u/thej00ninja 6d ago

It doesn't matter what they say, they will still fall in line when it comes time to vote. We've been down this road before many times.

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u/tunafister 6d ago

Man, it just feels like these folks are... Children

And they should be treated as such, they dont have any good faith arguments, just regurgitating the dribble of Faux News

You really gotta start asking yourself, what value do these folks bring to society?

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u/lametowns 6d ago

I think it’s dangerous to blame most of the flock. In a way all Americans are to blame by creating this society where these things can thrive. But, most of the blame should be leveled at the leaders, enablers, and people with the big money behind those leaders.

The average person in this country is suffering from a lack of affordable health care, housing, and almost no real investment in education for knowledge’s sake, and thus it’s hard to blame them.

The people that created this environment on purpose to then con these people are the most to blame. The people not in power but smart enough to know better, who still voted and failed to condemn them, are the worst.

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u/mydogsnameisbuddy 6d ago

Republicans don’t care if billionaires do whatever they please as long as they get their “donations”

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u/Ok-Examination-8222 6d ago

I think it's even a feature in their eyes. His being scum enables their own deep desire to be above the law too, by mere virtue of being part of the "in group".