Hoping the public won’t notice the glaring absence of evidence that actually links Trump to any crime
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Texas Insider Report) — Remember Democrat's four-year war cry of "Russia Russia Russia" during Donald Trumps first term as president? Well, they can keep their posters, cross out the old word "Russia," and replace it with their newest term of endearment – "Epstein Epstein Epstein."
Democrats spent the four years of the Biden-Harris Administration not lifting a finger to release "The Epstein Files," but after a record-long 43 day Government Shutdown drove Senate Minority Leader Chuck Shumer's popularity and approval numbers to an abysmal 32% positive and 55% negative rating, out came the same weapon they'd tried to use against Mr. Trump six months ago as he and the GOP-controlled Congress was passing the "One Big Beautiful Bill" largest Tax Cut in American history.As then, today they're suddenly pretending to be all about "transparency."
And it sure explains why Democrats were angry when the Republicans on the House Oversight Committee released all of their Epstein emails, and why they blocked the release of the Epstein files last week.
Its high-stakes political warfare, however, still to be determined is whether Democrat's latest gambit will have the same results as it did 6 months ago – when Trump's "Approval Rating" actually increased 1% when it was all said and done.
The new Siena University survey released Tuesday found that Schumer’s "Favorability Rating" dropped to just 32% – marking his lowest favorable rating in the Siena poll’s 20 year history for Senate Leaders – while 55% of respondents viewed him unfavorably.
"House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide," President Trump wrote Sunday night on Truth Social.
Democrats and Trump Derqangement Syndrome sufferers want the public to believe they've got dirt on President Trump – similar to the Russia-Russia-Russia hox – when actual evidence indicates they really don’t.Now Americans get to – if they really want to – see what the files say.
On CNN Monday morning, host John Berman began pushing the narrative that Trump’s actions signal a waning influence over the GOP.
And Christine Quinn – president and CEO of Women in Need (WIN) and a former New York City Council speaker – summarized the focus, saying:
"This isn't about Donald Trump. We don't know what's in those files. He's created the belief that there's something about him in there because he won't release them"
But former Democrat turned Republican strategist Melik Abdul – who after walking away from the Democrat Party in 2016 has been featured on CNN, MSNBC, the BBC, as well as in the New York Times and other leading publications for his principled defense of conservatism and the Republican Party – doesn’t see it that way or buy the argument one bit.
"I think what the frustration that Donald Trump, including with many people like me who have been critical of him at times, what we realize is that this is an effort – this whole Epstein effort is an effort to really prosecute Donald Trump in the court of public opinion," Abdul said bluntly, pointing out an inconvenient truth that CNN and others clearly didn't want to hear and fail to report or point out:
"There is not a single shred of evidence that links Donald Trump to a single crime. Not a victim or a court case links Donald Trump to a crime – and I know the media itself is aware of that. But the more you keep talking about it over and over again, linking Donald Trump to something potentially nefarious, that actually gets the news cycle going."
He added,“Everyone knows that there is no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime, but I am glad that he ended up in this same space.”
When Quinn claimed the focus should be on survivors, Abdul fired back with a devastating observation about the selective outrage.
"I was just going to say that that's a very nice narrative that it's not about Donald Trump,” before pointing out how the Democrats, when it comes to the issue of Jeffrey Epstein, only seem to care about Donald Trump.
True to the point, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee initially released only three cherry-picked emails (out of 1,000s,) that only mentioned Trump.
True to the point, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee initially released only three cherry-picked emails (out of 1,000s,) that only mentioned Trump.
Their real interest, it turns out, was in releasing three cherry-picked emails they thought would damage Trump. They deliberately took those emails out of context and misrepresented what they actually said.
The liberal media happily ran with the narrative, burying the truth deep in their reporting that the emails were complete nothingburgers.
The liberal media happily ran with the narrative, burying the truth deep in their reporting that the emails were complete nothingburgers.
After Democrats released their three carefully selected emails out of context, Republicans responded by releasing all 20,000 documents. Democrats got angry about that move, which tells you everything you need to know about their supposed commitment to transparency.
“This isn't about concern for the victims,” Abdul pointed out. “This is about Donald Trump for sure."
This prompted a self-righteous response from Quinn, who protested that she's dedicated her life to fighting for victims of sexual assault. Abdul pressed his point further, calling out the obvious double standard:
"Well, you should start mentioning other people's names. You should start mentioning other people's names other than Donald Trump."
Quinn's response was telling:
"I'm not going to mention names I don't know."
They don’t want anyone talking about Obama’s former White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler, who sought his guidance on how to get Obama to nominate her for U.S. attorney general.
They really don’t want anyone bringing up Stacey Plaskett, the delegate from the Virgin Islands, who was texting with Epstein during Michael Cohen’s 2019 congressional testimony.
What the emails actually show is Epstein’s disdain for Trump and efforts to take him down – completely undermining the narrative that Trump and Epstein were pals.
Newly discovered evidence from Epstein's correspondence even shows he was communicating (in real time) with a U.S. House of Representatives Democrat during a Congressional Hearing in 2019. Stacey Plaskett, the delegate from the US Virgin Islands, was texting with Epstein during Michael Cohen's testimony, and the messages appear to show Epstein offering her advice.
That's the kind of detail Democrats probably weren't hoping would surface.
Now the liberal media is panicking over Trump’s call for transparency, which reveals what this has always been about: protecting their own like Bill Clinton (flight logs from Epstein's private jets indicate the total number of flight “legs” that included Clinton is 26,) Larry Summers ('Deeply ashamed': Summers steps away from public life after Epstein emails,) and others – while attempting to destroy their MAGA enemy Donald Trump.
