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Over the weekend, Epstein survivors demanded that additional documents be released, accusing the Trump administration of concealing more than 3 million files

A Republican senator has changed her mind about the Epstein files after reviewing unredacted documents associated with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis recently reviewed a handful of documents from the Epstein files without redactions, saying in an interview afterward that she now understands “what the big deal is."

Lummis, 71, told Capitol Hill reporter Pablo Manriquez on Monday, Feb. 9, that while she previously had said, "I don't care" about Congress' efforts to force the release of Epstein evidence, she now believes the issue was "worth investigating."

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[–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

Okay, in more polite terms: it's fine to be uninformed, and it's fine to be wrong. What's not fine is to be confidently incorrect on a subject you know nothing about, get shown that you have no idea what you're talking about, and then (the wrong part) instead of reflect on that and try to learn more so you can develop an informed opinion, just kneejerk pivot to whatever idea pops into your head next – just keep throwing spaghetti at the wall.

For you, that's the quickest way to never learn anything, and for the people around you, it's just polluting the discussion with uninformed, unsubstantiated noise.

[–] digitalFatteh@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t know you’re right. Maybe it’s her stance on Abortion, that good ole Pro life stuff.

Or she votes against Veterans PACT or sandy hook funds when she had the chance.

Or the fact she can’t abide people of the same sex marrying.

I guess having a change of heart on gaslighting the victims of Epstein changed all of how much of an actual POS she is … deserves better.

She really doesn’t deserve peace in her time.

Have the wonderful day you want and please don’t give me another thought. Take care love.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

I don’t know you’re right.

I'm not making a claim about her motives in that comment. I'm saying that this commenter is just making shit up that sounds true to them, evidenced by the comment about an alleged contentious vote in a solid Republican state in an election she's not even participating in. Anything they're saying is paper-thin, and anything true they say is only true accidentally.


Edit: You removed a substantial portion of your comment speculating on Lummis' motives, and so I was under the impression while writing this that you meant "I don't think you're right [about her motives]".

[–] digitalFatteh@lemmy.ca 3 points 13 hours ago

No, no, no.

I, as in myself, don’t know enough about this Republican official.

That you are right about your assumptions and that should go about your day in as wonderfully as you can make it.

Don’t give me some random asshat on the internet another thought.

Take care and enjoy yourself. ❤️