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Already feels like people forgot. Or at least don't care anymore. I think Republicans have figured out the key to getting past any scandal: wait 3 months, create a new scandal, stop talking about the old scandal.
And some of you might say "Yea well I still care about the Epstein files!". That's great, too bad you're nobody. The public as a whole seems to have stopped talking about Epstein, or at least expecting anything to happen. That was months ago, that's old news now. The new AG announced they wouldn't be releasing anymore files, and the response from both officials and the public has been along the lines of "Welp, that's what we expected to happen. Oh well."
We're still talking about it here. And most Reddit comments about a new political scandal have something about where are the Epstein files as a top comment.
I don't think people forgot about it, it's still strong.
I'm actually surprised to hear that it feels that way for you.
Like sometimes with statements like that, I can chalk it up to one of "this person is terminally online" or "this person must not spend much time on [insert social media sites of choice]". But in this case, I see multiple posts online and multiple news stories about Epstein every day. And in person, at least in my rural circle, it comes up in conversation all the time even if it's some MAGA saying shit like "the pedophile thing is just liberals trying to make something stick".