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[–] Massive_Pickle@piefed.ca 101 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Why the fuck would she not care that ~1000 underage girls were being raped and abused?

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 95 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Because she is a republican. They don’t care about things unless it affects them personally.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 22 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Or people are having sex they don't approve of.

[–] human@slrpnk.net 5 points 24 minutes ago

But in this case the sex is between one consenting adult and an underage girl, so they are fine with that.

Ironically if it was just the one adult by himself that would be a no no.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 4 minutes ago

Tbh they just didn’t stop the evangelicals from that shit. Way way back in they day they were cooler about that. But then. Jeezus.

Then they saw its use as a weapon.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 5 points 47 minutes ago* (last edited 46 minutes ago) (1 children)

Because as long as they haven't seen the files they can make themselves believe that maybe the whole Epstein affair is speculation and grossly exaggerated and that they can't possibly be that bad. When they finally see the truth they can no longer make those mental gymnastics. It also helps that they also likely realize that the truth will get out sooner or later and don't want to be among the ones who protected those monsters.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 hour ago

She probably saw a Democrat in the list and wants to win the next election.

[–] orclev@lemmy.world 55 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

That's nice but it means nothing if she doesn't do something about it. Release the files and impeach Trump. Anything less is just putting on a show to try to sway voters for the midterms.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 37 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

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.”

The cynic in me thinks she ignored pages and pages of trump named referenced crimes and saw Clinton's name at least once, so now she's wants to make political hay only against Clinton.

[–] forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

God does it suck that what you're saying makes so much sense.

Worst fucking timeline ever

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

I dunno. The Crusades were super fucked up.

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

So there's about 3 million files and Trump appears on more than 1/3 of them? They should probably be called the Trump/Epstein files

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 1 minute ago

ding! ding! ding!

[–] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 1 hour ago

She can tell the truth because she isn't running for reelection.

[–] KingOfSleep@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Amazing how they all grow spines after announcing that they're not running for reelection.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 4 points 51 minutes ago

It's almost like the only reason they vote like pieces of shit is because their party. They hold no values of their own while they're in office, and don't vote based on what their constituents want. It's solely what the party tells them to do.

[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 2 points 44 minutes ago

I feel like the words “I don’t care” should ever escape a politician’s mouth. Their entire job is to care. Why are they representing us if they don’t?

[–] digitalFatteh@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It is probably effecting the voting numbers for her and therefore she needs to pretend again to get the sweet sweet suckers to vote for her again come next cycle.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It is probably effecting [sic] the voting numbers for her

Dude, she's a senator from Wyoming who isn't running for reelection in 2026. Did you even check before you speculated about this?

[–] digitalFatteh@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Aah, so a peaceful retirement where she can say she changed her mind so the people with pitchforks and torches don’t camp out the residence.

[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

See, that's why they redact the shit, so they can skirt responsibility. It's sad it took this long for people to open their eyes, but at least it seems to be starting to happen?

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

You don't care about illegal bombings of boats in the ocean, ICE's cruel treatment of immigrants and the US citizens who care about them, nor massive sexual assault against underage girls until your face is smeared in it. What do you care about? The Republican party are monsters.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 16 seconds ago

Her: Ummmmm . . America! *waves flag, takes bribes*

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Try to imagine the worst thing you can. It's so much worse than that.

Stuff that, once seen, can't be un-seen.

[–] I_Jedi@lemmy.today 1 points 29 seconds ago

I anticipate high levels of guro. Even Republicans may feel some hesitation around R-18G material.

[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

What a CUNT