Trump Tries to Put Down Epstein Revolt by Calling MAGA Rebels ‘Bad People’
Media Bias,Bias By Omission,Jeffrey Epstein,Donald Trump,Investigations,Journalism
President Donald Trump sent a blunt message to supporters after MAGAworld spent another day furiously clamoring for the release of the Epstein files.
While speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Tuesday, Trump was asked to weigh in on MAGA’s keen interest in the controversy surrounding disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The president then raged at his own base and claimed “only pretty bad people” were still interested in the case.
“I don’t understand why they would be so interested. He’s dead for a long time. He was never a big factor in terms of life. I don’t understand what the interest or what the fascination is,” he said...
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