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uponit7771

(93,512 posts)
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:30 PM Thursday

Would you accept any democrat wanting to "lets move on" when it comes to Ep Files?

Would you accept any democrat saying "lets move on" when it comes to Ep Files?

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No

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Would you accept any democrat wanting to "lets move on" when it comes to Ep Files? (Original Post) uponit7771 Thursday OP
Are there any? Sogo Thursday #1
No, this was a poll to show MAGA that MAGA are okay with Trump *NOT* wanting to renew Ep Investigations but not dems uponit7771 Thursday #8
If no one's going to be arrested, then yes leftstreet Thursday #2
That depends on the administration, if we vote like we don't care then that's what they'll do ... not care uponit7771 Thursday #9
They raped children. Iggo Thursday #13
And? Who will do anything about it? leftstreet Thursday #15
With that attitude? Nobody. Iggo Yesterday #16
No way we can move on while Trumpstein related perps are in any kind of office. pandr32 Thursday #3
You mean the Trump files? John Farmer Thursday #4
Trump equals Epstein. Iggo 10 hrs ago #22
The only correct answer is "FIUCK no!!!!!!!" FoxNewsSucks Thursday #5
What is moving on? As usual, my answer is complicated EdmondDantes_ Thursday #6
It's always complicated - biggest problem is that the files were really not "released" dwayneb Thursday #11
We really needed someone to go through and find what's relevant EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #17
Let's start with everyone who was chummy-chummy with him after he was convicted as a child sex trafficker. . Iggo 10 hrs ago #23
2021 was Move On Year BeyondGeography Thursday #7
THIS !!! 2009 too uponit7771 Thursday #10
+1 leftstreet Thursday #12
I think it's goofy to think any Dem would say that. gulliver Thursday #14
Not just no, but fuck no. Turn the files into trials! Believe the women (and men, too!)! mucholderthandirt Yesterday #18
Nope BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #19
WHY ISN'T THERE A HELL NO VOTE??? a kennedy Yesterday #20
What Democrats are saying this? W_HAMILTON Yesterday #21

uponit7771

(93,512 posts)
8. No, this was a poll to show MAGA that MAGA are okay with Trump *NOT* wanting to renew Ep Investigations but not dems
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 03:19 PM
Thursday

leftstreet

(39,764 posts)
2. If no one's going to be arrested, then yes
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:43 PM
Thursday

If no one's going to be held ACCOUNTABLE, if the politicians and media are just going to treat spying and sexual assaults as fundraising and clickbait, then yes.

These subjects interest me more:

National single payer healthcare
$25 an hour minimum wage
4 day work week
Nationalize utilities

uponit7771

(93,512 posts)
9. That depends on the administration, if we vote like we don't care then that's what they'll do ... not care
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 03:21 PM
Thursday

pandr32

(14,085 posts)
3. No way we can move on while Trumpstein related perps are in any kind of office.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:50 PM
Thursday

This includes companies who get government contracts and sitting on benches making decisions.

EdmondDantes_

(1,602 posts)
6. What is moving on? As usual, my answer is complicated
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:50 PM
Thursday

Am I interested is seeing justice for probable crimes? Absolutely.

Am I interested in following up on every crank who calls in with some unverifiable claim or make an outcast of everyone who ever emailed Epstein or was in the files without evidence of a crime? No.

But I don't trust the current DOJ leadership to have provided everything that would be verifiable? Absolutely not. So at least short term, no I wouldn't support moving on in the next Democratic administration. But whatever the equivalent of us calling Hillary Clinton in with no evidence just because we don't like them, no thanks.

dwayneb

(1,107 posts)
11. It's always complicated - biggest problem is that the files were really not "released"
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 03:30 PM
Thursday

I don't think we should ever "move on" whatever that means, until we see what was in the thousands of redacted pages that were in the "release". The fact that the DOJ is refusing to allow anyone to see them has implications that go far beyond the Epstein case and are far scarier.

The complicated part is that we keep hearing about people that were in the Epstein circle not accused of "wrongdoing". Which is NOT a legal term and has no meaning in a court of law. In my opinion anyone that associated with Epstein surely knew what he was doing (nod-nod, wink-wink) and is guilty of wrongdoing - essentially being a scumbag.

But that is different from whether there is evidence of criminality.

EdmondDantes_

(1,602 posts)
17. We really needed someone to go through and find what's relevant
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 06:25 PM
Yesterday

But as you note what's relevant is different from person to person.

Casey Wasserman is basically having to give up his talent agency and being called on to step down from the Olympics in spite of his contact with Maxwell was years before she or Epstein got arrested. Was he supposed to know years before she was even accused of anything that she was a scumbag? If not, what justice is served by people shunning him?

Sure many if not all of the people who continued to personally associate with Epstein or Maxwell after his first arrest have at the very least good cause to question their morals, but does that mean anyone who attended a party where either of them were regardless of if they knew Epstein or Maxwell were invited? That sort of mob mentality isn't good in my opinion. My reason for setting the bar at criminal behavior is that's a bright societal line that we generally collectively agree is wrong.

Iggo

(49,811 posts)
23. Let's start with everyone who was chummy-chummy with him after he was convicted as a child sex trafficker. .
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 01:37 PM
10 hrs ago

That’s a nice bright line that everyone can easily see.

gulliver

(13,850 posts)
14. I think it's goofy to think any Dem would say that.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 05:00 PM
Thursday

No Dem would ever say, "Let's move on." Some, probably most, might say, "Let the prosecutions roll. Find all child abusers and perverts, coat them with chum, and toss them in the ocean near some fins. Keep me posted."

Now...they might continue...

About prices, health care, AI, jobs, Social Security benefit cuts being eyed for 2032, homelessness, the 2026 election, and, by the way, rampant Epstein-like crimes happening every few seconds in this country (just off our precious screens)...Can someone look into that?

W_HAMILTON

(10,266 posts)
21. What Democrats are saying this?
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:51 PM
Yesterday

Fetterman maybe? And we all know what an aberration he is.

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