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Ah so the rapists, pedophiles, human traffickers, dredge of perverted society..... Those people will suffer.
Never mind the girls, children, victims of the rapes and coersion and trafficking.... They are doing just fine?
In the maga mind, the victims dont even register, unless they were told to be offended or concerned, they are unable to have their own thoughts
The only person trump means when he says “people” is himself lol
People are saying...
cough-cough-BULLSHIT-ahem-cough
People? You mean his whole shit stain Administration? Those people…?
Two possibilities:
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The Epstein files are full of Magastanis.
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There was never anything in the Epstein files and the Magastanis lied and 70 million idiots believed them.
Lied to what end. Why lie, how did they benefit from the lie.
They lied by claiming that the list was full of Democrats and that they were the party to protect children from the lizard people.
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Really wish that somebody would leak these papers
These are demons that we are calling human, the politicians and businessmen that are ruining our society and causing misery simply because it is their nature to do so.
Yeah, that’s the point. They’re child molesters.
Yeah, so the fuck what. Release the documents.
Pedo lives do not matter. I hope they get destroyed.
I thought there was no list?
Destroy their lives
The lives that mattered (the victims') have already been destroyed. Why are we protecting these people?
Because they are Trump’s campaign donors. And him.
conservatives went from "would somebody please think of the children" to "would somebody please think of the pedophiles"
They only care about fetuses, not so much once they're out.
They all know this lands Trump... or someone important to him in some deep shit.
There is exactly one person's life that Trump cares about, and that says everything that needs to be said about this topic.
I am absolutely positive that this is a direct result of Elon Musk's little bitch-fit earlier. He tried playing a card he didn't hold in his hands. He assumed he did, and then when his bitch-fit didn't get him anywhere the administration quietly decided to torch any and all evidence and just pretend it never happened. He played a card that Trump didn't want him to play, and so they took it straight out of his deck in the most blatant-to-anyone-with-two-brain-cells manner possible.
I thought, before this, that there was a slim possibility -- however slim -- that Trump merely associated with a child rapist, and Elon was simply pulling a(n admittedly half decent) plausible "gotcha" out of his ass. Now I know with certainty that Trump is a child rapist.
With the testimony against Trump from people who claim he raped them when they were children... Let's just say that if Trump was a Catholic priest, they'd have already moved him to a different country.
If you rape kids your life should be destroyed though
Isn’t that the point? To destroy the lives of pedophiles?
I'm ok with that tho. There are no Innocents on that list.
He's trying to retcon the whole thing (and no doubt pad himself and his cronies), by fabricating this fiction that there are names in it that are just associated with Epstein, without being involved in anything illegal.
Personally I don't buy it. Seems like he's in CYA-mode.
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Pedophiles lives. Pedophiles lives will be destroyed. Or people happy to associate and socialize with pedophiles.
Truth told? I'm not gonna lose a wink of sleep over their lives being destroyed.
Many of us are losing sleep over how their lives aren’t even being affected.
Trump Doesn't Want to Release Epstein Files Because (rich) People's Lives Will Be ~~'Destroyed,'~~ inconvenienced with having to spend money on lawyers when a few of their wives divorce them Ex-Fox Host Says
Real “Brock Turner-ism” happening here. Be sad that some rich people might get in trouble.
GOP: "Pedophile lives matter".
Republican voters: "We love pedophiles now!"
What about the lives already destroyed?
So, you can destroy normal peoples lives, people who've paid taxes and followed the law, but rich pedos are above the law, got it. America, you're cooked.
LOL, he must be talking about himself, since he never gives a rat's ass if someone else's life is destroyed - see for example, the outcomes of DOGE, ICE....
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How come this logic doesn’t hold water for people who live in poor neighborhoods or areas with gang activity? Or for migrant workers from Mexico?
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Unlike their victims who’s lives do nothing but thrive
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"[Trump] said, and I agree, there are a lot of names associated with Epstein that had nothing to do with Epstein's conduct. They maybe had lunch with him or maybe had some correspondence for one thing or another," O'Reilly began. "If that name gets out, those people are destroyed — because there's not going to be any context. The media doesn't care about context — so you can't do that. You can't destroy human beings by putting out the files, whatever they may be."
Oh, yeah, Bill, you're totally right. Lemme just put down this pitchfork and torch and go right along with NAW I'M JUST KIDDIN EAT THE RICH
Ah yes, lets listen to Bill O'Reily's concerns about people being deemed guilty by mere association.
Yes, Bill "My Entire Career Is A Series Of Sexual Harassmnent Lawsuits" O'Reily, that's the unbiased, no spin zone, voice of objective reason on this issue.
Mrm.
Yep.
Certainly an unbiased opinion haver on this topic.
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It’s probably every fucking billionaire. Aaaannndddd once it gets released nothing will happen.
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I'm just happy that they say "ex-Fox Host" because it implies that people don't know who Bill O'Relliy is.
I was completely surprised that that arsehole was even still on the air. Everything is stupid.
As they absofuckinglutely should.
waaait, but apaaarently they said those files "did not exist" 🤔
You know whose lives I'm concerned about? The children whom these monsters raped. Does anyone care that their lives were destroyed?
If you choose to rape children, don't complain that your life is "destroyed" just because you have to face consequences. You did this to yourself and deserve every consequence you receive.
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Fucking GOOD! Let them be destroyed! These are the sorts of people that NEED their lives to be destroyed!
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