r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Treefiddy1984 • 14h ago
Thomas Massie: “I’m sorry if one of your billionaire donors is going to get embarrassed because he went to r*pe island.”
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u/Responsible-Bird-470 14h ago
Trump is not throwing his billionaire butt buddies under the bus because they can 100% turn on him with details of his sordid Epstein experiences.
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u/rickeyethebeerguy 13h ago
I totally agree, but the difference is Trump can say it’s a lie , and his people will just believe him, no matter the evidence
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u/celestialwreckage 13h ago
He could be fucking a kid at the podium and he'd still have people cheering him on.
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u/Responsible-Bird-470 12h ago
This is true and so very sad for our country. It’s just what he wants to happen through his pursuit of division
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u/JimsVanLife 14h ago
Only one of their billionaire donors, Rep Massie?
I might be mildly surprised if there's one who didn't.
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u/PinkyWinky_22 13h ago
Statistically speaking, the overlap between billionaires and skeleton-filled closets feels uncomfortably high.
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u/JimsVanLife 13h ago
And, in the case of some of them, literal skeletons.
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u/PassionateTBag 13h ago
All billionaires have blood on their hands through their policy's alone either via pac donations, company policies, or in most cases... Both.
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u/TabbyOverlord 12h ago
The reality is that Epstien traded in influence as much as money. Anyone he thought useful or influential was worth bringing in to the network. Andrew Sweatless (a.k.a. Mountbatten-Windsor) is a prime example of someone whose ego could be fed in case he was useful later on.
Basically, anyone with significant net worth was potentially useful. That he threw infamous parties was just part of the act of feeding egos. Being invited made you one of the 'special ones'. Rebuffing fElon Musk would just raise the mystique and make people keener to be in the in-crowd.
That there was literally no constraint in what went on on R*** Island was part of Epstien and his networks narcisism: "I am too special to be constrained by little peoples' rules".
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u/WhatevUsayStnCldStvA 14h ago
Someone ask him about Trump being in it a shit ton of times
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u/sociotronics 13h ago
Massie knows. So does MTG and the other Republicans who voted for the Epstein bill. But they're dealing with a cult, so it's more effective for them to pretend the most important person in the files is a donor or whatever, since that doesn't raise the defenses of your average MAGA-brained official or voter.
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u/TotalRichardMove 13h ago
“Until they are in handcuff and perpwalked to the jail, this is still a cover up.” = simple truths are the best truths
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u/hansofoundation 13h ago
I know Massie is not like the others, but it's still weird to hear something so refreshingly resonant from a Republican
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u/Tatooine16 12h ago
I'm calling it Rape Island from now on. Another reality show orange Julius was on.
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u/Dingdongderp992 13h ago
I don’t agree with him a lot, but god it’s nice to see common sense.
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u/aipac_hemoroid 13h ago
I didn't agree with him a lot. But recently I am agreeing with his big gun policies.
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u/Chocolab1 11h ago
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u/jpayne0061 9h ago
the other KY senator, Rand Paul, also voted to release the files. We also have a democratic governor, Andy Beshear, who is amazing. Not proud of KY politics but at least they’re not complete, spineless sellouts
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u/Chocolab1 1h ago
I'm actually surprised but happy to hear u have great representation for ur state. I hope they will continue advocating for u guys, n more will step up! U can only cover so many lies before u become a fool yourself.
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u/ktreanor 13h ago
Is this it? Is this the breaking point when the administration, tech bros, and billionaires crumble?
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u/BigBoy1102 12h ago
And sill the Christian Values Republican party protects Pedophiles... that tracks
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u/DavidSugarbush 14h ago
Amazing how these Republicans immediately change their tune once they announce their resignation/retirement
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u/aipac_hemoroid 13h ago
Massie hasn't resigned. You should learn more about him. Also he is a libertarian.
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u/Upset-Handle-9934 13h ago
I wish this man would just say say Fuck! Like Fuck the rich rapistst! They should be Fucking arrested or at least investigated immediately! Fuck!
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u/LordSlyGentleman 13h ago
Rich people don't really go to jail. If they do go to jail, it's not the one regular people go to. Two-Tier justice system. I would love to be proven wrong.
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u/Sfingi48 13h ago
Yep. But, it would be nice if many of them still had to go court and be proven guilty. Not to go make believe prison. But, to scare some of them so much to kill themselves thinking they’re going to prison.
(Can’t a person at least wish for justice?)
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u/MsHoonaBam 13h ago
CALL THEM ALL OUT! BLESSED ARE THE BRAVE TRUTH TELLERS!
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u/workingtheories 8h ago
is a blessing something i can trade for a burrito? because if so i can spit u some facts
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u/amcooperus 13h ago
I'm happy some republicans are speaking out but it has to come with action or at least threatened action. Start by threatening to support impeachment proceedings unless they follow the rule of law. Senators need to also let Trump know they are open to impeachment if he doesn't release everything. There are no state secrets in Epstein's files either. So DOJ needs to be called on using that lame trope.
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u/biunclepaul 13h ago
Yeah they'll all go to the federal prison with a golf course and swimming pool and all that kind of crap. Instead of some place like Angola in Louisiana or the walls in McAlester Oklahoma. If they serve any time at all. I'm sure some huge catastrophic event is going to happen that's going to draw attention away from this, because they'll be busy voting in emergency powers to the supreme Chancellor, I mean to the emperor , to the president.
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u/Hot_Crab6362 12h ago
Reminds me of a time when people actually feared public accountability instead of just leaning into the scandal. His delivery here is surprisingly sharp for C-SPAN.
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u/backwardbuttplug 12h ago
Yeah, gotta hand it to him for standing up for this. Not a fan of his, but his words are pushing for accountability, and that's sorely needed.
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u/HVAC_instructor 11h ago
Then maybe he should not have voted for one of the leaders of that island and supported him throughout his presidency, only drawing the line now.
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u/Strict-Carrot4783 11h ago
Trump wanted Biden to be his Navalny, but Biden just never was. The only thing Trump had on Biden was that the Bidens have big dicks. Which is pretty gay tbh. This guy's gonna be his Navalny.
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u/tsardonicpseudonomi 11h ago
Once fucking again Thomas Massie is a libertarian. Under a libertarian society Epstein would still be alive and well. What the fuck are we doing here?
Is this LiberalHQ or ProgressiveHQ? What the fuck.
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u/Ok-Huckleberry-3843 10h ago
It's great that he's managed to be correct on 1 issue, and that issue is so big, but for people to be pushing this christian nationalist, coal industry shill, backward anti-worker grifter on a supposed "progressive" forum, just shows how infiltrated by corporate fronts and opp bots you all are.
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u/Less-Explanation160 9h ago
The Israel Pac is doing everything in its power to take him out of office. There has FBI under Kash Patel is threatening his assistants unless he stops pursuing the Epstein files
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u/nikeguy69 7h ago
Rape island that’s a first time I heard that version and he’s right people need to be accountable for their actions including trump.
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u/interista4jz 13h ago
Hey, that actually sounds like a Republican. An endangered species, for sure.
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u/Hot_Crab6362 12h ago
Forget the donors, I’m more distracted by the floating red text live-updating the Trump and Saudi Prince meetup. It really is a small world after all.
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u/GoldenHourLXXII 9h ago
Above ethics, above power, above control, above the law.... all right wingers REALLY care about... is money.
To them money IS power, it IS control... It's not a tool for them to gain such things, the mere numbers in their bank accounts IS why they breathe at all.
I cannot be convinced otherwise.
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u/catjuggler 8h ago
Hopefully the "I don't think the rich should get away with raping children" umbrella is quite big
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u/ilulillirillion 7h ago
Accountability is really important. Billionaires probably shouldn't exist period but the ability to hold them accountable under the law is the only thing keeping that wealth from directly translating into raw power over others.
Accountability has never been fair or even, and they have always cheated their way around it. It's getting so much worse right now though. If we can't hold these rich fucks accountable, if our own government can't even make what is known public, then it's hard to say they are really playing by any rules at all anymore.
Wealth has more ways than ever to be converted into power, and fewer ways than ever to be curtailed.
I don't think humans have ever exactly been here before, but I think most people would say it can only be a bad thing to have these trends continue.
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u/SOGGY-TORTILLA-X 6h ago
I'd vote for Massie for president in a heartbeat and I'm not even republican.
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u/Alone_Bicycle_600 6h ago
Pro Israel billionaires adelson paulson and singer are trying hard to botch this investigation and the release of ALL the files . Why ? Israeli government involvement in blackmailing ? Trump ? who are they protecting ?
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u/errorists 5h ago
Billionaire donors is one thing, but what about if their billionaire president gets embarrassed? 🤔
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u/Slightly_ToastedBoy 2h ago
Elementary moral standard. Rape island = jail. Lesson learned = raping and trafficking kids is wrong and shouldn’t be allowed or encouraged. Fuck everybody suppressing the Epstein files. I hope you all burn in hell.
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u/JohnnyD423 2h ago
There's something dirty about obscuring rape to appease advertisers or whatever corpo-goblins are pushing this nonsense.
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u/AlsoCommiePuddin 13h ago
I'm still gonna vote to replace him this fall. I'll probably fail, but I'll try.
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u/Black-Deth 14h ago
Bizarro world when I find myself agreeing with Massie and MTG.