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Chasstev365

(8,129 posts)
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 07:14 AM Sep 2025

Would someone explain to me how any Epstein victim could have voted for Trump?

Epstein and Trump were best friends for years and there were pictures to prove it.

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Would someone explain to me how any Epstein victim could have voted for Trump? (Original Post) Chasstev365 Sep 2025 OP
Blind loyalty to their party and sold (D) as worse than pedos? Brainfodder Sep 2025 #1
As George Carlin once said, "People are goofy". Omnipresent Sep 2025 #2
Stockholm Syndrome, maybe? GoCubsGo Sep 2025 #3
I think most of Epstein's victims were poor and rather ignorant, Haggard Celine Sep 2025 #4
The power of the Magic R Emile Sep 2025 #5
Krasnov promised to release the files. gab13by13 Sep 2025 #6
The Lying Loser promised in June 2024 to declassify the Epstein files. Heidi Sep 2025 #7
You can ask the same question about "women", "african americans", "hispanics", the "lgbt" community"... Ferrets are Cool Sep 2025 #8
Many victims of Stalin's purges died praising comradebillyboy Sep 2025 #9
It's 100% a cult. Heidi Sep 2025 #10
EVERYTHING you mentioned above, plus one more bluestarone Sep 2025 #11
propaganda is so powerful Johnny2X2X Sep 2025 #12
Dumb and dumber, true MAGA rats. republianmushroom Sep 2025 #13
Why? H2O Man Sep 2025 #14
Exactly how did I blame the victim for the horrific ordeal they endured? Chasstev365 Sep 2025 #17
I have to admit that when one of the women Grammy23 Sep 2025 #15
Good question Rebl2 Sep 2025 #16

Haggard Celine

(17,911 posts)
4. I think most of Epstein's victims were poor and rather ignorant,
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 07:34 AM
Sep 2025

which is how they became victims in the first place. Even after all they've been through, some of them are still fairly credulous.

Heidi

(58,846 posts)
7. The Lying Loser promised in June 2024 to declassify the Epstein files.
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 07:54 AM
Sep 2025

I imagine that promise could have factored into a decision to vote for the Lying Loser.

In June 2024, Trump was asked if he would release various files -- including the John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. assassination files and the Epstein files -- during an interview with Fox News.

"Would you declassify the Epstein files?" Fox News' Rachel Campos-Duffy asked. Trump responded, "Yeah, yeah, I would."
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-jeffrey-epstein-years-including-2024-campaign-trail/story?id=123778541


Ferrets are Cool

(23,048 posts)
8. You can ask the same question about "women", "african americans", "hispanics", the "lgbt" community"...
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 08:05 AM
Sep 2025

The list goes on and on. Why indeed?

comradebillyboy

(10,963 posts)
9. Many victims of Stalin's purges died praising
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:36 AM
Sep 2025

the man who killed them and their families. Trump's cult of personality is quite similar to the Stalinist cult.

Heidi

(58,846 posts)
10. It's 100% a cult.
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 11:33 AM
Sep 2025

The Lying Loser love-bombed people into following him by validating their worst instincts (racism, LGBTQ+ phobia, ammosexualism, etc) and by claiming to be all “AMERICA, f*ck YEAH” to appeal to their desire to resurrect the confederacy (an ultimately IMPOTENT episode in US history that didn’t last as long as the Beatles, FFS).

bluestarone

(22,466 posts)
11. EVERYTHING you mentioned above, plus one more
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 11:37 AM
Sep 2025

Religion, i feel was also a major issue. I mean they actually believe this asshole was the chosen one.

Johnny2X2X

(24,435 posts)
12. propaganda is so powerful
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 11:39 AM
Sep 2025

It got hundreds of thousands of Muslims to vote for the Muslim ban guy in 2024.

It's like the thought process was, "Oh hey, yeah, this guy wants to build concentration camps for Muslims, but that Genocide Joe meme is everywhere, I'm voting for the Concentration camps!"

Grammy23

(6,131 posts)
15. I have to admit that when one of the women
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 01:06 PM
Sep 2025

Stated that she voted for tRump — in an almost proud way — I stopped and actually looked at the TV. I was gobsmacked at her revelation and a bit put off. More than a bit. But knowing how the Trump voters were lured in by his lies, distortions and half truths, I kind of understood why she voted that way. But still…..this may be an issue for some people to accept that he is somehow involved (the full extent we don’t know yet) and some of the victims still voted for him. Why would anyone with knowledge that he was even friends with Epstein still vote for him? I think some answers need to be forthcoming from the ones who said they voted for him. Please try to help us understand WHY.

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