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Newsmax's Greg Kelly: "Maybe Epstein is a patriot, for crying out loud. Maybe he was just doing what he was told, and it had nothing to do with the girls." (www.mediamatters.org)

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump really painted himself into a corner by promising the QAnons all of the dirt on Epstien, and I'm very curious to see if a narrative like this can dig him out. They'll usually twist reality into knots to keep their narrative alive, but, "Epstien was a white hat," might he a bridge too far, even for them.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter.

Remember that "I could shoot someone in the middle of 5th Ave" line? Turns out he meant "I could rape a child," and these people would STILL love him.

This is their loyalty test now. This is how low this sleeze will take them this week.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think that's true for some MAGAs, but the QAnons have invested deeply in the child-trafficking conspiracy. I think if he created a narrative of, "Yes, I'm on the client list, but it was a double agent for the deep state," they would swallow it (most of them already believe some version of that), but telling them that their is no conspiracy and they need to move on will not go over well. (Of course, claiming to be an Epstien double-agent is gonna make him look crazy to anyone not Q-pilled, so he can't do that).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

I think that's already where Newsmax is going (per 1 random post I saw 2 days ago and can't find anymore) calling Epstein possibly an amazing patriot as a CIA/Mossad agent getting intel about... I dunno, the Clintons?

The retcon fantasy is framed up for the Q nuts. I expect they'll find a way to stumble into it on their own.

Edit: found it

https://lemmy.today/post/33293629