Whether or not Rep. Don Bacon shuts up and slinks back on the MAGA train, taking these shots on CNN at President TV Watcher has got to endanger ketchup bottles in the White House. More importantly, it sends a public message that Trump’s MAGA lackeys in Congress are beginning to feel not so keen on continuing to roll over and play dead at his command.
Bacon told cohost Pamela Brown that there are enough House Republicans to vote to release Epstein files in the House despite Trump’s attack on them as weak and foolish. “We don’t want to be aligned on that side of this,” Bacon said. “We want transparency, and the White House needs to realize the train has left the station. They need to accept the fact it’s going to happen.”
Bacon accused Trump’s attorney general, Pam Bondi, of having “poorly handled” the case. But, he said, “the process is working” in Congress, and praised the work of the House Oversight Committee. He noted that the bill to release the files will also have to pass in the Senate and then go to Trump. But even if the bill stalls in the Senate, the Epstein scandal is not going to go away.
Asked if there will be a veto-proof majority in the House, Bacon said, “I think it will be. I mean, most Republicans, we’re not going to vote to help shield Epstein and all the information on there. In the end, we know transparency is best.” Translation: they want the Epstein files made public, even if that harms President P***y Grabber.
