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How Epstein Could Divide Republicans
“There’s not going to be a flood of Republicans fleeing Trump,” argues the Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie in this episode of “The Opinions.” Instead, he predicts “small calculations here and there” from Republicans who might start to vote against Trump.
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There’s not going to be a flood of Republicans fleeing Trump. What there will be are small calculations here and there. Willingness to say: I don’t think I’m going to support this. I think with this bill to force the White House to release the Epstein files passes the House, I would expect there to be a good deal of pressure on Senate Republicans, and I would expect some of the Senate Republicans to look around, look around the environment and say: Better to just support this than not. The sense that Trump is a lame duck, I think, is growing. I think the shutdown contributed to it quite a bit, not simply because it went so long, but because he clearly wasn’t showing any particular leadership during it. There was no indication that he was even capable of resolving it. -The fact that there’s —— -And then he just didn’t care. -Yeah. -That just — that surprised even me. The fact that there’s not really any legislation on the horizon — is there a Trump bill for anything that anyone sees happening over the next year? No

November 14, 2025