Three weeks ago, White House officials were battling a frenzy from President Donald Trump’s supporters over the Jeffrey Epstein case. But the flurry of criticisms from within the Make America Great Again movement have quieted, and Trump officials say they are plotting steps to try to shape the public narrative to their advantage.

The president’s advisers are not under any impression that the storm has entirely passed: The most recent polling shows the public largely disapproving of Trump’s handling of the Epstein case.

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So about those Epstein files?

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[–] 123 points 1 year ago (12 children)

“MAGA claims” — is there an official MAGA spokesperson now?

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Their office is across the street from antifa's.

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  • [–] 60 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You have to DECLARE it. Idiots.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago

    If the storm calmed without the list, then it’s acceptance.

    Not just by MAGA.

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  • [–] 45 points 1 year ago

    WaPo article from junior reporter brought on long after Bezos took over and began putting his thumb on the scale.

    Article is trying to will this narrative into reality by pretending it's already happening.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    The average MAGA has a memory which goes back about 8 days, so I wouldn't be surprised if the recent distractions have worked well among the base.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Narrator: Two pals met up at a party…

    Trump: You know what I love?

    Epstein: Boning children?

    Trump: It's great to have a pal!

    Epstein: We'll be pals forever!

    Trump: Enigma, secret, ageless, whatever the hell.

    Epstein: Yeah, buddy…

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Oh ok then, I guess we can just sweep it under this rather lumpy rug

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    Translation: the storm has not calmed.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    Cool, if the storm is over, then they can release the unredacted Epstein files now, right? They should have no problem doing that.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    No it has not. Release the files!

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    ...until the next drip drip drip story comes out, LOL.

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  • When you can convince your followers a literal storm isn't going to hit where it definitely is going to hit with a swipe of a sharpie marker, you can handle metaphorical storms pretty easily as well. It's just like a cult except instead of charisma, the leader captivates with relatable stupidity and open hatred.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago*

    I feel like headlines from both sides of the political spectrum are specifically designed to make us hate each other. Based on this headline, and the fact that the majority of people will not read the article, people will assume that their republican neighbors don't care anymore. In reality this is one of the biggest bipartisan agreements among everyday people that I have ever seen in my life.

    If you hang out online in liberal communities they will say republicans support pedos like Trump. If you hang out online in conservative communities they will say democrats support pedos like Bill Clinton. But what both sides are actually saying is they don't give a fuck who is on the list and everyone that was involved should be punished (Yes, even Trump supporters).

    This is what class warfare looks like. When you are constantly being told that the "others" hate everything you stand for even when everyone actually agrees on something. If the title of an article pisses you off immediately it was probably specifically chosen to do so. And if that's the case, read the article.

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