Over the weekend, Epstein survivors demanded that additional documents be released, accusing the Trump administration of concealing more than 3 million files

A Republican senator has changed her mind about the Epstein files after reviewing unredacted documents associated with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis recently reviewed a handful of documents from the Epstein files without redactions, saying in an interview afterward that she now understands “what the big deal is."

Lummis, 71, told Capitol Hill reporter Pablo Manriquez on Monday, Feb. 9, that while she previously had said, “I don’t care” about Congress’ efforts to force the release of Epstein evidence, she now believes the issue was “worth investigating.”

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      15 hours ago

      Okay, in more polite terms: it’s fine to be uninformed, and it’s fine to be wrong. What’s not fine is to be confidently incorrect on a subject you know nothing about, get shown that you have zero idea what you’re talking about, and then (the wrong part) instead of reflecting on that and trying to learn more so you can develop an informed opinion, just kneejerk pivot to whatever idea pops into your head next.

      For you, that’s the quickest way to never learn anything, and for the people around you, it’s just polluting the discussion with uninformed, unsubstantiated noise.

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        14 hours ago

        I don’t know you’re right.

        Have the wonderful day you want and please don’t give me another thought. Take care love.

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          14 hours ago

          I don’t know you’re right.

          I’m not making a claim about her motives in that comment. I’m saying that this commenter is just making shit up that sounds true to them, evidenced by the comment about an alleged contentious vote in a solid Republican state in an election she’s not even participating in. Anything they’re saying is paper-thin, and anything true they say is only true accidentally.


          Edit: You removed a substantial portion of your comment speculating on Lummis’ motives, and so I was under the impression while writing this that you meant “I don’t think you’re right [about her motives]”.

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            14 hours ago

            No, no, no.

            I, as in myself, don’t know enough about this Republican official.

            That you are right about your assumptions and that should go about your day in as wonderfully as you can make it.

            Don’t give me some random asshat on the internet another thought.

            Take care and enjoy yourself. ❤️