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I think this is why Republicans are so affraid of the epstein files. Its not just that theyre incontrovertible proof that many are pedophiles. I think they constitute proof that control of the party has been usurped by a foreign government (russia) via blackmail for quite some time. I also dont think they show trump as just a pedo being blackmailed, but as a facilitator of the blackmail scheme.
Its fairly well known that Trump had buisness ties to the Russian mob, using his real estate and casinos etc to launder money for them. And the bratva often acts as an arm of the FSB.
I think epstein was a low level pedo traficker maybe doing some low level blackmail before he met trump.
Trump introduced him to the russians, who elevated the operation- giving him funding and increasing access to the elites- then using their victims to create a war chest and their influence to cast a wider net, until they had enough politicians / rich people to buy politicians to usurp the republican party.
I think this blackmail is now a necessary step for induction into the party- its not just that the party attracts deplorables, its that they need to hand over blackmail against themselves to be inducted into the inner circle.
I have often theorized the same thing, they don't want you in their party unless they can control you. So everyone that gets elevated has some blackmail that can be used against them.
Needless to say this is unacceptable. This, as you pointed out, is probably the real thing they fear. The sense the impeding doom if it ever reached the level of the average citizen's consciousness.
I personally think we should just clean house and get rid of everyone who has the chimo stank around them and then make sure foreign money stays out of US politics closing all the loop holes they currently use.