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In reply to the discussion: Senate suddenly passes the Epstein bill just hours after it cleared the House [View all]Wiz Imp
(8,236 posts)he is the only Republican (except for the 4 who signed the discharge petition) who cast an honest vote on the bill. The rest of the Republicans already demonstrated they didn't honestly support the bill because they didn't sign the discharge petition. Theoretically, there could be a couple GOP Senators who legitimately supported it, but I'm not aware of anyone who came out publicly in support until the past day or two.
In a weird way, I think this helps prove that a large purpose of the shutdown as far as Republicans were concerned was to avoid releasing the Epstein files. The fact that all Republicans but 1 between the House and Senate combined were willing to vote against a bill they clearly didn't support, shows how terrified they were of the consequences of voting against it and being labeled a pedophile protector.
Based on info that has leaked, many if not all are well aware of how damning and disgusting some of the material in the files is.