Republicans fume as Trump's candid comment reignites Epstein fury: 'Kerosene on flames'
A decision by Donald Trump to admit on Tuesday that his falling out with Jeffrey Epstein came after the pedophile poached a teen employee from Mar-a-Lago is infuriating Republican lawmakers.
As the White House, and Republicans, pray that the Epstein firestorm goes away, Trump's mention of Virginia Giuffre, arguably the most well-known of Epstein's victims and who committed suicide, caused the Epstein files story to jump to the top of the headlines again.
Appearing on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Politico's Jonathan Martin stated it is another unforced error by the president and, therefore, creating problems for Republicans who have been tasked with defending him.
"You talk to Republicans all the time. How are they feeling about this? We know the president's angry. How are they feeling about this storyline?" he was asked by MSNBC's Jonathan Lemire.
"Well, I think it's annoying for them when Trump yesterday douses kerosene on the flames," he replied. "But just from a strict PR standpoint, taking that question and talking about an individual who worked at the spa at Mar-a-Lago, talking about injecting yourself into the story and giving it legs, oh my God!"
"But that's that's the gift that keeps on giving that is Donald Trump for the Republican Party," he added sarcastically. "So he's now kept this thing going well into this week; we're now obviously deep in July, so I don't think it's going away anytime soon."
"And Jon," he continued, "Look, the MAGA base is now basically bifurcated and you see this playing out. You know, the kind of Fox News Murdoch wing which is much more of a traditional 'own the libs just want to really make fun of the left and the access is real and perceived of the left,' but you also now have a lot of people who are kind of post-Fox News in that Rogan, Tucker sphere, John, that they just are not going to move on to whatever the next owning the libs, the squad, Hunter Biden of the day is.
"They want to keep the focus on this man, they are deep in that rabbit hole and they're not coming out in August or September or any other damn time."
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