Good for the ladies who spoke out today on the white house lawn. They appeared confident, collected and ready to hold the line. I was surprised to see MTG as a proponent of exposing the files. I hope she stays true to her word and that it wasn't a publicity stunt. To appear as an ally only to screw them over by voting to not release the files. I am not a huge fan of her, Mace or Boebert. Maybe this issue is finally the one that they resist the leader's siren call to fall in line. I hope it is. Mace is a survivor of sexual assault. I don't know how she will look in the mirror if she doesn't push their agenda forward. I'm unclear as to why Boebert is on the side of women, but I'll take it. We need more congressmen to step up for their constituents.
The women who spoke were abused and have faced trauma for years. I applaud them for coming forward and demanding that the government takes them seriously. That takes gonads. They spoke their names clearly and told a little of their individual stories. One of the women was recruiting for Epstein and I am sure that was difficult to admit. She did it out of fear. She was 16 at the time. I am sure that she suffers from her actions of involving classmates to be abused/assaulted by Epstein. She chose to involve other people to avoid further abuse of herself. Doesn't sound great but I suppose at the time choosing to avoid abuse sounded like a life line.
They should release the Epstein files. It is a nonissue.
Calling it a hoax now is ridiculous. There was a flyover during the press conference which also seemed interesting. Trying to drown out the women from speaking. Moving that monster, Ghislaine, and trying to reframe the narrative is disgusting and typical. Anyone that was involved in that trafficking ring should be exposed for the predator that they have been and still are. We should not be protecting people because they have money or power. They should be held accountable for their gross actions. There is no justification for taking the innocence from a child. Or assaulting someone. The I was drunk, I made a mistake is no excuse for sexually assaulting someone. They said that one in five women are assaulted at some point in their lives. I think it is more likely one in three. I was assaulted when I was forty-one. I never thought it would happen to me at that age. And, yes, women are forced to endure unwanted attention on a daily basis. But, I am not referring to that. I thought I had escaped the statistics of assault until it happened.
These women deserve the truth. One of them stuck out to me that she couldn't remember everything that had happened. That she had tamped it down as a way to move forward. She is wanting to know what happened so she can move forward in her life.
If you have time, call your representative and demand that they stand with these women. It is time to expose this ring regardless of where it goes. Follow the money, right?
I am still hopeful and positive for more good things to come.
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