Democrats are targeting Trump’s relationship with Epstein as part of strategy ahead of midterm elections

James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, accused his rival Ken Paxton of “ignoring” survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse, as Democrats seek to increase pressure on Republicans ahead of November’s midterm elections.

Speaking in Dallas, where Republicans are holding a midterm convention this week, Talarico appeared alongside one of Epstein’s victims at an exhibit that featured about 3.5m pages of Department of Justice’s files related to Epstein.

“When did pedophilia become a partisan issue? When did holding sexual abusers accountable become controversial?” Talarico said.

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  • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    4 days ago

    I think the war in Iran is the least of the mistakes he’s made. The economy is in worse shape directly due to his decisions. In US politics, that’s everything.

    • EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world
      6·
      4 days ago

      Sure? I know the trade war has done quite a bit of damage, but the Iran war is an economic domino that’s barely just begun knocking things over.

      • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 days ago

        I think that is only additive to what he’s already done to the economy with tariffs. I have talked with republicans who have implied the were willing to give Trump the benefit of the doubt on Iran acquiring nuclear weapons.

    • Manjushri@piefed.socialEnglish
      4·
      4 days ago

      I have to disagree. Yes, the economy is bad and his decisions on tariffs and political decisions have been disastrous. But his decision to attack Iran (without a declaration of war, to be clear) has resulted in countless innocent lives lost including the students at an indiscriminately bombed Iranian girls middle school. All those pointless deaths put the Iran decision far ahead of everything else he’s done in office in the ranking of pure evil.

      • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        4 days ago

        But nobody is even talking about any of that. They’re talking about the oil and the Strait of Hormuz and how it is affecting the economy.

        I don’t disagree with you about what the actual bigger issue is. But in terms of issues in an election, that doesn’t even enter the picture. Keep in mind, this is the same country that reeelected Bush after his war in Iraq was proved to be a complete and total failure.