'Get over it': some middle America Trump supporters remain unfazed over Epstein files tumult [View all]

Source: The Guardian

Sun 27 Jul 2025 15.27 EDT
First published on Sun 27 Jul 2025 06.00 EDT


It has united luminaries of the far right, from media personality Tucker Carlson to activist Laura Loomer, from tech billionaire Elon Musk to congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. Typically unwavering in support of Donald Trump, all have criticised his administration’s handling of files about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

But in towns and cities across the US, a more complicated and nuanced picture emerges, serving as a reminder that – like any other political constituency – Trump voters are not a monolith. Some of the US president’s supporters are undoubtedly animated by the Epstein issue and urging Congress to push for greater transparency. “It’s the number one phone call that we get. By far,” Eric Burlison, a Republican congressman from Missouri, told CNN this week. “It’s probably 500 to one.”

But others seem to be shrugging off the crisis as they have so many others that seemed to threaten Trump’s political career. They remain fiercely loyal to a president they believe is delivering low inflation, strong border security and sweeping reversals of progressive policies. They are willing to take White House advice to “trust in Trump”.

That was the prevailing mood this week in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a former steel town and Democratic stronghold that swung heavily for Trump in last November’s election. “Trump is right about everything, no matter what he does,” was the blunt take of Teddy, 55, wearing a Stars and Stripes hat and sitting on a bench in Central Park in downtown Johnstown. “Epstein – he’s dead, that’s it, it’s over.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/27/trump-supporters-middle-america-epstein-files

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These are people who are fully in the cult and it would be fruitless wasting time on them - at least while 45 is still around. The latter example in the OP about some in Johnstown, PA would be the same people who kept John Murtha (D), in office in the seat that covered Johnston, for DECADES. But right now, they are completely hypnotized.