Opinion | How Epstein Could Divide Republicans

There’s not going to be a flood of Republicans fleeing Trump. What there will be are small calculations here and there. Willingness to say: I don’t think I’m going to support this. I think with this bill to force the White House to release the Epstein files passes the House, I would expect there to be a good deal of pressure on Senate Republicans, and I would expect some of the Senate Republicans to look around, look around the environment and say: Better to just support this than not. The sense that Trump is a lame duck, I think, is growing. I think the shutdown contributed to it quite a bit, not simply because it went so long, but because he clearly wasn’t showing any particular leadership during it. There was no indication that he was even capable of resolving it. -The fact that there’s —— -And then he just didn’t care. -Yeah. -That just — that surprised even me. The fact that there’s not really any legislation on the horizon — is there a Trump bill for anything that anyone sees happening over the next year? No