{"id":2467117,"date":"2025-07-26T16:15:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T20:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-furious-at-their-own-partys-epstein-deception\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T16:15:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T20:15:51","slug":"dems-furious-at-their-own-partys-epstein-deception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-furious-at-their-own-partys-epstein-deception\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Furious at Their Own Party\u2019s Epstein Deception"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdems-furious-at-their-own-partys-epstein-deception%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2467117&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Some House Democrats are <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >privately expressing frustration<\/a> with their partyS strong focus on the Jeffrey Epstein files, with at least one calling their public outrage &#8220;bullshit.&#8221; House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-officials-urge-los-angeles-teachers-to-support-safety-demands-to-return-to-school-sites\/\" title=\"Union Officials Urge Los Angeles Teachers To Support \u2018Safety Demands\u2019 To Return To School Sites\">urging members<\/a> to keep the Epstein issue central in their messaging during the August recess, especially after reports emerged that former President Donald Trump&#8217;s name appears in the Epstein documents. However,some Democrats feel the emphasis on Epstein detracts from more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-dem-senator-revolt-hit-back-at-schumer-for-changing-dress-code-for-fetterman\/\" title=\"GOP, Dem Senator Revolt, Slam Schumer for Altering Fetterman&#039;s Dress Code.\">pressing policy issues<\/a> like health care and the economy,which resonate more with voters. This internal disagreement comes as Republicans criticize Democrats for spotlighting the Epstein files only after Trump&#8217;s second term began and not during President Biden&#8217;s management, when these documents were held but not publicly challenged by Democrats.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some House Democrats are privately protesting their party&rsquo;s messaging on the Jeffrey Epstein files, with one arguing that Democratic lawmakers&rsquo; purported outrage at the administration&rsquo;s handling of the documents is &ldquo;bullshit.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2025\/07\/23\/house-democrats-jeffrey-epstein-trump-politics-00469042#:~:text=He%20insisted%20in%20press%20conferences%20and%20in%20private%20meetings%20that%20this%20issue%20was%20a%20lose%2Dlose%20situation%20for%20Republicans:%20either%20Trump%20and%20his%20allies%20had%20been%20lying%20for%20years%20about%20what%20was%20in%20those%20files%20or%20they%20were%20right%20and%20were%20now%20hiding%20evidence%20to%20protect%20their%20cronies.\">urging<\/a> members of his caucus to keep Epstein at the center of their messaging during the August recess.<\/p>\n<p>However, some House Democrats appear to be growing weary of talking about the Epstein files after a weeks-long campaign hammering Republicans on the topic.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Candidly, this whole thing is just such bulls**t,&rdquo; a House Democrat, who requested anonymity to speak freely, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/07\/24\/jeffrey-epstein-hakeem-jeffries-house-democrats\">told<\/a> Axios regarding the Democrats&rsquo; Epstein messaging campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker&rsquo;s frank remarks follow Jeffries <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/07\/21\/hakeem-jeffries-democrats-jeffrey-epstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">telling<\/a> reporters Monday that House Democrats had not become preoccupied with the Epstein files until President Donald Trump was sworn into his second term.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); 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Jeffries said in response to a question asked by the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No one looking at the facts disputes that this isn&rsquo;t anything that any of us as House Democrats have been focused on ever &mdash; in terms of trying to fan the flames of what may or may not happen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The House Democrats&rsquo; communications arm sent out a messaging alert to members Wednesday requesting offices &ldquo;amplify&rdquo; the Wall Street Journal&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/justice-department-told-trump-name-in-epstein-files-727a8038?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=ASWzDAhmBNHcNzgAaTz2VbXCv0LnBUyInUbRxupvqo7ScAiiBAgE01R2QohzynUFKcc%3D&amp;gaa_ts=6883f006&amp;gaa_sig=utxkj7gV2F1O_hjz6mo1GunajivFdmR_XTv2BeztEUOC1QtGEoWLy3FWuy0lHXCjk3-82PsQxFFU6DAEWHxf1Q%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reporting<\/a> that Bondi told Trump his name allegedly appears in the Epstein files, per Axios.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1948840601866174777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> reporters on Friday that he was never briefed on this.<\/p>\n<p>However, House Democrats&rsquo; departure from their more traditional messaging on the economy and health care appears to have irritated some of their colleagues who would rather message on more substantive policy concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Several House Democrats told Axios the party should be focused on hounding their Republican counterparts over their votes supporting Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;Big Beautiful Bill Act,&rdquo; including the law&rsquo;s reforms to Medicaid.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the big focus is going to be on health care, because that&rsquo;s what people care about, and I don&rsquo;t think this issue [the Epstein files] is big outside the Beltway,&rdquo; Democratic New York Rep. Tom <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/06\/13\/tom-suozzi-fake-phone-call-los-angeles-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Suozzi<\/a>, a top <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/03\/17\/house-republicans-democratic-incumbents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">target<\/a> of House Republicans&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-outraise-democrats-across-the-board-in-january\/\" title=\"Republicans Outraise ... Across the Board in January\">campaign arm<\/a>, told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Suozzi&rsquo;s Democratic colleague, Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas, similarly told Axios that Democrats should be talking about more substantive policy issues, such as the cost of everyday goods, rather than the Epstein files.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats&rsquo; messaging battle follows House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, torching his Democratic counterparts Thursday for hammering Republicans over the Epstein files despite being silent on the controversy throughout Biden&rsquo;s presidency.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not going to allow the Democrats to use this for political cover. They had four years,&rdquo; Johnson had <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1948075254103826463\">told<\/a> reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Remember, the Biden administration held the Epstein files for four years and not a single one of these Democrats &mdash; or anyone in Congress &mdash; thought about that at all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter&rsquo;s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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