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Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett took to the House floor this week to lob a politically charged allegation, claiming that a roster of Republicans “took money from somebody named Jeffrey Epstein” and specifically naming figures like Lee Zeldin. Her rushed, theatrical outing was meant to score cheap points in a debate over discipline for Delegate Stacey Plaskett, but it quickly collapsed under the weight of public records and basic fact-checking.
Public Federal Election Commission filings tell a much different story: the donations Crockett pointed to came from men who happen to share the same name, including a physician in New York, and the contributions were recorded in 2020 — after the notorious financier Jeffrey Epstein was already dead. Any competent staffer doing a quick check would have spotted the dates and the details, so this wasn’t a minor slip-up, it was sloppy political theater.
Former Rep. Lee Zeldin was quick to fire back on social media, noting the donor was a different Jeffrey Epstein and punctuating his rebuke with a phrase that captured the nation’s frustration: “NO FREAKIN RELATION, YOU GENIUS!” The public rejoinder was not just rhetorical flourish; it was a righteous demand for accuracy from someone wrongly smeared on the House floor.
When the heat came, Crockett doubled down on television, insisting she never meant the dead financier and claiming her team “dug in very quickly” by Googling FEC filings in real time. That excuse is weak by any standard — elected officials have staff, resources, and hours to vet explosive claims before they hurl them at colleagues and the American people.
This episode exposes a broader rot: the left’s willingness to weaponize innuendo while refusing to hold their own accountable when the facts don’t fit the narrative. Whether the goal was to deflect attention from real questions about congressional ethics or to gin up headlines, the result is the same — trust in institutions erodes when lawmakers trade facts for showmanship.
Patriots who value truth and accountability should demand better. Crockett’s sloppy smear deserves more than a shrug; it warrants a correction, an apology, and a pledge from Democrats to stop using false insinuations as political cover. Until our leaders start treating evidence as sacred rather than disposable, the American people will rightly view Washington as a circus, not a place of responsible governance.
