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Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett took the House floor this week and tried to drop a political bombshell, naming “somebody named Jeffrey Epstein” as a donor to several Republicans — including names like Mitt Romney, the NRCC, and Lee Zeldin — in an obvious attempt to poison the well and score cheap partisan points. It was a theatrical moment dressed up as investigation, and anyone paying attention could see the stunt for what it was: an effort to smear opponents by association instead of making a coherent argument on the merits. This isn’t politics; it’s character assassination dressed up as a speech.
When cornered on CNN, Crockett offered the weakest of defenses, insisting she “never said it was THAT Jeffrey Epstein” and explaining that her team had “Googled” under pressure and rushed her remarks. That defense is astonishingly thin — either she intentionally left the implication for political effect, or her office is so sloppy that a few minutes of basic fact-checking would have prevented public humiliation. Hardworking Americans don’t accept excuses; they expect adults in Congress to do the work before weaponizing a name like Epstein.
The underlying facts are embarrassingly simple: Federal Election Commission records show the donations Crockett cited came from different men who happen to share the same name, with contributions appearing in 2020 — after the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019. Those filings show a Dr. Jeffrey Epstein of Manhasset and another donor from New Jersey, not the well-known criminal whose crimes rightly outrage the nation. If Crockett meant to make a serious allegation, she owes everyone an apology for spreading confusion and innuendo.
Lee Zeldin, now serving in the administration, was quick to call out the mistake and push back publicly, exposing Crockett’s sloppy smear for what it was. His blunt rebuttal — pointing out the donor was a physician with no relation to the convicted predator — cut through the left’s attempted narrative like a knife. This should be a reminder that partisan theater has consequences, and Republicans aren’t obliged to stand quietly while false implications are thrown at them from the House floor.
Worse still, investigative reporters and watchdogs noted that some FEC entries look like the sort of trolling and messy entries that routinely show up in campaign data, meaning anyone who actually checked the records for two minutes would have seen the truth. This episode is emblematic of a larger problem: Democrats too often default to smear tactics and social-media-style gotchas rather than responsible oversight and honest debate. The American people deserve better than political theater and sloppy claims.
Patriots who care about truth and decency in public life should be outraged by this stunt. Demand accountability from those who misuse the House floor to spread half-baked allegations, insist on real apologies and corrections, and remember this moment the next time the left tries to weaponize a scandal without doing the homework. Our country needs leaders who defend the truth, not politicians who exploit it for a cheap headline.
