Over the past decade the Republican Party has transformed, for good or ill. For some, it was a purging of the “establishment” and “cuckservatives” and the rise of “fighters”. For others, it was a vehicle for vengeance and and emotional catharsis. Still yet for others, it is a way to grift and exploit the other two. But one thing for sure, it is slowly devolving into the the elephant in the same circus as the clowns—those trolls and meme lords who do it “for the lulz”. In much the manner of 4chan, it has gone from adults who have fun joking around amongst themselves into crap-posting social media obsessives. Oh, just amongst the overly online purported hoi polloi on social media, but by some of our highest elected and appointed officials. How bad has these memeification? So bad that the rape of minors has become fodder for the clown show of influencers and even a Rickroll by the official Twitter/X account of the House Judiciary Committee.
The tweet was deleted but the internet is forever.
The Republican Party has gone from a serious party that cared about making America better to one where the only palatable victory is “pwning the libs”. Fighting human trafficking or the pimping out of underage girls is passé and just not emotionally cathartic enough. No, you have to act like an online pre-juvenile joker.
Yes, this is in bad taste. But that's the point, you see. Because if you're put off by the flippancy with which their toying with the sexual trafficking of underage girls, you've somehow lost. https://t.co/lp25Vfffwr
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) February 27, 2025
To demonstrate that Congress is not the only place for clowns in Washington, D.C., The White House announced they be giving out binders full of the Epstein Files to select online influencers and gifters of the trolling Right. And what did these super secret reveals show?
Copies of documents that have been publicly available for years, abet with one crucial difference: The documents in those binders were full of redactions of information that was already publicly available!
This is incredible.
The redacted page is what was given to the “influencers” at the White House today.
The un-redacted page has been freely available on the internet for *YEARS*
This isn’t “disclosure.” This is horseshit. pic.twitter.com/e9ebrcJCwI
— David J. Reilly 🇺🇸 (@realDaveReilly) February 27, 2025
WAIT A SECOND…
Did they REALLY redact information that was already PUBLIC?
What the HELL is going on? pic.twitter.com/I5XwFt9uO3
— Shawn Farash (@Shawn_Farash) February 28, 2025
Even sadder, all these “independent” thinkers forget to change the script they were given!
Guys, you probably shouldnt just copy and paste the talking points. The lack of self respect is off the charts. Their ideology is monetization. pic.twitter.com/1Nl9qikttU
— Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) February 27, 2025
Ironically, the real joke is the influencers, grifters, and Congressional trolls.
They should have done a worldwide chocolate bar sale where they hide five GOLDEN TICKETS in the chocolate and the lucky winners get invited to the White House and are given a copy of the Rape Binder. pic.twitter.com/4MhKt0NLmm
— Jarvis (@jarvis_best) February 27, 2025
So, how bad did this backfire? Bad enough for people in the Administration to start shifting blame.