The enemy of my enemy is my friend. And you won’t find a truer statement in today’s political mess than what’s happening with the Epstein Files. This isn’t left or right, this is right and wrong. Progressives, MAGA folks, Democrats, Republicans—hell, everybody at the local level agrees on this one: every last person tied up in Epstein’s crimes needs to face the truth, in full daylight. No more hiding behind money or party. Let it all come out.
Now what’s got this political firestorm cooking in my little corner of rural heaven—right here in Southwest Virginia—is our MAGA-hat-wearing Congressman, Morgan Griffith of Virginia’s Ninth District, voting against releasing the Epstein Files.
Yep, you heard that right.
Even though he’s gone on record more than once saying he supports making those files public, when the vote came up in the House Rules Committee, he voted no. Claimed it was just a partisan “gotcha” move by the Democrats. Said it didn’t have anything to do with the bills under discussion, like justice has to wait for the perfect paperwork.
Well, folks around here didn’t buy it. Not this time.
For the first time I can remember, I’ve seen MAGA Facebook pages and progressive message boards lighting up together, calling out the same politician for the same cowardly vote. It’s like watching a Woodbooger, our version of Bigfoot riding a unicorn through the Jefferson National Forest while waving a bipartisan flag.
Now you may have noticed I brought up how, locally, both left-leaning and right-leaning groups want the same damn thing: release the Epstein files, no more cover-ups. But I didn’t say a word about the national parties. That’s because the GOP and DNC have both been quiet as a mouse in church. Makes you wonder just how deep the rot goes—how many sitting politicians, on both sides of the aisle, are more interested in protecting billionaire donors than protecting kids. Because if there’s one thing the Epstein mess exposed, it’s how money can buy silence. And it sure looks like that silence is still for sale in Washington.
Let’s be clear: this isn’t about party. It’s about predators in power being protected, and people—left, right, and fed-up—sick of it.
The Epstein Files ain’t some conspiracy theory anymore. They’re real documents, full of real names tied to real crimes against young girls. And Virginians, no matter how they vote, want to know who’s in them. They want justice. Not excuses. Not delays. Not some slick D.C. sidestep dressed up as procedure.
We don’t care if the names are red or blue. We care if they’re guilty.
And if Congressman Griffith thinks folks back home don’t see through that vote, he might want to spend a little more time in the hollers and hills that put him in office, because something’s shifting, and this time, it ain’t breaking in his favor.