Pete Buttigieg says MAGA at a “boiling point” over Tr*mp & the Epstein files: “He’s putting his thumb in their eye”

He said that he was going to release these files right away, and now it’s more in his interest to block them. You shouldn’t have to be a Republican or Democrat to care about making sure there’s transparency on something as horrific as the abuses have happened, and to want to understand why an administration that promised to shed light on this, decided not to. There’s never been any real explanation for that.

I think there are moments where [the president] has revealed how little respect he has for his own supporters. One of the reasons why I think the Epstein saga is especially relevant is, by telling them that this was important, that he would do something, and then to turn around saying he won’t do something and that they’re stupid if they care about this, he’s putting his thumb in their eye even more than usual. Basically, he’s saying that he thinks they’re gullible.

It’s easy to see why frustration about that has reached a boiling point in this country…. We’ve got a broader issue of a breakdown, collapse in societal trust. This has been going on for years. I wrote a book about this five years ago, and I think it’s even more important now. And unless there is a higher degree of fidelity between our institutions, our leaders, and the people they serve, then issue after issue will become volcanic, as this has, and it’s just not sustainable on that matter of trust.2028 presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg talking to NPR’s Morning Edition about D*n*ld Tr*mp backpedaling on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files and pissing off his own supporters.