Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks commended the MAGA base for continuing to push for the release of the Epstein files despite pushback from President Donald Trump.
Kasparian appeared on Friday’s episode The Tucker Carlson Show. At the start of their 90-minute conversation, she first commended Carlson for his “courage” in going “against the grain” on a number of pressing issues. Kasparian then used that as a jumping off point to dive into the case of Jeffrey Epstein and the role the right has played in keeping the pressure on the Trump administration.
“At the end of the day, these politicians are nothing if it weren’t for the American people, right?” she said.
“So, like right now, what’s really interesting is in Congress, it appears that there’s this bipartisan effort to force a vote to release the Epstein files; and the only reason why that’s happening is because there’s a very loud and aggressive portion of the MAGA base that’s demanding it and they’re not letting it go. And I commend them because I agree with them. I think we need transparency. We need to know whether or not we literally have members in our government — or influential people, you know, in the periphery of our government — who are pedophiles,” she argued.
The recent push to release the files of the late financier
The move has divided Trump’s base, with a not-insignificant portion of supporters demanding the files be released as promised. In response, the president has repeatedly tried to convince both his base and the media to focus on other matters — such as the debunked allegations involving former President Barack Obama and Russia.
Watch the clip above.