On Nov. 18, 2025, Rep. Jasmine Crockett took the House floor and launched what was meant to be a scorched-earth smear, rattling off a list of Republicans she claimed had taken money from “somebody named Jeffrey Epstein.” Her grandstanding was theatrical, raw political theater — the kind of grab for headlines that substitutes outrage for facts and hopes the mob won’t check the public record.
The facts, as anyone who bothered to look could see, undercut Crockett’s stunt: Federal Election Commission filings show the contributions she cited came from other men with the same name — including a Dr. Jeffrey Epstein — and some donations were even recorded months after the notorious Jeffrey Epstein’s death. This wasn’t investigative journalism, it was sloppy accusation-by-twitter-snout, and it landed squarely on the side of partisan malpractice.
When called out, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin responded with the bluntness voters expect, pointing out that his past campaign report lists a physician with the same name and that there is no connection to the convicted sex offender. His hard, no-nonsense reply is the exact antidote to the left’s culture of rumor and insinuation — make an accusation, then run when facts show the claim was false.
Crockett’s follow-up defense was almost as bad: when pressed on CNN she insisted she “never said that it was THAT Jeffrey Epstein” and blamed the rush to accuse rather than simple verification. That excuse reveals more than mere carelessness — it exposes a how-the-left plays politics today: throw mud fast, insist ambiguity as cover, and rely on sympathetic outlets to carry the smear.
Digging deeper reveals the messiness of FEC entries — small, sometimes troll-like donations, and self-reported records that can be misleading — but that only underscores Crockett’s irresponsibility. If you’re going to weaponize a name with the weight of a national horror attached to it, you owe the American people the basic decency of checking the records before you try to ruin reputations on the House floor.
Conservatives shouldn’t let this go quietly. This was a political hit job that backfired because truth still matters to hardworking Americans. Call it out, demand accountability, and remind voters that in Washington, as at home, character counts — and name-calling without proof is a coward’s way of scoring cheap political points.
