This week after making it clear that he had never been to Jeffrey Epstein's private island,

Donald then admitted that he'd been invited and called a visit there a quote-unquote privilege.

Now, this is something he said this week not 20 years ago.

So think about this.

We now know that Jeffrey Epstein's private island was a place

where he had girls and young women trafficked to so he and potentially many others could rape them.

Donald knows that now. And still, he described being invited to a place where children were trafficked and abused and raped as a privilege.

That is how depraved this man is, and that is the kind of company he is apparently quite comfortable keeping.

That's why what we're seeing should surprise

none of us. In just the past week, four separate stories have surfaced involving Republican

lawmakers and officials who are facing allegations of charges of sexual abuse, exploitation, and explicit misconduct.

The rot in the Republican Party is so pervasive now that it's hard to see anything but the rot.

The very same Republicans who scream about protecting women and children are being exposed and exposing themselves,

quite frankly, over and over again as predators, deviance, and enablers of those who are predators

and deviance, including potentially Donald Trump. We're going to cover the most obvious examples

of this that have unfolded over the last

week. Let's start in Florida. Ford Pierce City Commissioner James Taylor, one of the quote

unquote pro-family Republicans running on a Protect the Children platform, was arrested last week

on 24 felony counts of child exploitation.

Today, four-peer City Commissioner James Taylor is being held at the St. Lucie County Jail,

accused of having inappropriate communication with a minor. According to the arrest report,

Taylor is facing 24 felony charges, all related to inappropriate communication with a minor,

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