You’ve got to hand it to the Democrats — their talent for accidentally lighting themselves on fire while trying to torch someone else really is unmatched. This time, they thought they had the perfect play: force the release of Jeffrey Epstein’s files to smear President Trump. That’s right, in 2025, with President Donald J. Trump back in the Oval Office and J.D. Vance standing firmly at his side, the left is still fishing for anything — anything — they can throw at the wall in hopes it sticks.
Except, plot twist: the Epstein files aren’t exactly cooperating with their narrative. In fact, they’re doing something the Democrats never saw coming — they’re backfiring. Hard.
Because while Democrats were busy teeing up “gotcha” moments for Trump, the documents are coughing up receipts tying Epstein to… Democrats. Oops. One standout name? Stacey Plaskett — you know, the non-voting delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands who somehow still manages to be loud, partisan, and wrong on cue. Turns out, she was allegedly texting Epstein during a congressional hearing in 2019 to help her take shots at Trump. Epstein wasn’t just writing checks — he was practically writing her talking points.
So who comes running to Plaskett’s defense? None other than Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas, who’s rapidly becoming the Democratic Party’s personal PR disaster factory. Crockett, in a moment of classic political theater, stormed the House floor to accuse Republicans of accepting Epstein donations — reading off a list of GOP figures with all the dramatic flair of someone convinced they were about to go viral.
There was just one teensy problem: it was the wrong Jeffrey Epstein.
Yes, really. The donations she cited came from a doctor named Jeffrey Epstein. From New York. Who, last time we checked, is not the deceased, disgraced financier. Small detail, right? Especially since some of the donations were made in 2020 — a full year after the infamous Epstein had… well, exited the chat permanently.
Lee Zeldin, former congressman and now head of the EPA under President Trump, didn’t let this go unanswered. He torched Crockett’s absurd stunt in a statement that was equal parts fact-check and roast: “The donation was from a physician named Dr. Jeffrey Epstein… NO FREAKIN RELATION YOU GENIUS!!!” You could almost hear the eye-roll through the screen.
Yes Crockett, a physician named Dr. Jeffrey Epstein (who is a totally different person than the other Jeffrey Epstein) donated to a prior campaign of mine.
NO 👏 FREAKIN 👏 RELATION 👏 YOU 👏 GENIUS!!! https://t.co/gYQlcUd2we
— Lee Zeldin (@LeeMZeldin) November 19, 2025
What makes it worse — and by worse, we mean impressively embarrassing — is that Crockett didn’t even bother to respond when the New York Post reached out. Silence. Probably a smart move, because there’s not much you can say when you confuse a living doctor with a dead felon and then broadcast it on the House floor.
This kind of fact-optional behavior isn’t new for Crockett. She’s become known for her unhinged soundbites, her allergy to research, and her increasingly desperate attempts to score political points with a left-wing base that values noise over knowledge. Let’s not forget her “Governor Hot Wheels” debacle, her agreement that Republicans want poor people to die, and her overall record of letting the mask slip whenever she thinks the cameras are friendly.
Jasmine Crockett makes an absolute fool of herself when she is asked to correct the record about accusing Republicans of taking donations from a different Dr. Jeffrey Epstein:
“That is specifically why I said *a* Jeffrey Epstein. Just because it wasn’t the same one, that’s… pic.twitter.com/fyS0tnN6AX
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 20, 2025
And now, she’s supposedly considering a run for the Senate. Yes, really. Crockett says she’ll decide by Thanksgiving and announce on Dec. 8, after reviewing her own polling. Translation: she wants to see if anyone outside her Twitter bubble actually thinks she’s ready for prime time.
Spoiler alert: they probably don’t. Texans — the actual ones who vote — tend to have a built-in radar for political nonsense. And while Crockett’s TikTok activism and floor-rant energy might win retweets, it’s not likely to win statewide office. Not when your idea of “opposition research” includes accusing your opponents of taking money from a dead man — and not noticing he was dead at the time.
But hey, if the Democrats want to make her their next big thing, who are we to stop them? Just make sure to fact-check her speeches… preferably before she gets behind the microphone.
