Exposing Epstein’s Secrets, Hiding Congress’s Sins
They shout about truth—just not when it stains their own team.
Rhode Island, wake up.
Yesterday, both of our “fresh new voices” in Congress Gabe Amo and Seth Magaziner took to social media to pat themselves on the back after voting on a War Powers measure. They talked about courage, accountability, and “doing what’s right” for the American people.
But here’s what they didn’t tell you.
On the very same day, they voted yes on a move to bury the names of Members of Congress who used your taxpayer money to quietly settle sexual harassment and misconduct claims.
They had a choice: stand with victims and transparency or stand with a broken institution that protects its own. They chose the club.
These are the same politicians who gush about “honor” and “service” and “fighting for Rhode Islanders.” They promise transparency. They tell you they’re different. But when it really counts, they vote to keep you in the dark about which lawmakers dipped into a taxpayer-funded slush fund to make their scandals disappear.
That vote didn’t protect you. It didn’t protect survivors. It protected the careers of their colleagues and the brand of their party.
And here’s the real hypocrisy: these same two men voted to release the names in the Epstein documents but when it came time to expose corruption in their own chamber, they chose to cover it up.
Rhode Island deserves better than politicians who talk like reformers and vote like insiders.
The story was a collaboration with Rhode Island Pulse