With the midterms fast approaching, progressive Democrats have adopted a new term for the alleged oligarchy.What used to be "The 1%" has become "The Epstein Class," with some pretty ugly connotations.Given the fact that Democrats everywhere, including Georgia Sen.
Jon Ossoff and Maryland Rep.Jaime Raskin, are using this loaded term of late, I started to wonder who exactly the members of the shadowy "Epstein Class" are.
After all, if they must be thwarted, they surely must be identified.I decided to ask one of the leading proponents of the term, Rep.Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and the exchange we had represents the clearest, if still fairly opaque, definition of just what this Epstein Class is, if it exists at all.Split showing Reps.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif.(Getty Images)I asked Khanna for some examples of people who fit the bill.
I offered options such as newly minted trillionaire Elon Musk, and a couple of mere billionaires: Liberal sugar daddy George Soros and failed California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer.BERNIE SANDERS COMPARES TRUMP, MUSK AND OTHER 'OLIGARCHS' TO 'HEROIN ADDICTS,' SAYS DRUG OF CHOICE IS 'GREED'I was not surprised when Khanna refused to name names.But he did tell me the following:"What the Epstein files revealed is a group of powerful and wealthy men more concerned with their status and networks than decency and humanity.
They were fine viewing young girls that Epstein was abusing as dispensable in order to maintain their standing with Epstein and his friends.The callowness, vanity, and vacuity of this governing elite has led to a lopsided and unfair economy."I politely noted that Khanna had not answered my question.MORNING GLORY: WHEN THE 'CONSPIRACY' JUST ISN’T THERE"I’m sure you can understand how this does not seem terribly dissimilar from conspiracy theorists alleging there’s a secret cabal controlling everything and turning the frogs gay," I said.At that point, Khanna began to distance himself fr...