Axios founder rips GOP senator over Epstein excuses: 'What the hell is she talking about?'

Sen. Cynthia Lummis' (R-WY) admission on Monday that she now gets “what the big deal is” after she took the time to review the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files earned her a hammering by Axios founder Jim VandeHei as he wondered why she would admit such a thing.

According to Lummis, a Senate backbencher, “I’ve not been one of the members who has glommed on to this as an issue. I’ve sort of intentionally deferred to others to find out about it. But 9-year-old victims … wow.”

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