Michael Barbaro

Right, that famous photo that we all have seen.

So they bring Boebert into that room, of all rooms, and presumably make the case to her that she should not remain a signatory to this petition.

Right.

Right.

It starts to feel like the truest expression of MAGAism to these leaders of MAGA is to back Trump.

this measure.

Correct.

Is to give supporters of this movement the transparency they want when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein.

So these four House Republicans are digging in.

They're back from their districts.

They are determined to stick with this discharge petition.

And it feels worth saying that at this point, because the 218 signatures are on that petition and this is going to keep moving forward, it's eventually going to become...

A bill on the floor of the House that Trump is now asking the entire House Republican caucus to make an impossible choice because, and correct me if I'm wrong, Andy, he is asking them now to hold the line against this bill.

He's like, sure, maybe we've got this discharge petition, but everybody else needs to stay with me.

which means he's asking them to choose him over the victims of Jeffrey Epstein.

It's the ultimate Trump loyalty test.

So when it comes to this impossible choice, many House Republicans are going to be choosing against the president.

So once Trump reverses himself and backs this bill, everyone has permission in the Republican Party to back it, and it sounds like almost all of them are backing it.

Even if just hours before they were.

So in summary, what really happened here over the past week or so is that