{"id":97,"date":"2025-09-24T13:15:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T13:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chris-cillizza.ledewire.com\/?p=97"},"modified":"2025-10-18T15:03:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T15:03:25","slug":"republicans-are-in-full-panic-mode-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chris-cillizza.ledewire.com\/?p=97","title":{"rendered":"Republicans are in \u201cFull Panic\u201d Mode \u2014 Here\u2019s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>| Chris Cillizza<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Sep 24, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/chris-cillizza.ledewire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chris-cillizza.ledewire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1.png 720w, https:\/\/chris-cillizza.ledewire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@chriscillizza\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Republicans in Washington are sounding the alarm over a move that could force the release of the Department of Justice\u2019s files on Jeffrey Epstein. Kentucky Rep. Tom Massie says he now has the magic number \u2014 218 votes \u2014 thanks to support from every Democrat plus a small group of breakaway Republicans like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Nancy Mace, and Lauren Boebert. That means, for the first time, the House could vote on whether to compel the DOJ to make its Epstein investigation public \u2014 a vote Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP leadership have tried to block. So why are Republicans in such a panic? And what happens if this really goes to the floor? In this video, I break down: *What a discharge petition is and why it matters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How special elections in Virginia and Arizona gave Democrats the final votes they needed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why Republican leaders \u2014 and Donald Trump \u2014 are desperate to stop this<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What to expect once the House vote happens, and whether the Senate will be forced to act<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This story is moving quickly, and it could have major political fallout. \ud83d\udc49 Don\u2019t forget to subscribe for independent, authentic political analysis you won\u2019t get anywhere else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Republicans are in \u201cFull Panic\u201d Mode \u2014 Here\u2019s Why | Chris Cillizza\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0DkM150ggnc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>| Chris Cillizza Sep 24, 2025 Republicans in Washington are sounding the alarm over a move that could force the release of the Department of Justice\u2019s files on Jeffrey Epstein. 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