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Two Democratic Senate candidates are facing heat for accepting donations from a billionaire with ties to Jeffrey Epstein \u2014 even as they used Epstein\u2019s name to attack their political opponents.\n<\/p>\n
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James Talarico, running for Senate in Texas, and Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia have both accepted donations from Reid Hoffman, a billionaire who has admitted to visiting Epstein\u2019s private island. Hoffman donated $11.5 million to a Talarico-aligned super PAC and $7,000 \u2014 the legal maximum \u2014 directly to Ossoff\u2019s campaign.\n<\/p>\n
The problem? Both men have publicly used the phrase \u201cEpstein class\u201d to go after billionaires. Talarico said, \u201cThe Epstein Class has no place in Texas.\u201d Ossoff called the MAGA movement \u201cthe Epstein class, ruling our country.\u201d Now they\u2019re being called out for taking millions from a man tied to Epstein himself.\n<\/p>\n
From Just the News:\n<\/p>\n
\u201cDemocrats like Jon Ossoff and James Talarico vilify corporate billionaires in one breath and accept their cash in the next,\u201d one GOP operative told Fox News.\n<\/p>\n
\u201c[\u200bThe] evidence paints a clear picture that Reid Hoffman has established a dark-money empire that channels anonymous donations through nonprofits and PACs to influence federal elections and judicial nominations,\u201d Assistant Attorney General Patrick Davis wrote to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.\n<\/p>\n
Hoffman has since apologized for his association with Epstein,\u00a0telling\u00a0Axios<\/em>\u00a0that\u00a0\u201cby agreeing to participate in any fundraising activity where Epstein was present, I helped to repair his reputation and perpetuate injustice. For this, I am deeply regretful.\u201d<\/p>\n Documents released by the Trump administration earlier this year showed Hoffman had planned visits to multiple Epstein properties, including Epstein\u2019s Manhattan townhouse and his private island.\n<\/p>\n Hoffman is not the first Democrat donor to face this kind of scrutiny. In December, the DOJ accused Sens. Dick Durbin and Sheldon Whitehouse of accepting Hoffman\u2019s money as well. The DOJ\u2019s letter noted more than 1,650 contributions \u2014 over $76 million \u2014 from Hoffman to Democrats and Democrat-aligned causes.\n<\/p>\n This story is a reminder that words are cheap. It is easy to condemn evil in the abstract. It is harder to refuse money that comes with strings attached \u2014 or a troubling history. As intercessors we are called to let our actions match our words. Let us pray that our leaders would be people of integrity, willing to stand by their convictions even when it costs them something.\n<\/p>\n (Excerpt from Just the News. Photo Credit: Oba San via Canva Teams)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two Democratic Senate candidates are facing heat for accepting donations from a billionaire with ties to Jeffrey Epstein \u2014 even as they used Epstein\u2019s name to attack their political opponents. This content is supported by your donations. Give today.\u00a0 \u00a0 James Talarico, running for Senate in Texas, and Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia have both<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[10226,7749,2230,4519,663,2124,1118],"class_list":["post-30682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-prayer","tag-bash","tag-candidates","tag-cash","tag-caught","tag-democrat","tag-epstein","tag-ties"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Share your scriptures and prayers below.<\/h4>\n