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Julian Epstein is not some cable-news talking head playing devil's advocate. This man was Chief Minority Counsel for the House Judiciary Committee during Bill Clinton's… pic.twitter.com/jn6X710ZiD

— M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) March 16, 2026

Julian Epstein is not some cable-news talking head playing devil's advocate. This man was Chief Minority Counsel for the House Judiciary Committee during Bill Clinton's impeachment — one of the most senior Democrat operatives in Washington at the peak of the Clinton machine. He has spent his entire career as a card-carrying Democrat insider.

And he just called his own party's conduct unconscionable. On camera. Without apology.

𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺.

He called out Democrats for trying to sabotage the war effort — and defunding key elements of domestic security against terrorism 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵. That's the DHS shutdown Schiff and Senate Democrats are defending right now. While Americans are being att∗cked on domestic soil.

Then Epstein said the thing nobody on the left wants to say out loud: 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥.

He also laid out what Trump's military campaign has actually accomplished — ballistic missiles largely neutralized, the Iranian Navy largely disarmed, the nuclear program largely dismantled, the regime itself largely disarmed. The one remaining question is the Strait of Hormuz — and Epstein said he's confident a solution is coming.

Then came the devastation: 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲. Their entire Iran policy for decades has been diplomacy, giving them money, treating them nicely, and trusting international organizations. And Iran looked at all of it and 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗽𝘀.

This isn't a Republican saying this. This is one of them.

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁.