Dr. Jeffrey Epstein Has Perfect Response to This Dem's Misleading Use of His Donation to Zeldin
The article criticizes Crockett for using donation records involving people with the same name as the convicted sex offender.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYRedState is an identifiable, established partisan outlet with an attributed author, but this opinion piece uses strongly partisan framing and does not show the verification or correction practices expected of higher-credibility reporting.
- Source type — Opinion outlet with a pronounced conservative perspective.
- Editorial standards — The page provides little evidence of independent verification or competing perspectives.
- Author attribution — The article names an author, Nick Arama.
The piece identifies a quoted source and includes a social-media clip, but it largely relies on the author's characterization, offers little independent verification, and does not include a response from Crockett or a competing account.
HOW WE SCORE ↗This is a strongly critical opinion piece that adopts the author's case against Crockett and Jeffries, without presenting their fuller responses or an opposing interpretation.
- Loaded language — The author repeatedly uses evaluative terms such as “shameless,” “fool,” and “ridiculous.”
- Source diversity — The account relies mainly on the author's narrative, an embedded clip, and a quoted New York Post interview.
- Counterarguments presented — Crockett's brief explanation is included, but no fuller response or defense is offered.
The author uses overtly derisive language about Democrats and repeatedly condemns Crockett and Jeffries, presenting their actions as embarrassing and ridiculous.
- Language tone — The author calls Crockett's efforts “shameless” and her actions “shameful.”
- Framing — The piece frames the episode as Democrats embarrassing themselves and making themselves look ridiculous.
- Headline — The headline labels Crockett's use of the donation “misleading.”
RedState criticizes Rep. Jasmine Crockett for linking Republicans to Jeffrey Epstein donations using records for other people with the same name. A Long Island neurosurgeon named Jeffrey Epstein, who donated to Lee Zeldin, suggested donating to Crockett and publicizing it to illustrate the confusion.
The author says Crockett cited donations from people named Jeffrey Epstein while trying to link Republicans to donations from the convicted sex offender. The author says Crockett later explained that her team had not had time to check the information and quotes her defense that she had referred to “a Jeffrey Epstein.” The article presents the neurosurgeon’s donations as having occurred after the financier’s death.
The neurosurgeon told the New York Post he could donate to Crockett and then announce that she had taken money from Jeffrey Epstein. The author praises the suggestion and criticizes Crockett’s actions. The article also faults House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for defending Stacey Plaskett and says his team had sought a donation from the financier.
Community verdict
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- Readers of left-leaning coverage: not enough votes yet
- Readers of right-leaning coverage: 25% good look
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People in this story
SWIPE →Texas representative criticized for citing donation records involving people with the same name as Jeffrey Epstein.
President referenced as the target Democrats allegedly sought to smear.
House Minority Leader described as defending Plaskett.
U.S. Virgin Islands delegate whose receipt of donations from the financier is cited as context.
EPA administrator who received a donation from the Long Island neurosurgeon named Jeffrey Epstein.
Part of a bigger story
20 OUTLETSCrockett named a Jeffrey Epstein as a donor to Lee Zeldin during a House speech; outlets on multiple sides report that the donor was a different person with the same name. She later said she had not meant the convicted sex offender. Left-leaning outlets focus on Crockett's mistaken identification and the criticism it drew. Center outlets likewise stress the error and Zeldin's rebuttal, with some articles also recounting her explanation or later reversal. Right-leaning outlets also stress the error, but more often present it as a political failure and her defense as inadequate.
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- OUTLETS
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- AVG CRED
- 53
- Yahoo News · Alan Dershowitz Compares 'Liar' Jasmine Crockett to Joseph McCarthy for Naming Wrong Epstein as GOP Donor
- New York Post · Jasmine Crockett is on a cringe streak, and I'm here for it
- Breitbart · Dr. Jeffrey Epstein, Misidentified by Rep. Jasmine Crockett As the Notorious Sex Offender, Floats Clever Revenge
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