Why is Epstein the scandal that has stuck, and why now?

I wouldn’t disagree with that even a bit.

But I think both things can be, and are, true. Trump’s demagoguery has enthralled a handful of rather distinct cohorts, none of whom seem inclined to ask questions, challenge assumptions, or go against their own deeply-entrenched confirmation bias.

And that’s at least as true for the white Christian nationalists as for any other cohort.

Put another way ….