Marcus Finds Democrats' 'Epstein Class' Label Boils Down to Attack on 1% Political Donors
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 17
Marcus Finds Democrats' 'Epstein Class' Label Boils Down to Attack on 1% Political Donors
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 17
Summary
Rep. Ro Khanna declined to name a single member of the so-called "Epstein Class," instead calling it a symbolic label for wealthy elites with outsized political influence.
Khanna first linked the term to powerful men in Jeffrey Epstein's orbit, then narrowed it to rich figures empowered by Citizens United, while rejecting any claim of a secret cabal.
David Marcus argues that shift shows the phrase is less a specific allegation than a repackaged attack on politically active wealthy people, now replacing the older "1%" rhetoric.
2026 midterm politics have helped spread the label beyond Khanna, with Democrats including Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Jon Ossoff and Jaime Raskin using it, and some populist Republicans echoing it.