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They’re not confused. Most of them have been conditioned to live in a state of cognitive dissonance their entire lives.
Is there anything about George Santos that isn't a lie? >

The power Republican voters gave him. >

Santos has reportedly been assigned to the small business committee and the science, space and technology committee, multiple news outlets reported.
Strange times we are living in. >

And then MTG is placed on the Homeland Security Committee. Feels like a sick joke. >

Fuck off! There is no wa....
Holy shit you're not actually joking!
They put a major conspiracy theorist on the Homeland Security Committee. Didn't she even say that 9/11 was a conspiracy...?
I wish you all well over there in the US.
EDIT: Spelling >

Its worse than that, she stated that if she had planned the january 6th insurrection, they would have won and there would have been more guns. >

Someone advocating for domestic terrorism appointed to the Homeland Security Committee? That's just lazy writing. >

Nah it’s a major plot twist 😂 >

And now I will appoint MTG to the Homeland Security Committee for no apparent raisin! >

Haha 😂 all jokes aside I’m fairly certain McCarthy struck a deal with her for her vote on his speakership. They always say committee assignments aren’t guaranteed yet this definitely seems suspicious. Especially considering their contentious relationship in the past. >

And, in fact, the GOP are sending their best. >

Hahaha. This guy is a legend.
Oh I'm not Jewish, but I identify as Jew-ish. >

At this point, I think he needs to post his birth certificate. >

True. He might be lying about being alive. >

How do we know George Santos isn’t a swarm of 700 cockroaches in a trench coat?? >

He sure acts like one >

Hey, don't be so rude towards cockroaches. They deserve better than being compared to him. >

Holy shit this dude shouldn’t be in Congress. 
The people who elected him should feel ashamed, but knowing republicans, they’re probably proud. >

Kevin McCarthy has put the goalposts on a dragstrip on how often he has to move from, "Well, I won't ask him to resign unless he's accused of..." >

Didn't he say "Convicted Of", practically guaranteeing he'll stay in office for 2 years? >

Kevin McCarthy is the biggest political whore of the 20's.  Don't even know why he wanted the house speaker.  The amount of things he's going to have to bend over to give, for him to have that seat is not worth the position. >

take it from a country that keeps changing prime minister: the appeal of having the name in the history books, portrait somewhere in the building, a fancy honorary title etc is apparently very appealing, even if you turn out to be terrible at the job >

Ah, no. See they elected that guy to speaker. We keep missing that important democratic bit. >

tbf tory party members did get a say and we got truss, so it's probably for the best that they don't get asked the second time >

Good point. They can definitely be trusted to operate in the public interest and choose the best person for the job. >

Y'all are having a rough go, but I do think there's still much more accountability over there than here. The fact BoJo ended up sacked partly for lying about the party during COVID is pretty big compared to everything the republicans get away with here. And then the Truss debacle. Sunak isn't much better I'm sure, but at least I'm not getting daily alerts on him. >

He was lying about multiple things and even then it took fucking ages and was mostly because he annoyed his own party more than holding him accountable for anything. >

"He would say, 'oh well, the Jews will give more if you're a Jew.' So that's the name he used for his GoFundMe." >

What was the name he used? Jewy McJewface? >

RTFA. It's the second sentence.

Using the name Zebrowski would encourage Jews to "give more," Santos said, per the roommate. >


RTFA

I haven't seen that since my slashdot days. >

“Rip the fucking ass”? >

Read the fucking article >

Oh does the article say what RTFA means? >

Lol.  Perfect. >

"lizards of lebanon"? >

This dude is such the perfect representation of the current republican party >

I didn't think the GOP would put someone worse than Margorie or Bobert into office but here we are. >

He might be better than them actually. I don’t think he’s advocated for having children come to school with guns or anything like that. At least not yet. >

I agree. CrossFit Marge is still the most evil. Not sure who is the dumbest between her and BOOBert. Santos just told the wrong lies... maybe. Still waiting for consequences. >

Everyday we find out this guy is more of a piece of shit than the day before. >

I wouldn't be surprised if they find out he's some psycho serial killer.  Every time I see pics of him, I just get that vibe.  It's his eyes. >

That may be the only way we’d actually have a chance of getting rid of him. >

This is the face of the Republican party, folks. >

so shocking 😑 >

always has been >

I love how everyone is just focusing on the negative about this guy. Yet nobody seems to care that he invented penicillin and helped broker peace between the north and south Korea. >

This AND I heard a clip of him telling us that nobody has ever accused him of any wrongdoings - so… >

I don't get why a PFC in the Army or a GS-6 has to have a background check, but people like Santos, MTG, Boebert, Harris, Biden, and Trump don't. That's one of the dumbest things in U.S. politics. Do you think Santos is the first grifter that got into office? Hell, the entire Republican Party seems to be comprised of low-level con artists, plants, and Russian assets. >

Under the Constitution, the campaign is supposed to be the background check and the election is supposed to be the enforcement mechanism.
Unfortunately, dogmatic partisan politics makes everything break down. >

I think that the DNC should have uncovered all his bullshit during his campaign. I mean didn't his Democratic opponent spend a penny on oppo research? All they had to do was call the employers he listed in his LinkedIn and that would have been enough to raise a ton of red flags. I don't know if that is what you consider 'partisan politics' but it's how the world works. >

I keep hearing people say this, because they are unaware that his opponents DID uncover some of this (I doubt they had all of it, but I could be wrong), but the media as a whole ignored it, with only one small local paper picking up the story. >

Republicans have been pushing the narrative that Democrats are to blame for Santos, because that’s all they’ve got in this case. >

I can only imagine the confusion Republican voters feel when they are told to support habitual liars and con artists...but also blame Democrats for allowing those types of individuals to get into office.