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*typical Republican
I don’t understand how there isn’t a contingency for this sort of thing. If I lie on my application for a job, I don’t get to keep the job after my lie is discovered. It’s a con. >

There is, but the Republicans in Congress just do not give a damn. >

McCarthy just offered to cut the office of Congressional ethics if he becomes speaker. They don't even try to hide it. >

Lol, he didn’t get it! >

Couldn't have happened to a more deserving person. But there will be other rounds, can he still win? >

He can, but there's no obvious pathway for him to do so. He's had two months to wheel and deal and still fell 20 votes short. I don't think he's able to move the needle in the next two hours (before the next vote), and if he lost votes in the future ballots it wouldn't be too surprising. >

He doesn't have "multiple pathways to victory"? Oh wait, maybe this one is rigged too? Anyway, popcorn. >

Wishing I had bought up popcorn stocks a few weeks ago! >

A con man was president. This isn’t surprising for the GOP >

It's not a flaw; it's a feature. >

A con man won the presidency in 2016 and almost succeeded in having his brain dead supporters overthrow the government. 
Hell, can you blame the man? If Americans are this stupid, why would he pass up the opportunity? >

If I was a con artist, I'd be running for something as a Republican. >

Yea I mean if you are comfortable with public speaking, why wouldn't you? Easiest way to millions of dollars and power. Even if you lose the election, you just make a gofundme to "fight election fraud" and then sometime after some sort of crypto scam trading card thing. If you win, you could honestly do the same too >

Dr. Oz did right. He pocketed all that sweet, untraceable PAC cash. He doesn't have to worry about the responsibility of governing or legislating. And he gets to do it all again next year. >

Infinite crudités glitch with this one simple trick! >

Don't forget the Tequila!
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-That detail is what bothered me the most about this clip, what kind of person is partying hard, downing tequila shots and having a veggie tray with ranch as a snack? That is some serial killer BS right there. >

Not someone in Pennsylvania, because you can’t get liquor in a grocery store. Even Wegman’s. >

Pennsylvania's alcohol regulations are stuck in the Amish age I tell you hwat >

It is kind of shocking that he ran twice and all of this only comes out now.  Sorry, but it's a little hilarious that nobody vetted him or even checked?  It's not like he was running for city council; was running for a house spot....the house positions that Democrats wanted to gain/keep. I am not from NY so didn't really know about this until the story broke. >

"Does NassauGOP even vet?"
Yes.  And he passed by GOP standards with flying colors. >

"Appears humanlike."
Send it. >

How did Ted Cruz pass then? >

Tedcruz for Humanpresident. >

The text
By Tom Suozzi
Mr. Suozzi, a Democrat, has represented New York’s Third Congressional District since 2017. He is a former Nassau County executive and mayor of Glen Cove on Long Island and ran for the Democratic nomination for governor of New York in 2022.
Today is my last day as a member of Congress, and George Santos is about to be sworn in to take the seat I held for six years. He will take an oath to “bear true faith” to the Constitution and take this obligation without any “purpose of evasion.” I’ve lost track of how many evasions and lies Mr. Santos has told about himself, his finances and his history and relationship with our stretch of Long Island and northeastern Queens. When he is seated, it will diminish our Congress, our country and my constituents — soon his constituents. It saddens me that after 30 years of public service rooted in hard work and service to the people of this area, I’m being succeeded by a con man.
Yet I’m clinging to my sense of optimism. I believe that as slow and frustrating as it sometimes is, our democracy, our free press and the rule of law work. They have to.
I also know the voters of the Third District pretty well; they believe in the rule of law, in playing by the rules. They like authenticity in their leaders and pride themselves on having a good BS detector. The fact is that Mr. Santos’s behavior went beyond BS: He fabricated the basics of his biography to an extent that most voters wouldn’t have thought possible. The shame would be too great, right? I am certain that if the Third District’s voters have an opportunity to weigh in on his political future again, he will be gone.
But for now, there is no getting around the fact that Mr. Santos’s con game is a manifestation of a growing political phenomenon of saying or doing anything, with no automatic consequences. Whether it be far-right election deniers, personal attacks that call for violence against opponents, claims of false-flag mass shootings, extremists spouting the first thing that comes to mind and even one politician saying he could “shoot somebody” on Fifth Avenue and still not lose supporters. If we are going to subdue the tyranny of unchecked liars and their lies, then Mr. Santos must be held accountable: He must be removed by Congress or by prosecutors, because there is no indication that he will be moved by conscience to voluntarily resign.
I do not say these things lightly. Expelling a member of Congress is no easy task, and the bar is rightly high. Our country’s democracy is based on free and fair elections, the wisdom of the voters and the peaceful transfer of power. Some of my constituents even now are saying that they don’t want their vote overridden and Mr. Santos ousted.
But now we know that no one voted for the real George Santos. Sure, some candidates say and do anything to get into office and then abuse the public trust. In Mr. Santos, we have someone who abused the public trust even before he got into office; it’s mind-boggling to think what his actions and conversations will be like in Congress on behalf of his constituents.
I know from my experience as a mayor of my hometown, as a county executive and as a member of Congress that you cannot get things done without building trust with your colleagues. How can Mr. Santos be trusted? How could he be effective?
Even before Mr. Santos’s lies were exposed in the media, he showed himself to be an avatar of this age of no-consequences impunity. He ran against me in 2020: It was the middle of the Covid pandemic, he did not live in the district, and no one had heard of him. He had little in campaign funds, and during our few joint campaign appearances, all virtual, he came across as a phony. I ignored him, hardly mentioned his name and beat him by 12 points.
On election night 2020, Mr. Santos jumped on Donald Trump’s discredited “stop the steal” bandwagon. We knew on Election Day we had won and won big, but he used the Trump movement to raise funds online and attended the orientation for new members before the race was called. I was sworn in on Jan. 3, 2021, without much ado. Then we learned he attended the Jan. 6 Trump rally at the Ellipse. He went on to boast that he had written “a nice check for a law firm” to help defendants who had stormed the Capitol. (He probably didn’t even do that.) His behavior should have alerted us all, but he wasn’t taken seriously, and unfortunately, as Robert Zimmerman, his Democratic opponent in the 2022 election, has said, the press didn’t really grasp the level of his deceit. His actions and comments around Jan. 6 didn’t have the consequences they should have.
We now know more about his phony biographical information. We are appalled by his insensitive and fallacious pandering to the Jewish community. His apology tour has been cringeworthy and continues to raise more disturbing questions. We will learn more about his newfound wealth and questionable financial disclosures and campaign financing as the press, law enforcement and, ideally, the House Ethics Committee dig in. But we already know enough.
Could he be enjoying all the attention? This inexperienced newcomer who fabricated much of his life story is now better known than most members of Congress, including me. He’s becoming as well known as others who abused trust, like Sam Bankman-Fried and Bernie Madoff. Not unlike them, he appears to have conducted his finances in highly unusual, if not unlawful, ways. But I have to wonder, having seen his delight for attention and his self-regard, if he loves that everyone now knows his name — even though it’s because of yet another big lie.
The people of my district are holding rallies, signing petitions and calling on the Republican leadership to act. The district is a model for moderation, seen by most political observers as a 50-50 district with constituents who embrace a get-it-done attitude. They dislike partisanship and value tell-it-like-it-is leadership. They are now being saddled with a slippery, inexperienced liar who tells it like it isn’t. They’ve been reaching out every day to ask, “How could this have happened?” and “What can we do?” We are counting on the press to keep digging in, law enforcement to keep investigating and the political pressure to keep building on the House.
But again, I believe we will get this right. So many panicked people came to me during Mr. Trump’s presidency, fearful that his tactics would win a second term — and one with a mandate, no less. He lost. I was one of the last people in the chamber as the Jan. 6 riot intensified, and people legitimately worried that the insurrectionists would succeed. We certified the election that night, and more than 960 people have been charged. The election deniers were decisively turned back.
One of my favorite lines from the 2011 film “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” has always stayed with me: “Everything will be all right in the end. So if it is not all right, then it is not yet the end.” That’s how I feel about America right now. It’s not a naïve idea; it’s what keeps us sane and able to keep moving forward in the age of Mr. Santos and Mr. Trump. The system works — if not right away, then ultimately. It has worked throughout our history, and it will work now >


But now we know that no one voted for the real George Santos.

A perfectly logical reason on why Santos should be ejected immediately.
Although for most Republicans I know the only critical thing on the ballot was the little "R" after the guy's name and they didn't need to know one thing more than that. >

I hate Democrat complacency during midterms.  It honestly feels like our party only really gets out to vote for presidential elections and ignores the midterms. >

I think this was more true before 2016. Hillary's loss, all the judicial appointments, local governments overtaken by the extreme right highlighted the importance of the midterms and local / state races.
Trump & the Qrazies did more to energize the Dem vote than anything the Dem party have ever done >

he won't be the first or the last known con man to take office.
extradite him to brazil 
they want him for check fraud, elder abuse/fraud
sadly florida wont prosecute him for the ponzi scheme he was part of that defrauded elderly floridians. >

I can't imagine a more embarrassing, yet plausible event in 2023. A sitting member of US Congress being extradited for tax fraud. >


I believe that as slow and frustrating as it sometimes is, our democracy, our free press and the rule of law work. They have to.

And yet, they don't - see Donald Trump.  Not held accountable for any of his FALSE statements about elections - plural.  Conspiring with media outlets to be his propaganda arms (precisely what "conservatives" claim the liberals do).  
America is doomed if this is how our country "works."  People spouting fantasy to entice votes isn't something new - what is new is the absolute misrepresentation of themselves to the American people.  And a media that is too lazy or terrified or in someone's pocket to stand up in some news conference and go HEY THAT'S TOTAL BS YOU FRAUD - STOP TELLING AMERICANS THAT! 
Clearly our population is remarkably stupid, so perhaps we get what we deserve - conmen and frauds in some of the highest offices of the land.  AMERICA >


He ran against me in 2020 ... I ignored him, hardly mentioned his name and beat him by 12 points.

Maybe you should have done some basic opposition research and buried him for good.
The fact that he ran for office twice and all this stuff is only coming out now, after he won, is indicative of how milquetoast democratic campaigns are. >


The fact that he ran for office twice and all this stuff is only coming out now, after he won, is indicative of how milquetoast democratic campaigns are.

I don't necessarily disagree with this, but I prefer to actually blame the GOP for not vetting their OWN candidates instead of blaming the dems for not doing it for them. >

The GOP doesn’t give a shit. He won them a seat. They will feign disapproval and do nothing to hold him accountable. >

I mean check /r/conservative it's not even a discussion. They literally don't care. >

Bruh, they don't care about anything but woke, trans people and sometimes Musk. All they discuss. Their lead news source is a satirical paper. >

Bablyon Bee is hardly satire anymore.  Now it's just fascist appeasement day in and day out disguised as "jokes" >

Isn't that all conservative humor though? >

Indeed, I remember "The 1/2 Hour News Hour" on Fox News starting in 2007 that attempted to be a conservative version of The Daily Show but really was just "lets constantly punch down and prop up the rich" >

They still try to do that shit. Grifters like Shapiro and the like now have segments where they just look up right wing memes and laugh at them and it’s really really bad. Like so bad I don’t even know how you’d find it funny unless you just pretended to “own the libs” >

Which one? You're really gonna have to narrow that one down for us. >

It isn’t about understanding anything. They aren’t smart. They aren’t clever. It’s about willingness.
The GOP is willing to manipulate, mislead, and subvert under the guise of democracy.
Their only innovation is the speed at which they have managed to reduced the average Joe to a hallowed out carcass, the perfect hosts and vectors for their parasitic narrative. >

Yeah sorry no, Zimmerman ran a shitty campaign backed up by a shitty effort from his party. 
My mom lives in this district. I followed the election closely. I heard Zimmerman interviewed by Brian Lehrer on WNYC two weeks before the election -- for non-NYers this is a major media appearance. In half an hour of microphone time. he barely said one negative thing about Santos except that he was a hypocrite on LGBTQ rights issues. No mention of any suspicions about his wealth, his background, his experience. None at all. My wife was listening with me and we both smacked our heads hearing this interview. He would not attack Santos.  It was a bad omen of things to come, which as NY democratic voters we are all too accustomed to -- incompetence, self-dealing, and complacency are constants for the NY Democratic Party. And have been for a long long time. 
If Zimmerman knew Santos was a phony, why didn't his campaign say so? >


If Zimmerman knew Santos was a phony, why didn't his campaign say so?

It's all out now and it doesn't seem to matter.  Herschel Walker was pretty much all out there as an unqualified Senate candidate and he barely lost.
Santos will be seated and voting for McCarthy as the Speaker.  The GOP is in mild damage control because there is so little damage. >


It's all out now and it doesn't seem to matter.

As someone who lives in the district, a lot of people are in fact upset over this. This a Democrat leaning district. These allegations coming out before the election could've very easily and likely swayed the vote. >

The real story here is not that a man who lied about virtually every aspect of his life got elected.  
The real story is that no one bothered to check until after he had already won. >

In cases like this, election recalls would be useful. >

That’s a weird way to spell slightly worse than standard republican politician >

I just see it as typical republican. This one just got caught. >

Take note progressives. Just pretend to be a right wing lunatic and soon as you get elected give em the ol Chet Hanks "psyche"! Tax the rich and M4A! >

If I applied for a job and faked my credentials and lied about virtually everything, I would be summarily fired. The only reason this POS isn't is because he is useful to the GOP with its razor thin house majority, and they are so normalized to lies and beleiving lies that they can just skate on and wait for the press to die down. It's just wrong. Impeach and prosecute this slime and put him in jail. Maybe that will stop the next lying bastard from doing the same.