comment: >
  
  Ya rly!
context: I think we need to take a DNA swab on this guy, run his fingerprints, check for passports, ID cards, and see what lurks behind any National info he has like SSN. >
  
  Minus the DNA testing, you’d think the other stuff should just be standard protocol if you are going to be in the type of position he is. I’ve had to undergo multiple background checks, drug tests, etc just to get licensed and to work in a healthcare setting. Why aren’t our government officials held to even higher standards? We absolutely need to know who they are and they should be free of any shady backgrounds before they are even cleared to run for office on a state or national level. >
  
  Silly cactus.   Do you realize what would happen if we seriously required our leadership including the person who occupies arguably the most powerful position on earth to be held to the average working person's standards for employment?  Their son-in-law wouldn't be able to make shady multi billion dollar deals.   
  .
  Last week I posted a comments similar to yours about getting things in writing and being held to the same standards the working class is held to.  I'd love to have every member of Congress apply for a regular job that requires background, credit, and security checks along with drug testing.   I suspect a whole bunch of folks couldn't get hired in nongrifting jobs.
  I'm done with my speech now.  Thank you for being such a nice cactus and listening to me rant.  :) >
  
  Your comment raises a good point. I want elected officials to pass frequent drug tests. >
  
  Several years ago there was some reporting that Washington D.C. has the highest rate of binge drinking and alcohol misuse even though members of Congress supposedly has a slightly lower percentage of reported alcoholism than the nation.  Some members have opened up about being a recovering alcoholic or addict.  I suspect those numbers are higher. I'm not interested in anyone's personal private medical struggles, but addiction could be problematic in many ways including security.  Privacy is important, but standards we all have should also apply. >
  
  No privacy allowed for public representatives.
  It's the price of being a servant of the public. >
  
  Yeah.  It does feel disingenuous when a secret alcoholic or other addict votes against programs that could help the average person who doesn't have access to financial and medical resources these folks have including keeping their job or their home.  Most of us lose our jobs which torpedoes the rest of our lives if we show up drunk or fail a drug test.  Then again full disclosure might not be a bad thing. >
  
  Watch this guy be a full blown foreign plant and the GOP give him unadulterated access to classified material because McCarthy needs the vote. >
  
  I mean we basically had 4 years of that so it's part of the plan now. >
  
  It’s a feature, not a bug >
  
  “I lie constantly”
  Ohhh?
  “—to stick it to the libs.”
  praise the lord >
  
  This footage probably came from a political tracker, a dangerous, important, underpaid, and under-appreciated position that I've done myself. >
  
  Can you provide more insight into what someone in this role actually does? I’ve never heard of it before >
  
  
  political tracker
  
  From a quick google search, its a person who's job is to follow the opposing candidate and record everything they say and do, I would presume for soundbites that can be used against them. >
  
  This is correct, and includes digital tracking, so things like podcast and radio appearances get recorded online by trackers, and all of this footage gets catalogued so people can pull it up later, like for this story. >
  
  Thank you for expanding on that.  I just did a quick search because I didn't know what a tracker was either. >
  
  He fits right in with Trump and his gang. Lying is the number one reason they attract one another! >
  
  The Republicans that don't like him aren't mad because he lied either. They are mad because he's making them look bad. >
  
  I think it would be easier to just report on the times George Santos told the truth. >
  
  Ive keep track. Here is the list...    
  1...    
  2...     
  3... >
  
  On a very cold day one time he did say "It is a bit chilly out today".  He only lies MOST of the time.  No one has a perfect record.  The truth will slip in there occasionally. >
  
  And yet if he told me the sky was blue I'd still have to go outside to check >
  
  It would honestly make me doubt the existence of the sky >
  
  
  Pro-Trump LGBTQ event
  
  Wait what? >
  
  Gays can be racist. Go look at grindr. 
  
  a gay >
  
  
  Gays can be racist.
  
  I know. What I mean is most of the Republican circus are homophobic, so how in the fack are there still a Pro Trump/Republican LGBT wing? This is like Jews for Hitler kind of shit. >
  
  They tolerate a few gays and bipoc people so they can claim they don't hate gays and bipoc people but they really do. >
  
  Yep, can confirm, my lesbian Aunt is still fully supportive of Trump. So she's "one of the good ones" to them. 
  Although she'd probably never join a gay group for Trump, that might be seen as a weakness. 
  "it's ok if you're a republican" comes in to play 
  Black republican: one of the good ones 
  Gay republican: one of the good ones
  Hollywood celebrity, but conservative: make him president! 
  Embezzling funds: smart businessman 
  Kicking puppies: helping to control the animal population
  Being a traitorous rat, following Russia's orders: great diplomat >
  
  Let me guess, she says that there are "valid criticisms" of the LGBTQ movement and will criticise other gay people for "making it their identity" or being too visibly queer? >
  
  Some of the most hateful and bigoted anti LGBT people I've met have been members of our own community. There's a lot of racism, white privilege, classism, and transphobia in the normal ongoings and community events, and there's active attempts by the wealthy whites who funded the legal side of the push for gay marriage to pull the ladder up behind them and leave everyone else behind because their marriages, and asset protections  granted by it, they believe to be safe. >
  
  I have lesbian friends that are anti-trans. It surprised me. >
  
  There's definitely an undercurrent of "they are bringing us down, don't lump us in with them" between the gay rights movement and transgender people. The idea being that trans people are just too abnormal for society in general to accept, so it makes it harder to gain any ground when you have to include them. Thankfully it's not the majority anymore, but it was the more common sentiment in the 70s-90s. Sylvia Rivera - one of the original voices of the movement and a veteran of the Stonewall riots - was pushed out by the general gay community. She did tons of advocacy work for the gay and trans community (and various other self-identifications, trans wasn't as much of a common term at the time and Sylvia herself identified using different terms throughout her life) and fought for trans youth rights, but she was discouraged from attending Pride, not allowed to speak at the event, and cut out of negotiations for trans rights in the gay rights movement. They felt that it would be harder to get a law passed protecting gay rights if trans rights were included, so trans rights were dropped and the gay rights movement carried on. 
  Now the overall LGBTQ+ community is generally more inclusive and accepting, with a lot more identities and preferences viewed on a spectrum rather than black or white it's kind of counterintuitive to exclude a group for being "too different" or whatever. But they're out there. "Drop the T" has been going on since 2015 - a movement to try to separate transgender people from the gay community. On the surface the argument is that sexual orientation and gender identity are entirely different matters and therefore need different types of advocacy and priorities. However, I've never seen any of those groups say "Trans people are great, we're just focused on our own thing" usually they follow up with a great big heap of transphobia and advocate for things like conversion therapy. It's clearly not a matter of "We can support each other while working separately" it's "I don't want you in my group because I don't think you deserve the same rights I do." >
  
  Along similar lines, folks have been trying to push for a trans-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act since the 1970's. Some of it's objectives have succeeded, but we're still not there yet.  
  And even when they tried to cut trans people out of the legislation entirely, and pushed solely for rights for LGB folks, that didn't pass, either.
  People need to remember that we stand together or we sink in pieces. >
  
  I wouldn’t be surprised to find out he isn’t even a US citizen >
  
  George Santos is starting to look completely absurd >
  
  Starting? >
  
  I know we made the “Santos doesn’t answer when called because that’s a fake name” joke during the House Speaker election, but I can’t believe we were basically right. >
  
  Oh Jesus you're right... Holy shit I didn't think about that but yeah that would explain it! >
  
  This guy is a true George Costanza. If you believe your own lies, they're not lies. >
  
  Worlds are colliding! >
  
  It’s all pipes!! >
  
  George is getting upset! >
  
  There are government forms requiring you to list your aliases or names you've gone by. If he hasn't listed Anthony Devolder on forms filled out after that event there might be penalties that don't need the Speaker of the House's concurrence on. >
  
  That mildly worded letter from the FEC is going to scare the bejesus out of him. >
  
  There are many non-election related government forms one might need to fill out, some of which are from states and some of which are from federal agencies which may not take too kindly to leaving off alias information on said forms. >
  
  This is literally a national threat in office.  It’s insane this is being allowed. >
  
  Nobody knows who this person is and he's going to hold a security clearance and will have access to classified intelligence information. 100% a national threat >
  
  That's all it takes. People like my aunt and uncle don't give a damn if a Republican is unethical or downright criminal. If they have that (R), they're automatically the most moral Christians on the planet.
  For instance, my aunt freaked the absolute fuck out when the lie was going around about Fauci experimenting on dogs. But when my sister sent her articles about Dr. Oz actually experimenting on dogs, with some suffering under cruel conditions? She didn't care. It was fake, it was blown out of proportion, other things mattered, etc. Fauci gets threats of violence from her, but Oz got a pass because of that (R). >
  
  Who IS this guy really? >
  
  Carmen Sandiego!? >
  
  Nope, Chuck Testa >
  
  Is this a Chuck Testa taxidermy reference in the year of our lord 2023? >
  
  Nope, it’s Chuck Testa >
  
  O rly? >
  
  Ya rly! >
  
  Ya rly who? >
  
  He was hoping John Barron would show up >
  
  Nobody who questioned if George Santos is actually his name was kidding. >
  
  People have been going around Reddit telling people that he used to go by Anthony Devolder for like two weeks now. There’s no way publications didn’t know about it. They’re just trickling out information for clicks. Meanwhile Nassau County is having to pull every trick in the book to make sure he’s not privy to any information here, but he’s up in Congress gaining access to even more sensitive and important information. 
  This whole thing is just fucked. >
  
  Has anyone verified that he is a US citizen? If he says he is, it's probably untrue. >
  
  There is no proof, and when reporters question election/congressional officials who is supposed to be in charge of finding proof, they all claim that it's someone else's responsibility. >
  
  The thing I’m curious about is when his parents obtained their citizenship. >
  
  Both of his parents are described as Brazilian nationals with no proof they ever obtained citizenship either >
  
  I wasn’t really into the ‘show me your birth certificate’ thing until now >
  
  For someone who lies about everything, Anthony Devolder is about the lamest pseudonym I can imagine. Was he pretending to be an insurance agent from the midwest? >
  
  Devolder is his mother's maiden name, and Anthony is his middle name.  Makes for an easy-to-remember alias. >
  
  So he maybe ran a money laundering business and then claimed he made $3.5M to $11M? That’s a huge range lmao >
  
  Is this guy in the u.s. with legit papers, or did he forge that, too? >
  
  Going down his us citizenship rabbit hole makes him seem somehow even more sketchy >
  
  After the GOP bleating about “illegals aliens” for decades >
  
  I hope he's not illegal, bc then the gop will forever have the ammo that "the illegals will take over and rule the country if we don't ban immigration!!" (they will of course ignore that it helped them will a candidate, since they don't care about hypocrisy.) >
  
  Are we sure this isn't Andy Kauffman? >
  
  Or Sacha Baron Cohen >
  
  There are gays who put their money and prejudices before their community. >
  
  cough Caitlyn Jenner cough >
  
  The whole santos saga is interesting. On one hand it’s amazing this dude was able to win an election when none of his credentials were legit. How did his opponent not find any of this out. On the other hand it shows that a large part of society doesn’t care if you’re a liar or scammer. Just as long as you an R next to your name you can’t be that bad. >
  
  They did find out and brought it to the media. Nobody chose to run it. >
  
  NYTimes chose to run it after the election when it would get more play due it being about a sitting congressman rather than a fringe candidate. 
  They were offered it beforehand by the opposing campaign. >
  
  The opposing campaign should have sued in Nassau country for proof of his identity BEFORE election day. They had months to vet the opposition and the proper process is to bring it to court before the election takes place. Tons of people dropped the ball here.
  Now he is a sitting congressman and as such it requires the federal government to self regulate (which we know it doesn't do). >
  
  Anthony Devolder sounds like a member of Voldermort's Death Eaters. >
  
  Considering what is going to happen to the majority of us once they really get control of this sinking ship, that analogy is amazingly apt I am afraid. >
  
  This has Vandalay industries written all over it. >
  
  What the fuck is a pro Trump LGBTQ event?? That's like chickens holding a pro KFC event... >
  
  the people who 
  a) gave this guy money
  b) voted for this guy
  Are the stupidest people on the fucking planet bar none. Rubes of the highest order. Apex clowns. >
  
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           The GOP is a bona fide, de facto, corporatized
                       Organized Crime Syndicate.  
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  And a cult.
  (☝˘▾˘)☝ >
  
  Anthony Devolder?  Wait.  Do you mean Anthony Zabrovsky?  Or do you mean George Devolder? >
  
  George trump. >
  
  He has at least three aliases according to wikipedia: Anthony Devolder, George Devolder, and Anthony Zabrovsky. His name is listed as George Anthony Devolder Santos. Devolder is his mother's family name.
  He claimed to be biracial, claimed to have a brain tumor. It just goes on and on with weird charity and business claims and of course the college and work experience lies. >
  
  Apparently, his real name is Tom Marvolo Riddle >
  
  At this point I want to investigate why he hasn’t been removed from office yet.  Why is this taking so long?  He could be a spy for all we know, they didn’t even do a simple background check on him. >
  
  It’s absolutely mind blowing that 1) no one including the media vetted this guy properly and 2) he is IN THE HOUSE and we have no clue who he is. >
  
  I’ll bet anything that he isn’t gay. He’s claiming to be a gay republican because being a gay republican makes him a higher profile republican and he is nothing but a pathological lying attention seeker.
  Have any men come forward claiming to be a partner of his? I’ll bet not. >
  
  His ex-boyfriend said he was batshit insane and lied about everything. >
  
  And stole his laptop >
  
  And his money, even though he’s like a decade younger than Santos
  Oh also, he was still married to a woman back when they were dating. >
  
  Which is an anagram of "I am the gay(ish) Jew(ish) Voldermort" !!! >
  
  This guy knows all the words to “Catch me if you can” >
  
  Do we know he isn’t just Sacha Baron Cohen? >
  
  release the long form birth certificate ! >
  
  Wow, this makes me wonder, is George Santos even his real name? >
  
  I don’t understand how it is so hard to purge these haemorrhoids from the asshole of American politics. >
  
  Makes sense why he didnt answer to his name when they were calling the votes for house speaker. >
  
  You know, how sometimes certain people have this look - like in their face, just naturally - of a total scumbag?
  Yeah, this here is the case study of THE look.
  McCarthy is a close second. >
  
  Where was all this shit during his campaign? >
  
  Might as well said 'George Constanza introducing himself as Art Vandelay' >
  
  Devoldermort >
  
  Wilmar Devolderama >
  
  This guy is going for some obscure Guinness world record. >
  
  if its number of lies by a public official hes got a long way to go before hes in trump territory >
  
  If you write the letters of that name in the air with a wand and then rearrange them, it spells “I am Lord Devoldemort”
  /s >
  
  Why do conservative voter still think the media is to blame for the dislike of the the Republican Party? 
  And why don’t they realize it’s the Republican Party that is digging their own grave? >
  
  People are going to lose their shit when he rips off his mask on the House floor to reveal that “he” is a Cherokee female dominatrix whose name is the number 8. >
  
  Pro trump lgbtq? >
  
  People vote against their best interest out of hate all the time. >
  
  His real name is Miguel Sanchez. >
  
  I’m a simple man, I see a Simpsons reference, I upvote. >
  
  This guy is wild and the stories just keep getting weirder.  At this rate, at some point a story is gonna come out that he’s actually the father of multiple children in Cambodia and at the same time, the head of some European cocaine smuggling cartel. >
  
  I won’t be at all surprised if his actual name is Art Vandelay. >
  
  This guy actually won an election. At this point I want to know who the GOP is turning away in their hunt for candidates. >
  
  There are pro Trump LGBTQ events! 
  I’m reminded everyday that there truely are some very stupid people on this planet. >
  
  Log Cabin Republicans have been around for a long time trying to be part of a club that wants nothing to do with them. >
  
  So they want to be a part of a group where the group participants want to see them dead!
  Are these people aware of who they are trying to support? >
  
  I like how the ‘pro-Trump LGBTQ event’ is the least interesting part of that head line >
  
  Pro Trump LGBT event? That’s like Jews for Hitler. >
  
  Oh look!  George Dantos emuloted "John Barron" aka "John Miller" aka "David Dennison" aka "Orange Clown". >
  
  Emulated >
  
  Emulsified >
  
  immolated >
  
  One day George Santos will apply for a job while claiming to have once been a US congressman, and nobody will believe it. >
  
  They should have voted him as leader of the GOP house, he represents them perfectly. >
  
  Who is Kaiser Sose? >
  
  I’m doubtful his name is George Santos at this point >
  
  “Local 5th Grade Class is shocked to learn that last weeks Spelling Bee Winner Anthony Devolder was 34 year old George Santos in a Fortnite shirt”. >
  
  A habitual liar propped up by dark money, perfect for the current GOP >
  
  This guy looks like some sort of villain from a live action Dr. Seuss film >
  
  Tomorrow we're gonna find out he never existed in the first place. >
  
  I have to get a low level security clearance for a job I’m going to be doing at work for a government client. I wonder how many lies I can tell and still get to stay in the project? >
  
  Nothing in that sentence makes sense. >
  
  Who ever ran against this guy did the worst opposition research imaginable. >
  
  Like Saul Goodman minus the brains and charisma. >
  
  The death of Harambe has set us down a frightening timeline. >
  
  That’s not George Santos. That’s importer/exporter Art Vanderlay. >
  
  Next time he's gonna be calling himself Art Vandelay and that he's an architect, marine biologist, importer-exporter, author of "Venetian Blinds", and manufacturer of latex. >
  
  No one knows his name, his background is fake, he's a criminal in Brazil, he silently dodges accountability... Wouldn't it be "crazy' if this freak is a spy from a non-friendly nation or a domestic terrorist carefully plotting to blow up Congress from the inside? You'd think they'd be a little more  concerned about background verification and references after 1/6/21..... 
  With all the online and physical actions and extensive training and plotting these groups are involved in at any given time, what do you think it would take to "sneak" a kamikaze "politician" in the House who is actually a terrorist? What if he's on a mission, completely focused and dedicated to carefully and methodically doing what he believes it will require to become the "martyr for the 'right' cause"???  No one knows who he is... >
  
  Im not actually horse, im really a broom >
  
  So.....How long until we find out he is actually 3 kids in a trench coat? >
  
  This is some wild Tom Ripley type shit >
  
  Such a weird looking little weasel. >
  
  I can’t even get a driver’s license without verification if identity. How the fuck is this even possible? >
  
  Once again republicans have elected a con man, how fucking stupid are these people? >
  
  This guy is clearly a proxy Russian asset by way of Brazil. Our govt is infiltrated, rich oligarchs are trying to overthrow democracy, and the poor are being raped by rising prices and stagnant wages.
  Something has to give. We are in a downward spiral and Americans are either going to shake off their propaganda, come together and right this ship, or submit to thier worst natures and paranoia and march foward into certain chaos. >
  
  but didn t republicans do a background check on this guy before he ran? i mean a really basic check of school and work would be enough. >
  
  Reminds me of the shapeshifter conman cricket in Futurama >
  
  George “Ron Mexico” Santos >
  
  If you're a voter and want him out - I would file a law suit. 
  If he's saying these things at a CAMPAIGN sponsored fundraiser, I would say you didn't know who you were voting for - person has multiple alias and sue, sue, sue. >
  
  ‘Tom Marvolo Riddle’
  (wand waving)
  Anthony Devolder >
  
  Worst spy ever? >
  
  Get this guy off my lawn…. >
  
  Look ok McCarthy has a razor thin majority so you can't blame him for not coming down on poor George. I mean it's just blatant lying and malfeasance so what's the big deal - these are a plus for a republican.. ok ? /s >
  
  This guy is a fucking disgrace and Republicans are still kissing his ass because he'll vote how they want.  
  It must be a fucking embarrassment to be a Republican voter LMAO. >
  
  srsly mentally ill >
  
  I think its safe to say this guy is mentally unstable >
  
  Sounds rather counterintuitive. >
  
  At least he was only there to introduce Mike Hunt >
  
  He is either Kang or Kodos but I can’t tell which one. >
  
  If this guy isn’t secretly a serial killer I’ll eat my hat. >
  
  Oh, he has 2 middle names, and those are them >
  
  The grift that keeps on giving >
  
  There will be movies about this guy’s (whatever his actual name is) giant con in the coming years. I’m absolutely STUNNED about how far this has gone. There big question is…where is it going? >
  
  I demand to see his long form birth certificate >
  
  Really makes you wonder about who voted for him… how much of a careless moron do you have to be to vote for a guy with this obvious a record? >
  
  Okay. . . Not to bring up birtherism but I think his constituents should request his birth certificate in FOIA, or whatever mechanism they can. >
  
  Maybe this is a true case of a pathological liar? >
  
  Very likely why he was very slow to acknowledge his stage name during the House Speaker vote… >
  
  He is the future. >
  
  This is gonna be one wild Netflix series in a few years. >
  
  Josh Gad is licking his chops. >
  
  Anthony Devolder-ish. Someone had to say it. >
  
  Has Biden said anything about this?  Can he make a state of the union address about this and put major heat on this guy?  This is a clear and present danger to the USA.
  Edit:
  And Bolsonaro, why is he still hiding out in our country?  Can Biden lean on that and get him extradited?
  I’m ready for some bully pulpit action to address all of the shenanigans running rampant in this country.  This is an outrage. >
  
  Oxymo. Pro-trump and lgbtq.  mmmmKAY. >
  
  I thought Trump was the biggest recorded liar ever but this guy really has got a shot... >
  
  Wait- this dude isn’t Fred Armisen in a fat suit, trolling the fuck out of the GOP?
  …he’s just so unironically stupid and detestable that it comes across as parody. >
  
  Lord Devoldermort
  His true name must be Tom Marvolo DeRiddle... >
  
  According to wikipedia his full name is "George Anthony Devolder Santos", which makes this less strange but also sorta raises more questions. Regardless, this guy should resign and not be in congress. >
  
  This guy reminds me of HH Holmes, we should check his basement for bodies. >
  
  Yes, Art Vandelay. I’m in imports/exports >
  
  A "pro-Trump LGBTQ event"?
  What, was the slogan "Slugs for salt"? >
  
  And just think... this guy's lies are probably a drop in the bucket compared to all the other shit from the conservative party members. >
  
  This guy lies like he breathes >
  
  I'm very excited for the Hulu original movie that will come out about his life, shortly after he goes to jail. >
  
  I'm sorry, did you say "Pro-Trump LGBTQ"? >
  
  And his REAL name....
  is Carlos Danger >
  
  At a what?! >
  
  Next you’ll tell me this guy isn’t actually gay >
  
  Ok I really want to see the Seinfeld movie where George runs for congress and unexpectedly wins. >
  
  Is anyone getting the feeling that he is a living breathing trial balloon for the dark times of unreason that Republicans are foisting upon society? God help us. >
  
  This "man" is obviously a sociopath.
  He should not have anything to do with deciding the fate of anyone, not even his own.
  He should seek medical attention for his illness, as it is plainly obvious he sincerely needs help. >
  
  Republican speaks, Republican lies. >
  
  Isn’t that just Kyrsten Sinema in drag? >
  
  I have gay friends who are Trump lovers. >
  
  And they said to me “Sir, he’s the best president bc he loves the gays.  Sir, he’s also way better looking than barak.” >
  
  I remember saying: they want you in a spot roast and you support them? >
  
  So, during the speaker vote when we were joking that he didn't answer to his own name being called because it was an alias, we were right? That's so hilarious and gross. >
  
  lol - I can't be the only one who actually hopes this guy sticks around.  Endless comedy and a perfect example of the modern GOP.  You couldn't dream up a better archetype of the ideal Republican Candidate. >
  
  Start calling him ,"onevote", instead of Santos. >
  
  What a schmuck >
  
  I have invented a new game. Instead of where's Waldo its whose Santos. >
  
  George Santos is gonna give Chuck Norris memes a run for the money. >
  
  You mean the Anthony Devolder who won the super bowl? >
  
  No, the Anthony Devolder that setup the first space colony on the moon. >
  
  Guarantee 💯 that those are non prescription glasses.  Bet he thinks it makes him look smart. >
  
  He is the perfect representative of the current Republican Party. The rest are just better at hiding it. >
  
  This is the Republican way of life. Lies are normal sand nothing to worry about >
  
  I heard he’s also the president of Tesla Owners Against Electrification >
  
  What is it gonna take before this turd gets flushed?? >
  
  Okay I am going to put my tinfoil hat on for a moment. I think he is actually a Russian agent that is deep in our political system. I think republicans got duped by a Russian agent. 
  That's for coming to my Ted talk. >
  
  This guy is 100% a Russian spy >
  
  This guy reminds me of that old film of a catatonic psychopath. >
  
  This guy is such a loser it’s incredible 😂 how in the fuck he has any dignity left is beyond comprehension. He should’ve resigned the day after he took his oath. >
  
  George Sanctimonious. Who does he think he is? Make his own rules and no one stopping him. >
  
  Does this guy have a lying fetish? >
  
  Like I’ve said, what’s the problem here…he’s the perfect Republican.
  They all lie,cheat and steal are untrustworthy and covet money/power. Don the fucking con was and still is their Spokesman. >
  
  JFC this guy. SMH >
  
  “Good morning. My name is Professor Roger DeSalvo, for the time being. For I use many a pseudonym, such as Jeff Goulash, Philip Switch, or Baz Ravish. For I am a grifter and this is Grifting 101.” >
  
  Exactly who is this motherfucker? >
  
  I think we need to take a DNA swab on this guy, run his fingerprints, check for passports, ID cards, and see what lurks behind any National info he has like SSN. >
  
  Minus the DNA testing, you’d think the other stuff should just be standard protocol if you are going to be in the type of position he is. I’ve had to undergo multiple background checks, drug tests, etc just to get licensed and to work in a healthcare setting. Why aren’t our government officials held to even higher standards? We absolutely need to know who they are and they should be free of any shady backgrounds before they are even cleared to run for office on a state or national level. >
  
  Silly cactus.   Do you realize what would happen if we seriously required our leadership including the person who occupies arguably the most powerful position on earth to be held to the average working person's standards for employment?  Their son-in-law wouldn't be able to make shady multi billion dollar deals.   
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  Last week I posted a comments similar to yours about getting things in writing and being held to the same standards the working class is held to.  I'd love to have every member of Congress apply for a regular job that requires background, credit, and security checks along with drug testing.   I suspect a whole bunch of folks couldn't get hired in nongrifting jobs.
  I'm done with my speech now.  Thank you for being such a nice cactus and listening to me rant.  :) >
  
  Your comment raises a good point. I want elected officials to pass frequent drug tests. >
  
  Several years ago there was some reporting that Washington D.C. has the highest rate of binge drinking and alcohol misuse even though members of Congress supposedly has a slightly lower percentage of reported alcoholism than the nation.  Some members have opened up about being a recovering alcoholic or addict.  I suspect those numbers are higher. I'm not interested in anyone's personal private medical struggles, but addiction could be problematic in many ways including security.  Privacy is important, but standards we all have should also apply. >
  
  No privacy allowed for public representatives.
  It's the price of being a servant of the public. >
  
  Yeah.  It does feel disingenuous when a secret alcoholic or other addict votes against programs that could help the average person who doesn't have access to financial and medical resources these folks have including keeping their job or their home.  Most of us lose our jobs which torpedoes the rest of our lives if we show up drunk or fail a drug test.  Then again full disclosure might not be a bad thing. >
  
  Watch this guy be a full blown foreign plant and the GOP give him unadulterated access to classified material because McCarthy needs the vote. >
  
  I mean we basically had 4 years of that so it's part of the plan now. >
  
  It’s a feature, not a bug >
  
  “I lie constantly”
  Ohhh?
  “—to stick it to the libs.”
  praise the lord >
  
  This footage probably came from a political tracker, a dangerous, important, underpaid, and under-appreciated position that I've done myself. >
  
  Can you provide more insight into what someone in this role actually does? I’ve never heard of it before >
  
  
  political tracker
  
  From a quick google search, its a person who's job is to follow the opposing candidate and record everything they say and do, I would presume for soundbites that can be used against them. >
  
  This is correct, and includes digital tracking, so things like podcast and radio appearances get recorded online by trackers, and all of this footage gets catalogued so people can pull it up later, like for this story. >
  
  Thank you for expanding on that.  I just did a quick search because I didn't know what a tracker was either. >
  
  He fits right in with Trump and his gang. Lying is the number one reason they attract one another! >
  
  The Republicans that don't like him aren't mad because he lied either. They are mad because he's making them look bad. >
  
  I think it would be easier to just report on the times George Santos told the truth. >
  
  Ive keep track. Here is the list...    
  1...    
  2...     
  3... >
  
  On a very cold day one time he did say "It is a bit chilly out today".  He only lies MOST of the time.  No one has a perfect record.  The truth will slip in there occasionally. >
  
  And yet if he told me the sky was blue I'd still have to go outside to check >
  
  It would honestly make me doubt the existence of the sky >
  
  
  Pro-Trump LGBTQ event
  
  Wait what? >
  
  Gays can be racist. Go look at grindr. 
  
  a gay >
  
  
  Gays can be racist.
  
  I know. What I mean is most of the Republican circus are homophobic, so how in the fack are there still a Pro Trump/Republican LGBT wing? This is like Jews for Hitler kind of shit. >
  
  They tolerate a few gays and bipoc people so they can claim they don't hate gays and bipoc people but they really do. >
  
  Yep, can confirm, my lesbian Aunt is still fully supportive of Trump. So she's "one of the good ones" to them. 
  Although she'd probably never join a gay group for Trump, that might be seen as a weakness. 
  "it's ok if you're a republican" comes in to play 
  Black republican: one of the good ones 
  Gay republican: one of the good ones
  Hollywood celebrity, but conservative: make him president! 
  Embezzling funds: smart businessman 
  Kicking puppies: helping to control the animal population
  Being a traitorous rat, following Russia's orders: great diplomat >
  
  Let me guess, she says that there are "valid criticisms" of the LGBTQ movement and will criticise other gay people for "making it their identity" or being too visibly queer? >
  
  Some of the most hateful and bigoted anti LGBT people I've met have been members of our own community. There's a lot of racism, white privilege, classism, and transphobia in the normal ongoings and community events, and there's active attempts by the wealthy whites who funded the legal side of the push for gay marriage to pull the ladder up behind them and leave everyone else behind because their marriages, and asset protections  granted by it, they believe to be safe. >
  
  I have lesbian friends that are anti-trans. It surprised me. >
  
  There's definitely an undercurrent of "they are bringing us down, don't lump us in with them" between the gay rights movement and transgender people. The idea being that trans people are just too abnormal for society in general to accept, so it makes it harder to gain any ground when you have to include them. Thankfully it's not the majority anymore, but it was the more common sentiment in the 70s-90s. Sylvia Rivera - one of the original voices of the movement and a veteran of the Stonewall riots - was pushed out by the general gay community. She did tons of advocacy work for the gay and trans community (and various other self-identifications, trans wasn't as much of a common term at the time and Sylvia herself identified using different terms throughout her life) and fought for trans youth rights, but she was discouraged from attending Pride, not allowed to speak at the event, and cut out of negotiations for trans rights in the gay rights movement. They felt that it would be harder to get a law passed protecting gay rights if trans rights were included, so trans rights were dropped and the gay rights movement carried on. 
  Now the overall LGBTQ+ community is generally more inclusive and accepting, with a lot more identities and preferences viewed on a spectrum rather than black or white it's kind of counterintuitive to exclude a group for being "too different" or whatever. But they're out there. "Drop the T" has been going on since 2015 - a movement to try to separate transgender people from the gay community. On the surface the argument is that sexual orientation and gender identity are entirely different matters and therefore need different types of advocacy and priorities. However, I've never seen any of those groups say "Trans people are great, we're just focused on our own thing" usually they follow up with a great big heap of transphobia and advocate for things like conversion therapy. It's clearly not a matter of "We can support each other while working separately" it's "I don't want you in my group because I don't think you deserve the same rights I do." >
  
  Along similar lines, folks have been trying to push for a trans-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act since the 1970's. Some of it's objectives have succeeded, but we're still not there yet.  
  And even when they tried to cut trans people out of the legislation entirely, and pushed solely for rights for LGB folks, that didn't pass, either.
  People need to remember that we stand together or we sink in pieces. >
  
  I wouldn’t be surprised to find out he isn’t even a US citizen >
  
  George Santos is starting to look completely absurd >
  
  Starting? >
  
  I know we made the “Santos doesn’t answer when called because that’s a fake name” joke during the House Speaker election, but I can’t believe we were basically right. >
  
  Oh Jesus you're right... Holy shit I didn't think about that but yeah that would explain it! >
  
  This guy is a true George Costanza. If you believe your own lies, they're not lies. >
  
  Worlds are colliding! >
  
  It’s all pipes!! >
  
  George is getting upset! >
  
  There are government forms requiring you to list your aliases or names you've gone by. If he hasn't listed Anthony Devolder on forms filled out after that event there might be penalties that don't need the Speaker of the House's concurrence on. >
  
  That mildly worded letter from the FEC is going to scare the bejesus out of him. >
  
  There are many non-election related government forms one might need to fill out, some of which are from states and some of which are from federal agencies which may not take too kindly to leaving off alias information on said forms. >
  
  This is literally a national threat in office.  It’s insane this is being allowed. >
  
  Nobody knows who this person is and he's going to hold a security clearance and will have access to classified intelligence information. 100% a national threat >
  
  That's all it takes. People like my aunt and uncle don't give a damn if a Republican is unethical or downright criminal. If they have that (R), they're automatically the most moral Christians on the planet.
  For instance, my aunt freaked the absolute fuck out when the lie was going around about Fauci experimenting on dogs. But when my sister sent her articles about Dr. Oz actually experimenting on dogs, with some suffering under cruel conditions? She didn't care. It was fake, it was blown out of proportion, other things mattered, etc. Fauci gets threats of violence from her, but Oz got a pass because of that (R). >
  
  Who IS this guy really? >
  
  Carmen Sandiego!? >
  
  Nope, Chuck Testa >
  
  Is this a Chuck Testa taxidermy reference in the year of our lord 2023? >
  
  Nope, it’s Chuck Testa >
  
  O rly?