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  Yep, I just posted basically the same thing you said.  These "toads" have watched many other politicians (like Trump) lie and get away with it for so long, that this is just normal now and they know there isn't much anyone can do about once they get elected.
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  “I never claimed to be Jewish,” Santos said. “I said I was `Jew-ish.'” >
  
  Holy shit that's an actual fucking quote. 
  Santos now says that he’s “clearly Catholic,” but claimed his grandmother told stories about being Jewish and later converting to Catholicism. “I never claimed to be Jewish,” Santos said. “I am Catholic. Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was `Jew-ish.'” >
  
  
  Santos now says that he's "clearly Catholic"
  
  If there is a single shred of decency left in our society this asshole will be forced to quit. >
  
  What makes you think they wouldn't turn around and re-elect him in the special election? He's proven himself to be a pathological liar incapable of shame or decency, that's literally what conservatives clamor for. >
  
  The district he won was a D+10 district in New York City.  The reason he won is because he was able to attract voters from multiple demographics who believed his rhetoric that he was a gay, Jewish, Latino with a great college education who was an investment banker who wanted to bridge the ideological divide.
  He packaged a lie and managed to keep people from discovering it until he was already elected. >
  
  As someone living in this district I think the reason he won was largely because Zeldin was at the top of the ticket and drew heavy republican turnout while democrats in the district didn’t come out for Hochul. I doubt most voters knew anything about Santos other than him having an R next to his name. >
  
  I drive around northern LI sometimes and I saw a ton of Zeldin ( and Santos, in the GN area) lawn signs.  I know Democrats rarely use these signs but there was an overwhelming amount of campaign signs for Zeldin.  
  I thought GN is a Jewish area, with a growing Asian population.  Doesn't make sense that they would vote MAGA.  Then again I never thought Trump would be elected and here we are. >
  
  Yeah same here there were a ton of Zeldin and Santos signs everywhere but very little for Hochul or Zimmerman. It’s like the democrats weren’t even trying. I don’t think our district was even polled despite being a battleground. >
  
  You do this with any other job and you get fired. >
  
  Except when you're a judge on the Supreme Court. >
  
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  So do Squee and PJ. >
  
  And Donkey Dong Doug >
  
  And Brocolli Rob >
  
  And boofin’ Moose >
  
  Lie.
  Cheat.
  Steal. >
  
  Kill. 
  Win. 
  (Everybody doin' it) >
  
  Always upvoting RTJ references >
  
  
  He told WABC, “I want to make sure that if I disappointed anyone by resume embellishment, I am sorry.”
  
  You can prove it by stepping down immediately. >
  
  Yeah that's a bit more than embellishment >
  
  Yeah embellishment is calling yourself a sanitation engineer when you're a garbage man. He didn't embellish. He lied. These were not lies of exaggeration, or lies of omission. These were outright fabrications not based in his reality in any way. Unfortunately, for the GOP, Trump has normalized just ignoring the critics when you get caught lying. I'm a little surprised Santos admitted it. McCarthy probably told him he had to if he wanted any future in the GOP.