comment: >
  
  I am as well.
context: “Speaker Kevin McCarthy yesterday admitted to having direct knowledge of George Santos’s web of lies intended to dupe his voters into electing him, confirming reporting by the New York Times that House Republican leadership was aware of Mr. Santos’s fraudulent campaign while it was happening due to internal research that exposed his lies.”
  Crooks the lot of them >
  
  
  Crooks the lot of them
  
  From the top all the way down.  
  
  “The Times’s reporting also exposed that House Republican Chair Elise Stefanik was even more deeply involved in the scheme than Speaker McCarthy, including by endorsing Mr. Santos, fundraising for him, and assisting him in replacing his campaign team members who resigned following the revelations in the vulnerability study. >
  
  That's some consorted effort. What's the endgame? >
  
  Power.  What better way to win a swing district than by lying about everything that makes Republicans detestable and pretending to be moderate/left-ish. >
  
  Did Santos introduce his husband at any point during the election campaign? >
  
  His husband did not appear at any campaign events. He was present for photo ops afterwords, such as New Years Eve. 
  But he did talk about his husband and wear a wedding band during the campaign. >
  
  McCarthy didn’t care. None of the republicans care. 
  They all lie and cheat. >
  
  That has been the norm for them thanks to Donald Trump >
  
  Thanks to Newt Gingrich... >
  
  Thanks to Ronald Raygun >
  
  Reagan was definitely the vanguard of the modern GOP. Nixon had been far too old school/mob and didn’t have the evangelical vote and he was smart. Reagan was a buffoon even before he went soft in the head and every GOP president afterwards has been progressively worse. If people lived for centuries, Reagan would have evolved into a jelly bean eating Trump. >
  
  Reagan always had his of stories designed to make people made at government programs like the Welfare mamas buying steak.  He didn’t care if they were the exception or not true. >
  
  Unfortunately, until Republicans start turning on their own, none of this matters. They, as a whole, are corrupt and their dishonor is a plus in their eyes. >
  
  
  until Republicans voters start turning
  
  ftfy >
  
  Yep the R mentality is as Lindsey Graham put it - whatever the market will bear. >
  
  Remember when Dana Loesch said she didn't care if Herschel Walker paid to have baby bald eagles aborted and who cared if he paid a "skank" to have an abortion she wanted control of the Senate. >
  
  Here's another Santos story that broke today... Just when you think Santos can't sink any lower, he defies expectations!  That's what the GOP loves about him.
  Disabled vet accuses George Santos of swiping $3K from his dying service dog's GoFundMe >
  
  Holy crap. You couldn't imagine a more reprehensible person if you tried. 
  "Con man defrauds disabled homeless veteran's service dog's cancer fund of $3,000. Service dog dies shortly after." >
  
  Words cannot describe how much of a low life scum one has to be to commit such sick twisted and pathetic acts against helpless individuals 
  Oh wait, there is one and it’s a Republican >
  
  The thing about this that makes you want to fucking puke is you absolutely know McCarthy would be stripping Santos of his committee positions and looking at expelling him from the chamber if he were a Democrat. Be real, he would be on this yesterday with an entire monologue about how we rightfully cannot trust someone who’s entire story to the public is a fiction. But McCarthy wants his vote in a narrow majority, and a special election to fill Santos’ vacant seat would almost surely flip back to a Democrat. So McCarthy couldn’t give less of a fuck and plays the “ah, well the people elected him, what can I do?” card while he placates and basically blackmails Santos with committee assignments he has no business enjoying. AKA I know you’re a fucking liar, but vote with me and don’t rock the boat and I’ll take care of you.
  Right and wrong in the Republican Party is dead. They want power, that’s it. >
  
  They just gave him 2 committee assignments! >
  
  And one of them is the Small Business Committee! The guy with questionable financials, including working for a Ponzi scheme, who went from practically broke to being able to give his own campaign hundreds of thousands of dollars.  Yeah, seems like it's right up his alley. SMH >
  
  He'll introduce a bill to give MLMs nonprofit status. /s for now >
  
  I so sick of these party-over-country assholes >
  
  wait, "prior knowledge"?? wtf is going on with R's, larceny is a cv requirement? >
  
  I'm surprised that anyone is surprised.