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Um… MTG has already spoken. She real mad that new-Con Tulsi was so hard on the freshman.
Top Republicans don't give a shit. Look at Trump he's lied the whole 4yrs in office, and they are still considering him a candidate for 2024. >


“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.’”

At this point, I think it's safe to say republicans take lying as a point of pride. Of course they aren't going to call out their own—they're just going to try to outpace him by telling more lies >

Authoritarians, whether individuals (like Trump) or as groups (like today's Republican party) value the use of lies, especially obvious lies, because they serve as "loyalty-detectors".  If your followers listen to you lie and then nod their heads enthusiastically, then you know you've got them. >

100%. I understand that in Japanese they have a word for such people: baka, bakaru. Meaning - someone who is willing to say a donkey is a horse. Broader meanings - a yes-man/enabler, an idiot.
There's a bit of cultural history behind it which I'll undoubtedly fub. But it's based on this exact kind of authoritarian loyalty test, and is a fun little rabbit-hole to google. >

Thanks.  I'll have a look.