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Exploiting the religious is the backbone of all politics. That’s why these useful idiots still exist
The sheer number of lies this guy told that somehow were not all over the news and social media until after the election is absolutely puzzling to me.  Everything is under a microscope all the time and yet this slips through? >

I have no idea how all this crap was found out AFTER he was elected. >

NY Times did an investigation. >

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[12/19/2022][NY] New York Republican George Santos’s Résumé Called Into Question - The New York Times

Edit: I stand corrected. This just popped up in my feed:
[12/29/2022][NY] A tiny paper broke the George Santos scandal, but no one paid attention - The Washington Post >

This is well after the election. From what I've read, they NY Times was tipped off before the election, but didn't pursue it or give it the same amount of attn as it's getting now. Now it's everywhere >

Got a source for that? Or just speculation?

Edit: This just popped up in my feed:
[12/29/2022][NY] A tiny paper broke the George Santos scandal, but no one paid attention - The Washington Post
That paper broke their story 11/06, 3 days before Santos won District 3 on 11/09. The NY Times went to press this month, on 12/19, 43 days later with a much more in-depth and well-researched piece of investigative journalism.
Yeah, I'm really going to need to see a credible source for your contention. It is much, much more likely that the NYT learned of Santos via the North Shore Leader financial disclosure story, dove in and investigated it further and then came out with their own piece of investigative journalism, than it is likely that they were "tipped off", ignored it and got scooped by the North Shore Leader. >

I read it on another thread about Santos, but it makes sense because this isn't the first time this guy has ran for public office in NY so he would have been the attention of at least some local journalists for awhile. >

Aren't most Jews in America left-leaning? >

Yup. Jews are the most solidly blue voting block in the nation after Black women.
But Republican Jews definitely exist, just like Republican trans people exist. >

I feel as if a lot of very Orthodox Jews lean right because of the rights support for Israel - Although the right only support Israel for their own ends. >

Nah we definitely lean left my guy not right. >

Just for context, the majority of American Jews are  left leaning (In the 2018 midterms, Jews were again the most Democratic group as designated by religious identity, with 79% voting for the Democrats while 17% voted for the Republicans. source.
So this is kinda a weird narrative >

Did Kanye write that title or what >

Poor wording in the article. Right-wing Jews are far from commonplace in the US (American Jews have historically been some of the most reliable fighters for civil & labor rights), however right-wingers in Israel are a huge issue thanks to AIPAC and the DMFI sabotaging Democratic primaries in favor of establishment candidates and supporting Republicans in generals (including election-deniers).
In short: Santos claiming he's Jewish wasn't about courting NY Jews, but instead about gaining foreign support from the Israeli far-right. >

Except Santos won a very very Jewish district on long Island. I'm Jewish and sadly his constituent. Yes, most of the Jews I know here consider themselves progressive and disagree with repubs on almost everything. Except for lowering taxes. The dems didn't reverse the SALT deduction cap Trump punished NY and CA with and so now everyone here is just like "OK then fuck you we will lower our taxes with these fascists I guess..." >

Amazing that some people will straightup vote for fascists purely because they hope they'll save a litle money. >

Before you get too upset, I wouldn’t believe a random Reddit reply with no citations >

American Jews are the second-most left-leaning religious opinion group, second only to atheists. >

Unfortunately that’s still 10% of Jews who vote GOP because they care more about their money than enabling actual fascists. 
The Kushners are the perfect example. Jared stood by as Trump said terribly antisemitic shit. >

It's not even that. The jews that I know are entirely single-issue voters. GOP talks a big game about supporting Israel and as long as they do that they will get a percentage of the jewish vote. >

But why do American Jews care about Israel? It’s a tiny geography that can’t possibly fit every American jew. >

I'm not Jewish, but I imagine the legacy citizenship option has got a lot to do with it.
There's a lot of prominent people stoking anti-Semitic sentiments here in the states. I bet having the option to relocate to a Jewish country relatively hassle-free has gotta be looking really appealing to a bunch of people right now.
We had literal flag-flying Nazis camped out on overpasses in the Jewish part of town a couple months ago. It's not hyperbole to say Jewish people are not safe here, and it's fucking disgusting. >

There are various reason people support Israel in the states. However, the most common conservative political reason is religious - evangelical to be specific. They believe when the Jews return to Israel, it will precede the second coming. 
There is also the bit where Israel is one of the few democracies in the Middle East, is an import US defense partner (we use their weapon designs), and holy land tourism is important in the Bible Belt. Plus people still feel bad about the Holocaust. And Israel’s survival against numerically superior neighbors has an underdog quality Americans love. >


There is also the bit where Israel is one of the few democracies in the Middle East, 

Israel is actually the only Democracy in the Middle East. It's also the only country in the Middle East where it's legal to be gay (they have Pride Parades and everything), and they even offer asylum to any LGBTQ+ Arabs who need it, including LGBTQ+ Palestinians, as Palestinians brutally murder homosexuals. In fact there was a recent story of Palestinians tracking down in Israel a gay Palestinian who had been granted asylum and brutally murdering him. >

Israel is not the only democracy in the middle east. They also are not a democracy when you consider the millions of Palestinians under their control that will never be allowed to vote. >

Is it me or do Republicans and conservatives presume that American Jews MUST be right wing? >

most, if not all, organized religions are right-wing. just different flavors of the same authoritarian soup. >

The majority of American Jews are left wing. >

Ya, but not all American Jews are religious. I'd wager that most aren't religious even. >

That's irrelevant.  Judaism is more than just a religion. >

In late November, the Daily Beast reported that Andrew Intrater — a cousin of and money manager for sanctioned Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg — gave more than $56,000 to political committees supporting Santos, who defeated Democrat Robert Zimmerman Nov. 8.
Background: 
Viktor Vekselberg is a Ukrainian-born oligarch with links to donations to both the Clinton Foundation and the Trump inaugural fund. Vekselberg, who has ties with Putin and has publicly advocated for lifting U.S. Sanctions on Russia, previously served on the board of the sanctioned Russian oil company Rosnef and reportedly holds “signicant interest” in Oleg Deripaska’s company, Rusal. Vekselberg was part of the financial conglomerate Alfa-Access-Renova Consortium alongside fellow oligarchs Mikhail Fridman, German Khan, and Len Blavatnik. He also owns the diversfied holding company Renova Group. Andrew Intrater, the CEO of Columbus Nova, which has been described as “the U.S. investment vehicle for the Renova Group,” donated $250,000 to Trump’s inauguration fund. Prior to this donation, the Trump campaign had criticized Hillary Clinton after it was revealed that the Clinton Foundation had accepted large donations from Renova Group. Vekselberg has come in contact with several individuals linked to the Trump Campaign. He attended the December 2015 RT anniversary gala alongside both Michael Flynn and Putin. He also attended a 2014 fundraising event for the Moscow Jewish Museum, which was attended by both Jared and Ivanka Trump. Vekselberg also has ties to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross due to a 2014 partnership with Renova Group involving the Bank of Cyprus; Renova Group is currently the largest shareholder in Bank of Cyprus, while Wilbur Ross served on the bank’s Board for several years before becoming Secretary of Commerce. >

All Georgie wants for his birthday is Sarah Huckabee Sanders popping out of a cake wearing his grammas mumu doing a belly jiggle for him. 
Georgie idolizes liars like other people idolize athletes or celebrities. >

People should start putting 'George Santos' in quotes, because that is probably not his real name >

"Santos"
Jew-ish. >

What even drives a human to public office in such a way? I want whatever endorphins this guy is getting, Stat! >

"In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women." 
He's trying for step 2. >

Tony understands >

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Whoever wrote this is just trying to stir up more antisemitism >

Good old MSNBC conflates Israel with all American Jews. >

Which is a classic antisemitic trope, that all Jews are more loyal/care more about Israel than about their own home country.
Plus the modern Left-wing antisemitism of "American Jews deserve what they get because Israel treats Palestinians badly, therefore no Jews can be victims, all Jews are aggressors". >

Absolutely. My family background is solid Ashkenazi. Maybe a few thousand generations back we came from the Levant. >

It tells even more that we are only finding this out after he got elected.  Quite the vetting process the GOP has going. >

And the Dems?  Where was their opposition research? >

And the local papers. Long Island is within the the area of interest of the New York Times.
Dems apparently saw irregularities but didn’t think he would win and didn’t really push it or keep digging. In a tightly contested congressional election where every seat counted for control of the house, that’s insane. >

wait until you see what else he's exploited >

George Santos said he was Jewish pre-election win. When confronted with his lie after his win, he said, “I never said I was Jewish. I said I was Jew-ish.” >

This is real election fraud. >

This is an awful take.  It looks like someone is trying to make this situation fit their narrative. >

Politics — the only job that doesn’t require a background check! >

You guys just blamed the Jews for this guy. Fucking amazing. 😭🤣 >

This title seems, pretty hateful... >

It is. Don't let anyone tell you antisemitism isn't a problem on the Left too. >

Yeah, this is a way to turn a solid, reliably Democratic voter bloc into single issue voters. 70% of American Jews have friends or relatives in Israel, it's not a great look when the left continually empathizes with the democratically elected government who's stated goal is to ethnically cleanse their friends and family. >

To be clear you're talking about Hamas's goal to kill every last Jew in Israel, correct? >

Correct, as stated in their official charter. >

Surprised this hasn't been deleted. >

Ikr?? Clearly antisemitic, the title alone is disgusting. >

"Extreme political agenda of the Jewish right?" 
Who let Hitler himself work for MSNBC? >

Look, Bob at the editing desk was overworked and he didn't notice that Adolf slipped in his own screed with the rest of the mornings copy. Adolf was ONLY supposed to be a gopher getting coffee and schnitzel >

It's kinda like the unwavering suport from New York's Hasidim to Trump. It blows my mind. >

Damn lots of antisemitic dogwhistles in that article >

Religion is a curse on this world.