comment: >
  
  Republicans = chaos and confusion
context: Katko’s “Do they defend someone they know has made several material misstatements about his background? Or do they cut him loose with a razor-thin majority?” Katko added, calling it a “no-win situation.” Is emblematic of the problem. 
  Of course they should cut him loose. What difference does the thickness of the majority make when you’re talking about morals, ethics and fraud?  He defrauded the voters.  It’s not a “no win” to do the right thing, unless you’re in Republican circles where the rule seems to be “do whatever it takes to hold onto power”.  Screw the voters. >
  
  Anything they should do they'll do the opposite. >
  
  Calling it now.  They let him vote, he votes for McCarthy, McCarthy slow rolls any inquiry and they tell Fox News this is for the voters to sort out in 2024.  
  They are ALL Santos , he just is the one in the spotlight. >
  
  well, if gets indicted and hopefully convicted for the "monetary discrepencies" that will likely change things . . . >
  
  they really really need to jump on this now before he is seated otherwise it will be too late. >
  
  This seat should have been an easy win for Democrats - if someone would have done their job in running a campaign correctly, basic opposition research.
  But then again, I'm in Texas - and the scumbags that do vote far outweigh the idiots that don't...the "both parties are the same" is strong, and "they never do anything for me", say the people who have never voted nor plan to. >
  
  After "grab them by the pussy" failed to nix a candidate, nothing's a sure bet anymore. >
  
  I still SMH about mocking the disabled reporter.  These people have no scruples. >
  
  Twenty bucks says he ends up on the Ethics committee >
  
  hey he might even lead it >
  
  Is Santos Jewish or Catholic?  Gay, bi, or straight?  He admitted he didn’t graduate from college. He doesn’t have the work experience he claimed. He may be a criminal. He might not be a US citizen. He IS a Republican. The conservatives can now shut up about gender. >
  
  Is he married, divorced?  Seriously this is nuts >
  
  Depends. Has his US citizenship gone through? >
  
  Is he subject to deportation (or extradition)? >
  
  Nobody knows with this guy. But he could’ve possibly married a US citizen that is a female in order to gain citizenship. >
  
  Marriage fraud is a federal crime.
  Obviously it happens all the time, but if it's provable, you're fucked. >
  
  Ask Melania Trump how fucked you are if you commit marriage for immigration fraud as a protected Republican stooge. >
  
  They're still married, aren't they? >
  
  Someone with a spine and ounce of integrity: "Santos is untrustworthy, unethical and not part of the Republican caucus."
  Kevin McCarthy: silence, then watered down diatribe against media and democrats as directed by freedom caucus. >
  
  Kevin McCarthy is an invertebrate. >
  
  From the article: 
  "But one Republican familiar with the discussions said Santos has told New York party leaders that he won’t seek reelection after this term."  
  Making a deal with party leaders that if they give him a pass this time, he promises he will step down after one term: they think that he'd be telling the truth NOW? 
  Cheap delay tactic, knowing the public will forget and also have bigger fish to fry by the time 2024 rolls around.  
  How about a list of all the things Santos has said that ARE true? It would be shorter. >
  
  Step aside to run for president… >
  
  Santos should hold a press conference with a bunch of empty files and announce he’s throwing away his old life. Works like a charm. >
  
  Trump took the empty files and pretended it was his health care plan. Another scheme foiled. >
  
  And here the Dems kicked out Franken for some false accusations by a Republican operative. >
  
  Can contact with a putrid dollop of goo really be called crashing? >
  
  r/rareinsults >
  
  Not surprising, given the GOP's already slim majority in the House. >
  
  what difference does it make if they have 222 or 221? >
  
  Well, it determines how many defectors on votes the GOP can afford, and for McCarthy in particular, how many votes he can afford to lose in the speakership vote. >
  
  The GOP is so corrupt that every day is a new scandal, a new crime, a new falsehood, something immoral, something dickish, ... It's non-stop wtf. 
  And that's just the people at the top. Their fanbase is a whole other head scratcher. >
  
  Butterymales >
  
  Laptop >
  
  "Senior GOP strategists are spinning Santos's claim that he can perform 'sick rail grinds' by saying the besieged Republican was misquoted, and that he in fact told reporters he 'believes the American rail industry to be beleaguered with "grinding" regulations."
  "Yes, that should do it," McCarthy told reporters. >
  
  “Can you do one of those grindy thingys on that rail?” >
  
  r/UnexpectedScottPilgrim