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  Blatant dishonesty, devoid of morals, complete absence of shame, a reported criminal background, and continued denial, what-aboutism and gaslighting.    Yup, he's a Republican.
context: There simply couldn't be a better Poster Boy for what the republican party has become. Is this the kind of 'quailty canditate' that Mitch McConnel was referring to in the mid-terms? >
  
  I think Herschel Walker might still have this guy beat, especially when he waved that toy police badge on the debate stage. Or maybe Rudy Giuliani dripping hair dye while spouting fraud lies at Four Seasons Total Landscaping across from the dildo shop. Or maybe Dr. Oz and his decades of scamming people with miracle cures.
  Ugh, it’s so hard to choose! >
  
  Those other guys are old.
  This guy is part of the future of the party.
  In the 1980s when Reagan and Bush told lies to their base to win over voters most of the party elite knew the lies for lies but liked the sound bites and power.
  Then you had a generation of people who started to form that believed the lies.  Examples are people like Paul Ryan in the US and Stephen Harper in Canada.  Kevin McCarthy is in that lot too.  But those guys could only have power with a base that believed even more outrageous lies.  You can't just come out and call someone like Obama the N word (as Lee Atwater so correctly understood) you needed mobilize the racists without being overtly racist. You need to mobilize people who believe nonsense because without them you have no party, but you need the crazies to vote, because people who understand anything about policy aren't voting for a party with fundamentally anti-reality views. 
  And now we see the second generation. Marjorie taylor geene is the leading edge of it but now you've got people like boebert cawthorne and Santos as the next generation, to them there's no such thing as lying because calling out lies is something only the woke left does.  Truth and facts can't exist when you have been through an entire education system from k-universities that teaches future representatives and think tank goons to believe shit that isn't true. 
  What to do about these nutcases is going to be the problem. >
  
  To be fair a host on Fox News grilled Santos on his lies. She asked how his constituents can trust him to represent them and he immediately tries to "what about the democrats!" but she wasn't having it. He was giving her the death glare by the end of the interview, it was glorious >
  
  The Tulsi Gabbard interview… crazy stuff there! >
  
  Is she just mad that he’s now the highest paid Russian asset? lol >
  
  As if this guy would be a valuable asset? >
  
  Compensated with high fives and little gold stars >
  
  Well, he does need to explain how he made $55,000 in 2019 but received a huge influx of cash in 2020, of multiple millions of dollars. Daddy Warbucks he isn’t. 
  He also has that felony warrant in Brasil to deal with if it’s still active. >
  
  Shout-out to Jason Torchinsky from Jalopnik and The Autopian.  The first time I'd ever heard of George Santos was last year when Jason called him out for lying about how much he was paying for gas.  Then a year later it turns out the guy was lying about everything. >
  
  Shit I think I remember this. I just don’t understand. Did he run unopposed?? >
  
  Nope. The NY Dems fucked it up. >
  
  What about the Primary though? Who ran against him there? >
  
  From a quick google, Dems spent $3 million and Republicans about $58k. The Republican super pac donated millions to the neighboring races but not his. The primary for republicans in 2020 AND 2022 were canceled, which is pretty common for republicans since 2016. He simply had no significant opponent for 2 elections. Many states literally canceled their Republican primaries for Trump to advance, especially in 2020. It’s their strategy for unity in the party and it seems to work well.
  He only got 142k votes which was 22k more than 120k from Zimmerman. LOTS of people just don’t vote which is a country wide problem. Our country is like. 55-75% “Democrat,” but democrats and specifically younger people who heavily lean democrat don’t vote. There was over 100k people who voted in 2020, making the Democrat win, but they didn’t show up in 2022 which lost the seat. >
  
  That's crazy. So really it wasn't either party that won this. It was highly lazy voters that lost it. >
  
  Welcome to America. >
  
  
  The Times uncovered records in Brazil that show Santos was the subject 
  of a criminal investigation there in 2008 over allegations that he used 
  stolen checks to buy items at an clothing shop in the city of Niteroi. 
  At the time, Santos would have been 19. The Times quoted local 
  prosecutors as saying the case was dormant because Santos had never 
  appeared in court.
  
  So now that the Brazilian authorities know his whereabouts, should we expect the next headline over the coming weeks/months to be, "Prosecutors in Brazil reopen investigation into Republican Rep. George Santos"? >
  
  Wait this is real??? >
  
  It's an interesting tale that deserves more attention. I'm not sure he has denied it. At least not yet. It's an unfolding story, so stay tuned. >
  
  He flat out denies it.. "I have never been wanted in any jurisdiction, here in the US or otherwise." >
  
  I'm actually impressed with the way this POS has drawn scrutiny so quickly.  He's not even sworn into Congress and there's an investigation into him.  That's a record even by GOP standards. >
  
  Maybe this should have happened before the election? >
  
  Idea: the FBI is legally required to do a background check of each candidate polling above some threshhold (maybe 10%?), releasing the results of their investigation at least two months before the election (so if the investigators themselves are biased / compromised, we'll have plenty of time to realize it before voting starts). >
  
  I don't think we want to make polling part of the legal election process.  Because then polling will be gamed as well. >
  
  I just saw his interview with Tulsi Gabbard. He doubled down on some of his lies about working at Goldman Sachs. He said that the American people wouldn’t understand what he did with the financial companies. 
  Lied about his education. 
  Lied about his work experience. 
  Lied about being Jewish. 
  I don’t know if he is lying about being gay, but he has previously divorced a woman. >
  
  He's Jew-ish
  I can't believe how dumb the gop has gotten.  And when I thought it couldn't get worse, they prove me wrong. >
  
  Incredible he won.  There’s no rock bottom with the GOP.  It’s just an endless unempathetic pit. >
  
  The person on the Zimmerman campaign that was supposed to perform opposition research had one job and they failed. >
  
  They went to the media before the election and got ignored anyway >
  
  Do you really believe that they couldn't find a journalist who wanted to break the "congressional candidate is lying about their whole life, basically" story?
  sounds like a bullshit CYA move >
  
  The whole thing is weird. This was a Dem leaning district too. While dems are notorious for not voting, we showed up this year. There are some odd voting results in odd places. >
  
  Funniest comment I've heard on this was from an earlier thread in this sub, I don't have the username but I loved it so I'm gonna repeat it: Someone else named George Santos should go to his swearing in and insist that they're the real George Santos and should be the one taking the oath. >
  
  As long as they are a Republican. >
  
  They should SAY they are republican and then switch parties. >
  
  Republican-ish. >
  
  Nice one >
  
  Just saw a tweet of his from the summer saying his mom died on 9/11
  Then before xmas he tweeted his mom died 5 years ago on Dec 23
  That poor woman.... >
  
  She died twice?! Damn. She has bad luck. >
  
  She was cosplaying Jesus >
  
  The Republican response to all of this has been funny to watch. MTG clearly demonstrated that she does not care at all about lying, while she was, ironically, accusing the Democrats of not caring about lying.
  She said Democrats do not care about lying and that they are only attacking Santos because he is the first openly gay Republican elected to the House. She then went on to say that she is looking forward to working with him and is interested in learning how he will legislate.
  In typical Republican fashion, she accuses the Democrats of the exact thing she is actually doing right in front of our faces as she is speaking. And, their base are so clueless they cannot even connect the dots. It is mind-numbing. >
  
  They couldn't connect two quarter sized dots on a fucking post it >
  
  They couldn't connect the dots if they were actually working on a connect the dots puzzle complete with numbers.  With the little perforated line that shows where the connections are.  And the line already traced by a five-year-old who solved the puzzle for them. >
  
  5 minutes into the investigation:
  His actually name is Larry Krapowski.
  His job for the last 15 years was as a Subway sandwich artist.
  He is a registered sex offender in 5 US states.
  He has a glue addiction.
  He is wearing his Dad's suit. >
  
  He is actually 3 kids in an overcoat >
  
  And... what is your account.... number? >
  
  Uh, seven. >
  
  ...seven?!!!! >
  
  Try eight. >
  
  Thank you for perfecting an important childhood memory <3 >
  
  He committed fraud. He gained a valuable position by lying. He has admitted to it. >
  
  He was forced to admit it. It's not because he wanted to. >
  
  Who knows what might come out if we apply a bit more force? >
  
  Probably a little bit of mayonnaise. >
  
  Follow the money.  He lied about everything else, probably lied about money too, which matters. >
  
  It only matters if he stole from people who are richer than him, and if those vile rich republicans want him to be charged with crimes. They may be content with having a completely obedient wealth-submissive in Congress that will hurt the people Christians want to hurt. >
  
  Awesome…. But can they actually do anything about it? >
  
  What law(s) did he break?  
  I don't think he should be sworn in, but I'm honesty curious if there are any laws on the books that he broke. >
  
  If he lied on his FEC filing documents, that would be perjury, which I believe is classified as a felony.  His financial disclosures in particular seem very suspicious. >
  
  He had a big pile of money appear out of thin air AND he's wanted for check fraud in Brazil. >
  
  Latest is there is a connection to Russia with that money.
  Gee what a surprise. >
  
  Sauce? I thought I read that it is as dark money from some superpac bur I can never remember what I read or hallucinated these days >
  
  $56,000 out of Russia immediately before he began calling Zelenskyy a fascist dictator. >
  
  Imagine risking it all for 56k lmao >
  
  Eh, to be fair there were millions more from the PAC. >
  
  The GOP is between a rock on an hard place on this one. Santos has lied a about less things than Trump. >
  
  
  Santos has lied a about less things than Trump.
  
  Give the boy time. >
  
  I think trump has to hold some sort of lying world record. Google says 30574 lies in his 4 years in office. 21 lies per day 7 days a week. >
  
  And he was golfing like 5 days per week. >
  
  How did he find time for all the grifting with such a busy schedule!? >
  
  The poster child for the new GOP. Pls notice McCarty’s silence during this - he is so desperate for votes that he will defend this sheister . >
  
  *McCarthy >
  
  Thank you >
  
  What about the tidbit that his $700,000 "loan" to his campaign actually came from the cousin of a Russian Oligarch (one VERY close to Putin).   (Especially suspect as he was twice kicked out of his apartments for not paying rent only two years before).    Seems like that deserves a LOT more coverage. >
  
  How the hell he when from making average income to seven figures 🤔🤔 >
  
  At what point can the case be made he defrauded voters? >
  
  That's a tough, maybe impossible, case to make.  But did he defraud donors?  That could potentially be much easier.  Did he lie on some paperwork that it's illegal to lie on?  Don't know, but it certainly wouldn't surprise me. >
  
  
  He was scheduled to be sworn in next Tuesday
  
  “I solemnly swear (giggle) to uphold the Constitution (guffaw) of the United States of…Whateverthefuck this is. I’m sorry guys, yeah I’ll sign whatever, just GIMMIE THE MONEY!” >
  
  Kevin needs every vote he can get, he's not going to do anything to reduce his chance of being speaker. >
  
  Laughs in Matt Gaetz YOU AINT GOT THE VOTES >
  
  
  Federal campaign records show that he loaned his campaign more than $700,000, but the source of that money has yet to be explained. >
  
  
  The Republican has admitted to lying about having Jewish ancestry, a Wall Street pedigree and a college degree, but he has yet to address other lingering questions — including the source of what appears to be a quickly amassed fortune despite recent financial problems, including evictions and owing thousands in back rent.
  
  Follow the money man. He has a history of financial crime (forged checks in Brazil) so I’m sure if authorities or a journalist or two dig into his finances we’ll find some shit. >
  
  The woman I was living with got a job with a huge company. World class golf course, the whole town was part of the company. Unbeknownst to me, she fibbed on her resume. She was immediately terminated, and i will never get to play Whistling Straights. >
  
  Kohler? In Sheboygan? >
  
  Yeah, she was gonna head up a whole department or something in Toronto. They fired her at the three-month-minus one day. It sucked large. >
  
  Time to reboot the "head of lettuce" countdown timer. >
  
  Nah. As an elected politician, he's almost indestructible.  That goes double for Republicans. >
  
  And I'm sure he'll be given automatic membership in the Empty G Space Laser Club >
  
  Incredible how there was zero opposition research on this guy prior to his election, no did the media question him at all.
  Meanwhile, every progressive fighting for union rights and workers' wages has to deal with the full ire of the media and millions of dollars of corporate and foreign PAC money being funneled to their opponent. >
  
  He is actually frank abignale sr >
  
  Two mice, fell into a bucket of cream... >
  
  I had thought Trump was the “parody but real” candidate, but holy shit this is worse. 
  It seems like the guy lied about virtually everything. His ethnicity, his religion, his education, his career, his wealth, his charity, his real estate — he even tried to claim his mother died on 9/11 despite her actually dying in 2016. 
  And these arent little embellishments, as he’s since claimed. His mother was not a Jewish refugee. He is a catholic, not a Jew as he has claimed. The universities he said he attended have no record of him. Nor have the places he says he worked; in fact we know now he worked at a call center for Dish Network at the time he claimed to have been an associate asset manager at CitiGroup (a division which had closed years before, btw). His parents didn’t own rental properties. He held one fundraiser for charity and ran off with the money.  
  I’ve never seen anything like this in my life. Maybe others have tried but this dude actually got elected! I know they don’t want to eat into their lead but not even the GOP can let this guy take office. He’s going to be indicted, probably on a ton of shit. >
  
  Santos L. Halper >
  
  On the off chance this goes poorly for him and he is forced to vacate his seat, what is the process for replacing him? Is there a special election with a Democratic candidate or is it considered a “won” seat for the GOP? >
  
  Two separate processes for House and Senate vacancies. If its a House seat, the Governor calls for a special election IF it's within the first year of the Congressional term. If it's within the second year of the Congressional term, the Governor leaves the seat open until the next election. 
  If it's a Senate seat that is vacated, the Governor gets to appoint anyone that they want to fill the seat.
  In the case of Santos, if he were to resign before December 31, 2023 the Governor of New York would have to call a special election to fill his seat. >
  
  George “Costanza” Santos >
  
  "just remember, it's not a lie if you believe it" >
  
  As a former republican, this party has transformed into a vortex of anti democratic thugs, frauds, and criminals. >
  
  A party that takes zero responsibility. A party that embraces whatever narrative fits their motives. A party who turns a blind eye at truth for party gains. This is the embodiment of the Republican Party. The GOP is a pool  of deceit ,  with smoke and mirrors. >
  
  It'll be interesting to see some rocks being turned over on this guy and watch the worms wiggle. >
  
  George Santos survived when his commercial passenger jet crashed on a remote island in the tropical Pacific. Mr Santos and the other survivors worked together in an attempt to stay alive. George discovered many mysteries about the island. It was a place of supernatural wonders and grave perils. Among the oddities and menaces that George discovered were a mysterious hatch, the occasional appearance of ominous black smoke, a population referred to as “the Others,” and the bunkers of scientific researchers who appear to have recently occupied the island. >
  
  This story has me lost. >
  
  Sounds like a fringe event. >
  
  Jesus. 
  Lie about taxes, business dealings, affairs, lobbying, y’know things that are private and difficult  to prove. Like normal politicians. 
  Who the flying fuck lies about check notes attending a university. That seems like it would take a whopping 5 minutes worth of database browsing to verify >
  
  Whoever's bankrolling this chump is not going to get their money's worth; he is in way over his head. >
  
  They just needed a butt in a House seat with an R next to his name to vote for McCarthy as Speaker, so they can block all Democratic legislation and launch approximately 139784328974352897534278053247890 investigations into Hunter Biden's dick picks. >
  
  This character people voted for (I have no idea who the real person is) smells like a manufactured candidate:  jewish, gay, white, immigrant.
  It's as if someone ran an experiment to see if Americans in a district can be "tuned" to vote for a caricature, and then go find one to fit.  And if you can't find one, make one. >
  
  This con man is dangerous- he would sell out the USA in a heartbeat and imagine if a foreign government trapped this guy (which would be easy because he a liar and fuckin greedy con man) and made him a puppet and really showed him what power looks like - he will put a lot of people at risk. I hope the system works and we can stop him from being seated or expose him and make his life a living hell >
  
  His opponent in the election brought light to all thos guys fabrications... And republicans still voted for him. They'd rather vote for a fraud who lies to their face then vote for someone who cares about the country but has different ideals. >
  
  Can we please start calling him by his real name, which is of course Baby Fat Fred Flintstone? >
  
  How did his opponents not catch this? Or reporters covering this district? >
  
  I think I can answer that. Long Island has, effectively, no local political reporting. It’s major regional newspaper and TV news (Newsday and News12) are owned by the billionaire Dolan Family who are big time Republican donors. 
  Failure of opposition research is a big problem here but these are also the stories best uncovered by local beat reporters who know the districts. That simply doesn’t happen anymore. >
  
  Did his sudden cash have to do with Russian aid? >
  
  The house should do the right thing and refuse to seat him. But we know republicans won't do that. >
  
  But the Dems could force it to a vote and make them vote publicly to seat him. It would be a good test of Mcarthy's power (or whichever douche gets to be the cat herder as Speaker). >
  
  Armin Tamzarian! Is that you? >
  
  Up yours, voters! >
  
  Oh, how the turntables... >
  
  I have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable thing he's actually done. >
  
  Why does George Santos look like a Marco Rubio in training? >
  
  He lied about his mother being killed in 9/11. >
  
  From the AP: “Federal campaign records show that he loaned his campaign more than $700,000, but the source of that money has yet to be explained.”
  From Daily Beast: “Santos, who in 2020 reported holding no assets and a salary of $55,000 from a vice president position at a financial company called LinkBridge, appears to have suddenly come into substantial wealth, claiming a net worth of as much as $11.5 million on his 2022 financial disclosure. Almost all of it came through the newly formed Devolder Organization, which the 34-year-old says paid him between $1 million and $5 million in dividends along with another $750,000 in salary.” 
  The man went from very little to no money to millions? Something is VERY wrong with this… >
  
  Dark money, made man..
  GOP prerequisite .. >
  
  Someone has to do something. This is quickly becoming the Wild West…. Lie, cheat, steal, do what you want since there are no consequences anymore. >
  
  Considering how much he lied even for a politician surprised they have not tossed out yet. The Balls in the republicans court now will they actually toss him because he lied or keep him to keep their slim majority >
  
  Power and control - Party over Country... anything to get elected and keep a majority in the House.  No ethics in the Republican Party - none. They are snakes, liars and cheats.  If McCarthy had a backbone and cared... he wouldn't seat this fraud. >
  
  Every politician needs ethics.  This one has none when lying to his voters. He can’t serve as an example of how to live a good honest life. >
  
  He’s a high school dropout. >
  
  This lying sack of shit. “I never said I was Jewish, I said I was ‘Jew-ish’”.