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  What other things do you have in mind?
context: He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just "made some mistakes". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off. >
  
  Mistakes-ish. >
  
  Mistakes-adjacent >
  
  If people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his "own" money to his campaign. Covered here.
  
  Santos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.
  His FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.
  
  This loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.
  He's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well. >
  
  He may not even be a US citizen. (Take that, birthers!) >
  
  Doesn't our government check for citizenship status when you file to run for office? It really seems like it should be someone's job to at least vet that before an election.
  If Santos isn't a citizen, the god damn balls to run for office is incredible. It seems like this dude has spent the last 2-3 years making some great lies pay off for him. And like Trump, decided to draw WAY TOO MUCH attention to himself. >
  
  Idk how it is when you apply to run for office, but on most forms the deepest they get into checking your citizenship is making you check a box saying that you are. >
  
  The Dems really needed to do some better opposition research. >
  
  The Dems did their research and shopped it around to several local papers before the election , but none of them would publish. >
  
  Which would be an excuse if it were 1962. It's 2022. Put it on Twitter or Facebook.
  Have a sympathetic voter sue him for improper ballot access since he's maybe not a citizen. >
  
  Especially in the times of "leaked from an anonymous source" >
  
  Any other job, you would lose for lying on your resume >
  
  Standards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law. >
  
  It's not that they are above the law.  It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.
  What we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing).  Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.
  On paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos.  It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.
  Now, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. >
  
  Move quicker on this one please >
  
  At the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033. >
  
  "We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea" >
  
  Why are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates? >
  
  “He slapped your mom, ridiculed your lifetime sports team, did your wife, and kicked your dog. 4K HD video with identifying tattoos of him no lubing an underage sheep. But he’s the only Republican running for the seat.” >
  
  There no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now. >
  
  We really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his "alternative facts" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer. >
  
  It's weird.  The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics.  Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation. >
  
  It *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. 
  Trump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP. >
  
  Flood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit. >
  
  "How did all these clowns get into our clown party" - Republicans, probably >
  
  Nah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party. >
  
  If he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired.  
  So a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress?  
  Tells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die…. >
  
  The lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment. >
  
  He was involved in a company that is being investigated for being a straight up ponzi scheme. My guess is that he got his cash from there. >
  
  
  But despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….
  
  Sounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes >
  
  $10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name. >
  
  It's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons. >
  
  What this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for… >
  
  First order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he? >
  
  Good. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. 
  But it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?
  GTFO >
  
  What are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute. >
  
  He looks like Slappy from Goosebumps >
  
  Even if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit. >
  
  Tulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great. >
  
  Are we sure that's even his real name at this point? >
  
  The thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party. >
  
  I don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits.   A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented.  
  This should be everyone going ballistic. >
  
  
  I don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits.   A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented.
  
  Voters traditionally don't have standing for shit like this. Your solution is to vote him out in 2 years according to the judiciary. >
  
  This whole thing is starting to smell like Trump.  The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where.  Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere. >
  
  This guy is incredible. A complete fucking joke. >
  
  Shit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day >
  
  Didn’t learn anything from 45. Well well. To late to close the closet. >
  
  The dude looks sketch >
  
  Heard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long  as he votes for republican values it's ok... >
  
  Another lying politician just what we need. Not >
  
  Jesus, did he assume no one will find out? >
  
  Or that nobody would care or do anything about it. Thank Trump for paving that road. >
  
  Something about flying too close to the sun...  
  If you are a career criminal, maybe don't try to take on the role of highly public figures. >
  
  FRAUDULENT FILTH‼️ Republican Party TRASH. >
  
  Oh so they’ll jump all over this nobody’s shit - but Trump still walks free ??? >
  
  Legally, did he do anything wrong? It seems like I can't locating any "law" pertaining to him. Would he loose his seat? What options are available for him? >
  
  According to the article, he loaned his campaign $700,000. It’s suspicious given his financial history, but so far there’s no indication a crime has been committed, hence the investigation rather than indictment. >
  
  He’s also saying that he made somewhere between $3.5m and $11.5m just calling people about selling planes, in-between his two Senate runs… but then just…dissolved his corporation…because he flaked on filing an annual report?  And didn’t file a tax return for the business, and also couldn’t pay his rent? Other reports are pointing to big donations from the cousin of a Russian oligarch which certainly would raise questions of improper foreign financing.  This guy is an absolute box of rocks. >
  
  Should I get my hopes up? >
  
  I’m surprised more people don’t run for office. Seems a great way to make money. Probably the only true get rich scheme. >
  
  You have to be a special kind of person to run for congress >
  
  Not that I think what this guy did was right, but it seems like lying about your intentions once you get into office would be a bigger deal than saying you're Jewish when you're not.  So why the fuck does Sinema get a pass? >
  
  Changing positions is a little different than changing your identity lmao >
  
  Man, this guy is making Rick Scott look like Gandhi. >
  
  If the GOP does not at the very least censure this piece of shit, there is truly no hope for the party. >
  
  The party of "family values, and personal responsibility " >
  
  If you cheated at work, you are automatically fired.  GOP has much much lower standards though. >
  
  America.
  We have a known lying sociopath trying infiltrate the ranks of government.
  Should anyone really care who’s side he’s on?
  Clean your own house and bring something that resembles dignity.
  Beliefs may separate us in the political arena, but this is not your guy.
  He will sell you to the highest bidder at a time of his chosing. >
  
  The problem is Republican voters do not value dignity or honest in their elected politicians.  They want the most corrupt, criminal, evil people they can find. >
  
  What a dumbass you  have to start off with the nonsensical lies slowly like you fought a gang at the pool you worked at and the leader was a breakfast cereal and you were the first white person to work there and they were fascinated by your leg hair and what it did in the water then you can move up to no time to look at the Tex/Mex border gotta go sunning in the Caribbean >
  
  I honestly didn’t know that lying to get elected was illegal, or even unethical in a conventional sense. I mean, the voters chose him and if he did that plus fulfilled the eligibility requirements, aren’t those the only real tests of whether someone can be a representative?
  Or, to put it another way, wasn’t it the public’s job to work out that he was a liar? >
  
  It isn’t but campaign finance fraud and tax fraud are illegal…