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  Based upon the answers to the question, based upon the fact that he was recommended from Queens County, based on the fact that he submitted a resume with credentials, we supported his nomination,” Cairo said. “Obviously we have learned in the past few weeks that much of it was fabricated and untrue. We are now going to change our process. Shame on me for believing people …
context: He found the only job in the US that he can't be fired from for falsifying his resume. >
  
  Yeah, and if he had a D in front of his name, he'd already be on his way out the door >
  
  Let's assume all those like him asking to have a D in front of their name were not allowed to run after vetting >
  
  
  “I say let him keep his seat for the next two years and let the people decide, because if this goes to a special election, we will have [Democrat] Robert Zimmerman, who is as far left as you want to take it,” she said. “And we will lose a valuable seat even though he will be stripped of all his committees — as he should be." 
  
  There you go ladies and gentlemen, another Republican loudly and proudly declaring that they're a traitor that would rather have a compromised lying sack of shit threat to the country in congress than a Democrat as long as it means they have a +1 puppet to (possibly) vote the way they want. >
  
  
  As a matter of short-term strategy, Paladino delivered a very different view from that of Nassau chairman Joe Cairo. She warned that if Santos quits, and a special election is called, “I’m going to tell you right now the chances of a Republican taking this seat are zero. It’s nuclear. It is zero. He fried the seat.”
  “I say let him keep his seat for the next two years and let the people decide, because if this goes to a special election, we will have [Democrat] Robert Zimmerman, who is as far left as you want to take it,” she said. “And we will lose a valuable seat even though he will be stripped of all his committees — as he should be."
  Paladino added: “He will be useless. But at least he will be a vote — a vote that I believe we will be able to count on.” 
  
  And if I lived in the District, maybe even the state, I'd be more pissed at the GOP for leaving him in office for 2 years, so seems like better to take the hit now than a potentially worse one in two years.   You know if he stays in office, Santos will be prominent in every NY Congressional Democratic campaign ad.    
  Hilarious that she describes Zimmerman as far left, too. >
  
  Santos belongs behind bars, but the rightwing wants to keep him in Congress for votes. Tough on crime. >
  
  The Queens GOP is still protecting Santos. It's quite disgusting. >
  
  It's no mystery why McCarthy and Scalise are resisting calling on him to resign - they don't have the margin to afford a Dem taking this seat. >
  
  Ministry of Justice Deferred >
  
  Can anyone explain to me how Santos ran a campaign and won a fucking election before any research, at all, was done on the guy?
  Anywhere else, a candidate pooped themselves in the first-grade and the universe knows it.
  With Santos, his entire public life is a lie, and the dude is a con-artist, and not even crickets until he's heading to DC. >
  
  A local newspaper had covered his mysterious funding, but other media was not interested, and the story fizzled out, and I don't know how the opposition research failed to pick up on it, though, and make it a focus of their campaign. >
  
  His opponent spent $2 million more than Santos. How much would it have cost to send a copy of that article to every voter in the district? >
  
  Great point, I have no idea why they didn't do stuff like that. >
  
  He cheated, lied and who know what else but let him keep the seat because it is to our advantage.
  What a unprincipled piece of -insert favorite insult here- this woman (Paladino) is.