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  Republican hero 🇺🇸
context: In the leaked audio Santos can be heard saying: "I've made bad judgment calls, and I'm reaping the consequences of those bad judgment calls."
  
  Like shit he is. He still gets to sit in Congress. 
  He has suffered near zero consequences, barely even minimal. He had his slap on the wrist and once things die down he'll get right back to his committee assignments. >
  
  I’m mostly just upset he has such fantastic healthcare. >
  
  We all should. >
  
  Wow, we never knew this (note the sarcasm) >
  
  I think what's notable here is he's actually telling the truth about something for once (that he's a liar). >
  
  It’s because even this is a lie. A lot of people were in on his various scams and frauds. He lied to a lot of people, but not everyone. >
  
  George Santos has an identical twin who always tells the truth. >
  
  Tomax and Xamot >
  
  This guy Joes what he's talking about. >
  
  And Joe-ing is half the battle >
  
  G.I. Know? >
  
  🎶A Real American He-Joe!🎶 >
  
  Democrats will push out Al Franken over a misguided joke. 
  The GOP still stands by George Santos. 
  Don’t let anyone ever tell you “bOtH SiDeS aRe ThE SaMe” again. >
  
  Al got stabbed in the back >
  
  It pisses me off SO much that Al got fucked so hard. IMO, he was a good politician. When he was on committees/etc, I remember him actually asking tough questions and trying to hold people/companies/interests accountable. The allegations against him were very weak compared to the things you hear about other politicians today. Trump is on tape ADMITTING to sexually assaulting women, Kavanaugh had a woman actually testify in court that he assaulted her, Gaetz is being investigated for sex trafficking of a minor. FFS, actual fucking crimes and the Republicans don't give a shit. >
  
  I don't think so. It was during the height of the "me too movement" and a fellow comedian came out with some allegations from 10 years earlier. I'll let you look up the details and draw your own conclusions from it, but I don't think it was political except for the fact that Democrats have some morals and when he got accused, they wanted to hold him accountable. >
  
  It was political on her part, being a Republican. She conveniently left out the part of the story where she was openly groping and kissing young men without permission live on stage during the USO tour. >
  
  I remember that. There's a picture of her with her leg around some other comedian on stage... which is pretty much just as bad as what she was alleging at the time. I don't know if she is/was a republican or not though, so I didn't want to many any comment on it. >
  
  But not about being on Hannah Montana though, right?
  Right?
  I was clinging to that as the last bit of bedrock truth about the guy. >
  
  This spinoff of Veep is pretty entertaining >
  
  Never watched Veep worth the watch? >
  
  For my money it’s the funniest comedy in the last 15 years. >
  
  Okay definitely going to watch it now >
  
  I had no idea I have this level of influence. How can I misuse it!?! >
  
  Run for office >
  
  George Santos has an identical twin who always tells the truth. >
  
  And that man’s name? Michael B. Jordan… >
  
  Michael B. Truthful >
  
  And Punkie B Curious >
  
  And Johnny B. Goode >
  
  It’s like he’s trying to out trump trump as a politician >
  
  I think he genuinely needs help. Not that I still don't abhor his lies. >
  
  Definitely reminds me of compulsive liars I know. Even things that are minuscule and unimportant, like them, he’ll lie about and it’s just like, “why? No one cares.” >
  
  Norm Mcdonald on lying for no reason at all:
  
  You ever lie for no reason at all? Just all of sudden, a big lie spills out of your evil head. Like a guy will come up to you, 'Hey, did you ever see that movie with Meryl Streep and a horse?' And you go, 'Yes.' In the back of your head, you're like, 'What in the hell am I lying about over here? I stand to gain nothing by this lie.' >
  
  Norm is a guy you gotta see speak the words, they just don't land without that delivery >
  
  He really is bizarro Forrest Gump. Everything has happened to him, but nothing of it is real. >
  
  Dress shirt, necktie, quarter zip AND a blazer? Is this monster even human? >
  
  I'm fairly certain the sweaters under the jacket are to hide his large saggy gut. Look at photos of him without the added sweater. >
  
  A “perspective employee”.  Newsweek, man.  It used to be one of the most important news magazines in the USA, and now it‘s…. What exactly?  It feels more like a political blog run by three people. >
  
  I simply cannot wait for the Hulu movie about this with David Bautista playing Santos. >
  
  The best part will be where Santos blows up the Death Star. >
  
  It'll be a movie where he plays every role, including director, cinematographer, lighting, boom guy, even the damn dog >
  
  And in an amazing twist it'll never exist because Bautista will be so committed to the character he'll have lied that he made it. >
  
  I worked for wrestling and it's working for acting, this man only knows how to lie >
  
  Sure he says he "lied to everyone", but how can we be sure that's true?  Dude lies all the time! >
  
  Yeah it's like, now people trust him? >
  
  Is this the first time he's ever told the truth? >
  
  Well, he did say he was gay, and we're reasonably sure that's true. >
  
  He could be lying about it and be bi. Like he lies about everything so this wouldn't surprise me. >
  
  I thought I heard he had been married to a woman who he later divorced. Not sure how much that tells us if true as it could have been a sham marriage of sorts. That would pretty much track. >
  
  Yeah that's why I feel like he's not being totally truthful. It wouldn't be the first lie by far... >
  
  This absolves him completely.  If he lied to everyone, then he also lied to the person he was talking to. Which means he was telling the truth!
  This is sarcasm. >
  
  George Santos is what you get when consistently prioritize power over the truth. Regressives (nee conservatives) are heading down the one-way street they’ve been warning us “those people” were going to take us. >
  
  Wow shocking! >
  
  
  "bad enough I have to answer for myself"
  
  I thought the GOP was the party of personal responsibility, but it looks like they don't want to take that personal responsibility. >
  
  
  The New York Republican said: "From my understanding, recording in this building is a federal crime, and you get seven years. Have fun at your peril!"
  
  New York is a 1 party state so you can record any conversation you are a party to without getting into trouble, even secretly. 
  
  In October 2022 Myers was charged with wiretapping in Ohio after his website, the Scioto Valley Guardian, allegedly published leaked audio from a murder trial.
  
  absolute bullshit and I wish we could fix this on a federal level. Any trial that is open to the public should be able to be recorded and a judge shouldn't be able to stop it.
  The only thing I would agree on is that a judge should be able to say 'no publishing of information till the end of the trial', just so the trial isn't affected by the publishing of information about the trial. I don't think publishing should come with jail time though, since it could also be non professionals publishing stuff, making controlling that situation difficult. 
  Anyways, I actually think all states should be 1 party. My belief is that all party recording laws are designed to protect politicians when they lie behind closed doors. These laws are not designed to protect the average citizen, in fact the exact opposite.
   
  Edit: wow read the TPM article, it's crazier than this one is indicating >
  
  2 party consent is 100 percent to protect business and all the illegal shit managers in all business do.  it allows them to hide it. >
  
  Soooo... nominate him to be the GOP Presidential candidate? >
  
  Except that microphone. >
  
  He learned from Trump. Just deny, then shrug shoulders and say something crazy. rinse and repeat >
  
  Waiting for the "I was lying in the recording" response. >
  
  I’ve personally never been a “rah rah” American but I can’t even begin to describe how I feel knowing that practically half the US government answers to the likes of Putin. “Embarrassing” doesn’t cut it. >
  
  You don’t say >
  
  He’d just say he lied on the leaked audio. >
  
  Lol, still won’t resign. >
  
  Just arrest this guy already. >
  
  What an embarrassment. The GOP has turned the house into a joke. >
  
  When did having the liar admit lying become so important? Of course he’s a liar. >
  
  First true thing he’s been caught saying >
  
  Wow, a stunning revelation. >
  
  He's such a liar, that now i think he's a truth-teller because he's probably lying about being a liar. >
  
  No shit >
  
  This guy is such a loser >
  
  He got elected to Congress and he hasn’t been kicked out yet. I’d say that’s a pretty big accomplishment. >
  
  YA DON'T SAY?
  *Insert Nicholas Cage face >
  
  Not shocked....he is republician....that implies he lies about everything!  The real shock is he admits it finally...most just keep lying to cover up lies!  History is such a great educator! >
  
  Liar liar GOP on 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 >
  
  Oh won't someone think of the pearls about to be clutched and hands that are about to wrung by all the concerned party members of George Santos? >
  
  “Not to me.” Kevin McCarthy >
  
  “I’d love to see ol’ Georgie wriggle his way out of this one!”
  Santos easily wriggles out of this one
  “Ah! Well, nevertheless….” >
  
  Lock him up >
  
  No shit! >
  
  He’s been telling lies his entire life , these kinds of people never change. If he tells you the time check ya watch. >
  
  I know that there’s no such thing as a “nail in the coffin” with politicians because they can get away with anything, but its interesting that in a court of law this would fucking end the whole damn thing. A regular citizen admitting this on record, would be hit with the full power of the law. A politician just skates. >
  
  “I lied”
  ohhhh?
  “-to own the libs.”
  -OK then. >
  
  I swear he’s either a spy or an alien >
  
  I laughed audibly reading the headline. I mean this man is a fucking cartoon. >
  
  Let's see how our federal government manages to excuse this and douche gets zero consequences. Kinda like j6 2 years later no one who planned it is in prison. Thanks for not doing your job, federal government. Thanks for the appeasement policy for modern-day nazis! Fucking cowards. >
  
  First time he told the truth >
  
  I have to wonder what is being swept under the rug while they dangle this guy in front of us. I mean, seriously, he’s a freshman congressman who isn’t particularly important and the media is having a field day over him. He’s not particularly powerful or as dangerous as some other loonies in congress. So what’s the deal? >
  
  Who the fuck voted for this assclown? >
  
  And yet he still gets to serve his term with no real consequences. >
  
  Republicans: he’s a keeper. >
  
  He's such a piece of sh1t >
  
  He was lying about that too, if you ask him /s >
  
  Fuck, Newsweek, the word is “prospective”. >
  
  Conspiracy theory: Jim Carrey has gotten so far into method acting that he’s literally trying to remake Liar Liar but in real life and we’re all being worked >
  
  Horribly written “Catch Me If You Can!” remake >
  
  After this I think the GOP is finally ready to investigate. We need to know who leaked that audio so they can be punished.
  /s >
  
  Fat liar Republican shitForBrains. >
  
  Haha! Only in America, right? The Trumps and the Trump-Wannabes. George Santos is a Trump-Wannabe. In fact, he’s trying to outdo Trump. He’s attempting to trump Trump! 🤪 >
  
  So….. NOW F***ING WHAT?! People scam their way into power, 80% of their constituents want them gone… Where is the action? >
  
  then he needs to be removed. >
  
  Ok, I don’t want to sound like a jerk… but his wardrobe choices are so very strange. Like… does he even gay at all? Or is that a front?
  My opinion is that he is, at best, a sociopath. Possibly a psychopath. >
  
  That’s probably a lie too >
  
  In other breaking news, water is wet. >
  
  I don't like the guy, but its important to hear or read how he said that sentence in its context.
  He didn't mean reporters or his constituents.  He just meant the circle of people around him.  Does and could that statement apply to other people he has lied to?  Yes, but that was not really the context he said that sentence in. >
  
  Tell us something we don't know. >
  
  This may just be the first truthful thing he's ever said. >
  
  But wait can we really believe that statement? >
  
  Jeez how many negative articles with new information are going to drop? We learn something new about this dude everyday. Lmao. Yeah he’s still in the house but grift is getting so much attention. >
  
  Shockingly honest for once >
  
  Just part of the initiation ritual of today's GOP. With absolute proof of nefarious activities, he'll be elevated several rungs in the eyes of their followers. >
  
  Woah^/s >
  
  Well no he was actually lying in the audio about lying to everyone so really he tells the truth to everybody >
  
  I wonder what it must be like to be a compulsive liar and have your entire world crash down around you because you’re found out. His ego must be destroyed. Or not. >
  
  Normally that would mean getting fired, evicted, shunned. "Entire world crashing down" doesn't hit him quite the same. >
  
  I've been lied to! The gall of some people... >
  
  Dude looks like Robby from New Girl. >
  
  Interestingly, this is the first time I have heard him tell the truth. >
  
  Don't worry, in the tape he also lies about the penalty for recording the conversation. >
  
  This might be the first true thing he has said, but I doubt it. Him telling this to someone means that he didn't lie to them. >
  
  Newsweek 👎 >
  
  But now he said he’s done lying in a recent interview. So we have that to look forward to. >
  
  I'm no genius but that's 100% a lie. >
  
  No shit >
  
  So this means he...told the truth to everyone? >
  
  He would be a badass Pinocchio >
  
  George Santos was next MLK during Selma March of 68. >
  
  Not even 1 Republican asking for his long-form birth certificate.... >
  
  Yeah,  no shit. >
  
  It doesn’t matter. He won’t face consequences. >
  
  The Liver King of politics >
  
  According to Newsweek, he had the conversation with a "perspective employee"... >
  
  Is his name really even George Santos? >
  
  Better investigate this for the next 18 months instead of immediately firing him. >
  
  Even himself? >
  
  Sounds like a righteous GOP Jesus lover... >
  
  McCarthy before: innocent until proven guilty
  McCarthy after (probably): he admitted it and we forgive him, let's move on >
  
  The GOP will always go to great lengths just to to show us how big their clown shoes are. >
  
  If he can admit it I guess he’s not a complete pathological liar like Trump is? Just someone who lied once, realized it was easier than he thought, and kept lying until he was caught in a web of lies where the only way he could see out was more lying. >
  
  That's the first true thing he's said...ever! >
  
  He was probably lying about lying. >
  
  If the money was linked to a russian person, which i've read - was this a test-run to see if russia could truly buy a u.s. representative as a spy? >
  
  No, surely not. >
  
  Was his tone guilt ridden, or bragging? >
  
  Do you think any Republican feels guilt or shame? >
  
  And still Republicans will vote for him. >
  
  This guy is a living embodiment of the "Everything I say is a lie" Paradox. >
  
  I believed everything he said until this came out. Damn, was I fooled!    /s >
  
  Hot take, if I were to do something like “lie” at work, I’d be fire. Thusly, so should he. Especially since his a person in politics. Seriously, how do such corrupt people end up being our representation? >
  
  Well duh >
  
  We didn't need leaked audio for this. >
  
  I'm surprised Republicans aren't pushing this guy for president - after all, he's a proficient liar like Trump. >
  
  Fits right in with the gop. >
  
  Oh shit, that means he told the truth to someone >
  
  George DeLiar >
  
  And THE ALWAYS ETHICAL GOP🤮🤮 will do nothing about it. >
  
  and that was a …lie? Lol >
  
  So did Trump and he got 4 years.
  So did practically every Republican in power from the Senate, House and SC at one time and there have been no consequences.
  We should do something...but I know how this goes in the end and I hate it. >
  
  "First of all... I didn't know those microphones were on... but that wasn't me!" >
  
  This guy is a fucking shit stain on the LGBTQ+ community.  Fuck him. >
  
  Mr Holmes we can find no evidence of excrement. >
  
  He said: "I've obviously f*** up and lied to him, like I lied to everyone else.
  "And he still forgave me and gave me a second shot, unlike some other people."
  Lol >
  
  This leaker/reporter sounds like a piece of work himself, but Santos deserves the karma. >
  
  lmao the one time he's being honest >
  
  How does this guy get out of bed and face the world every day >
  
  The problem here is that many think he was voted into office despite the fact he has no experience and is a compulsive liar while in fact he was voted into office for those reasons. 
  See MTG et al. >
  
  So...he'll be trump's running mate in '24? >
  
  Everyone already knows he’s a liar but the GQP will keep him anyway- power over country at all costs >
  
  Pretty sure he's not lying this one time >
  
  I mean, he has never personally lied to me, and I am part of everyone. So again, he is lying. >
  
  Really? I never would have guessed. >
  
  Oh fuck, does this mean he told someone the truth?? >
  
  Wonder if some law enforcement will actually indict this one.I know, "Investigations" but those are a dime a dozen and somewhat worthless these Days.
  My Money is on local DAs.Feds have given little reason for confidence lately. >
  
  Lying is not a bug, it's a feature of politicians.  Santos just has the premium package activated. >
  
  I bet those gasses don’t even have a prescription. >
  
  The person who always lies says he always lies. This isn't a riddle, it's a paradox! >
  
  Wait... what if this is the lie and he actually told the truth the whole time? >
  
  There's the smoking gun.  How is this not grounds for removal from office?  There has to be better instruments of prosecuting government officials.  They can't hide behind their titles anymore. >
  
  Isn't he already, clearly a bold-faced liar? Wasting time with this. >
  
  Is this the George Santos that always tells the truth, or the George Santos that always lies? >
  
  "I never said that".   Followed by
  "Actually, I'm lying."  Followed by
  "I'm lying about lying." >
  
  **No shit...Of course he lied to everyone!!! >
  
  He Trump's illegitimate son. It's in his genes to lie. 😁🤔 >
  
  Yes, we know.
  I am still trying to figure out how he was able to run for Congress in New York without any major outlets founding out about any of this stuff before the election, or rather I am interested to know why all major outlets ignored this until after the election. >
  
  i love how this guy just showed up out of nowhere and just takes L after L >
  
  Wait.. he wasn't my life saving surgeon in January? He didn't win a medal of honor? He isn't Jewish? I never could have imagined. >
  
  I'm feeling that this is leaked so much as slowly released in an effort to give Republicans a way to save face. >
  
  George Santos knows he won’t be punished, in audio leaked to the public. >
  
  Doesn't matter. Conservatives will still support him no matter what. >
  
  No shit >
  
  Has anyone found out his real name yet ? >
  
  Why of course >
  
  can someone post youtube link of the audio? I can't get thru that spammy website >
  
  Sadly won’t change anything in the house. >
  
  
  In October 2022 Myers was charged with wiretapping in Ohio after his website, the Scioto Valley Guardian, allegedly published leaked audio from a murder trial.
  However, according to TPM the allegation unnerved Santos' team, with Myers being called in for a meeting to discuss the situation, which he secretly recorded.
  In the leaked audio Santos can be heard saying: "I've made bad judgment calls, and I'm reaping the consequences of those bad judgment calls."
  Referring to Myers he added that it is "bad enough that I have to answer for myself these days, I don't want to have to answer, prospectively, for you."
  
  Fucking Hilarious. This is full on Comedy. >
  
  And then they found he was lying about lying…🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️ >
  
  And it won't make a bit of difference, sadly. >
  
  The George Santos Paradox: Yes, but was he lying when he said he was lying to everyone? >
  
  But he will still be playing QB for the Eagles in the Super Bowl right? >
  
  I never doubted he lied. Ha ha >
  
  He'll probably end up being trumps running mate >
  
  It's like that joke, " I lie all the time". >
  
  “At the end of the corridor you see two doors with a sign next to them saying “One leads to safety, the other doom eternal” Next to both doors stand George Santos, what does your party do?” >
  
  Okay and? >
  
  The only time he’s told the truth >
  
  He probably lied about that too. >
  
  So, how is this a lie? Were there people that knew exactly who he was? >
  
  After electing Trump in 2016, it was always going to come to this.  A president who treats truth as an inconvenience allows a politician who can’t ever tell the truth. >
  
  I have a conspiracy theory that Santos was exactly what the GOP wants.   They want someone, or at least a few, who have major baggage issues.   They must really love a new lightning rod from time to time while the rest of the pack continues attacks on democracy with blanketing from news cycles.    Santos is their insulation blanket, their lightning rod.   And they will juice him, and release pre-collected dirt at calculated intervals.   And when it's not as effective at outrage anymore, they'll dump him, and then say they did because they have morals.    All the while, Santos is just following orders, voting along their lines, and being a patsy the GOP actually finds extremely useful.        I know, it sounds so crazy. >
  
  Audio file or downvote >
  
  This guy might be my new favorite politician. He's all the entertainment of Trump but without the far-reaching consequences.  
  This seems like the plot to a convoluted comedy where some schmuck has a few lies escalate out of control, pushing the protagonist into being in Congress and try to keep up the charade.  We're at the part where the charade falls apart.  Usually, the character would resign, and then some other subplot involving a love interest or family member would become the main plot, and we'd see our protagonist grow for a happy ending. >
  
  Gop playbook
  Lie,and never admit your wrong,get power at any cost,Never admit to how bad slavery was,never let a woman have power Beat cops when they try to stop an insurrection
  Embrace neo Nazis kkk and always believe in white supremacy
  And don't believe the video showing my hypocrisy >
  
  If media keeps giving top billing to this pathological liar there will be nothing else in the news. >
  
  Yeah. We know. >
  
  I swear after Guiliani got punked by Borat the Republic party thought: Hey, we need a Borat on our side. Let's make one! >
  
  Man, how is McCarthy and company going to twist that into “no big deal”. 
  Probably something like “that’s a deep state deep fake” >
  
  This is the part where he is providing cover for the Republicans who were complicit and/or are benefiting from him being a representative. Translation: It is also a lie. >
  
  A politician lying I can’t believe it!!