A Republican Who Wants To Run For George Santos' Old Seat Is A Jan 6th Felon
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A candidate for former Representative George Santos ’s old seat was convicted on January 6 charges after mounting an astoundingly stupid defense, according to a Department of Justice release.
Former Queens Republican Party District Leader Philip Sean Grillo was found guilty on Tuesday of one felony for obstructing the certification of the presidential election and four misdemeanors related to rioting on Capitol grounds. He has yet to be sentenced, though obstructing an official proceeding has a possible maximum sentence of 20 years.
Despite filming himself throughout the insurrection entering and exiting the Capitol building several times while shouting things like, “We stormed the Capitol” and “We shut it down,” and despite his experience in politics, Grillo testified in court that he had “no idea” Congress met inside the Capitol building.
“I’m here to stop the steal. It’s our f— House,” Grillo said in one clip.
“We f— did it! We got to the Capitol building. We f—did it! We f— did it, baby! We f— did it, you understand? We stormed the Capitol. We shut it down! We did it! We shut the mother—,” he said in another.
The court also saw videos of the local Republican official smoking weed and high-fiving rioters as he opened doors to help them flood inside the building, yelling at one point, “Our House.”
The New Yorker’s attorneys argued that Grillo “believed he was authorized to engage in the conduct set forth in the indictment,” according to legal documents .
The court didn’t buy it.
Grillo was arrested on February 23, 2021, by the FBI. He filed in May 2023 to run against Santos, whose own shady dealings have earned him a 23-count federal indictment, a scathing ethics report, and an expulsion from Congress. It is currently unclear if Grillo’s arrest will prevent him from participating in the February 13 special election to replace the disgraced lawmaker.
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Trump is such a great role model - he can run for office from prison he says, so why shouldnt the rest of them ?
Cant you see that on a "tourist" postcard ?
Maybe they can reopen Alcatraz for these mouth breathers.
Lock em up and include em in the tour.
So, only Democrat felons should be allowed to vote and hold office?
Democrats are still upset about Anthony Weiner sullying the sterling reputation of Hillary Clinton. But then Clinton was only incompetent and not criminal. The Deep State protected Clinton from Democrats' phony phelonies.
Clinton was far from incompetent.
Putin and Trump hated her because she was very competent.
At pushing that big reset button. Don't you remember all the hoopla over that? hehe
The only reputation Weiner sullied was his own.
But, but, but...Clinton. You people have been after the Clintons for 30 years now. Give it a rest, and no one cares about Anthony Weiner anymore either.
Jordan Weiner?
If the Dems in that state were stupid enough to vote Santos into office, that speaks volumes about those who would try to vote a loser and felon like Grillo into office.
Dems? Santos is a Republican from a red district...
Why is everybody insisting Santos is a Democrat?
Santos is a Republican but the 3rd District of NY is not a red district.
NY District 3 active registered voters
DEM: 208,815
REP: 150,416
Enrollment Congressional District | New York State Board of Elections (ny.gov)
MAGA!
Projection?
NY-3 has changed hands throughout its existence. Peter T King (R) held the seat for 10 consecutive elections from 1996 thru 2012.
What does that prove?
That he got some Dem votes or 58,000+ of them just didn't vote.
they probably just didn't vote
It was merely rebuttal to JBB who stated that Santos came from a red district and the numbers show there are more registered Democrats than there are registered Republicans.
Of course it has, but that has nothing to do with my post. My post was simply to show that the district was not a red district but had more registered Democrats then registered Republicans.
Exactly, you want to play gotcha games while denying we are talking about a NYC district that voted for Trump and elected Republican George Santos and is currently MAGA LAND!
It is pretty much the reddest goddamn part of NYC, for sure.
Remember Republican Peter King? He was that district's rep!
How is that a gotcha game when all I did was provide the numbers of registered Democrats and Republicans for the 3rd Congressional District of New York, numbers provided by the New York State Board of Elections website? You're the one who called it a red district, seems you're trying to double down on your statement while again not providing any sort of evidence.
Yes and after him, two Dems, for ten years, Steve Israel and Tom Suozzi. In presidential elections, Bush in 2004, is the only Repub to this district.
Hard to measure over time given the extensive gerrymandering and redistricting there. Is that still tied up in the courts?
Didn’t Clinton and Biden win in the 3rd?
That was in olden times. In the "BM Era". Before MAGA...
Whatever, it doesn't matter. George Santos is REPUBLICAN
No, 2016 and 2020 weren’t BM elections.
No reply for 4.1.13?
No reply was necessary. George Santos is still a REPUBLICAN!
Par for the course, that has absolutely nothing to do with what I posted.
Gotcha!
So you admit you are the one playing the gotcha game. Have a nice fucking day...
And yet it was republicans who voted Trump into office and want to do it again.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Al Einstein.
Said no such thing.
Well, I'm not a Republican and I've never voted for Trump at any time and never will.
My sincere apologies to all. I honestly meant Republican but typed Dem instead for some reason. Brain fart on my part I guess.
You are forgiven. We all have have brain farts.
If you want someone who is even worse than Santos, you now have your candidate. This is the guy.