Newly elected House Republican busted as a fraud — weeks after winning his race: report | Salon.com
By: Areeba Shah (Salon)
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
George Santos, who flipped the House seat in New York's 3rd Congressional District last month, made history as the first openly gay Republican to win a House seat as a non-incumbent, but his resume appears to be filled with falsehoods, according to a deep dive by The New York Times.
Santos campaigned on being the "full embodiment of the American dream," and painted himself as a "seasoned Wall Street financier and investor" with an animal rescue charity that saved over 2,500 cats and dogs, The Times reported.
But his portfolio fails to hold up the fictions he sold to voters while on the campaign trail.
Santos' work history listed on his campaign biography mentions that he worked at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, but both of the Wall Street firms told the Times "they had no record of his ever working there."
Similarly, officials at Baruch College found no record of Santos or anyone with a matching name and date of birth graduating from the college in 2010 despite Santos claiming he received a bachelor's degree in economics and finance.
The Internal Revenue Service also could not locate any record of a registered charity with the name Friends of Pets United - Santos' animal rescue group, which he claimed to run for five years.
He cited the group as proof of a history of philanthropic work while running for the seat. The group held a fundraiser with a New Jersey animal rescue group in 2017, charging $50 for entry. But the event's beneficiary never received any of the funds, according to the report.
The incoming congressman has also claimed to have a family-owned real estate portfolio of 13 properties, but The Times found no records of such properties.
Santos' history also has the potential to pose ethical and even potential legal challenges once he takes office.
Santos omitted key information on his personal financial disclosures and was charged with check fraud in Brazil, according to The Times.
Santos, whose parents emigrated from Brazil, spent some time there in 2008. When he was 19 years old, he stole the checkbook of a man his mother was caring for, according to Brazilian court records uncovered by The Times.
He then used the checkbook to make fraudulent purchases and bought a pair of shoes. Santos confessed to the crime two years later and was ultimately charged, police and court records revealed. But the case remains unresolved, the court and local prosecutor in Brazil confirmed to The Times. Santos did not respond to an official summons, and a court representative could not find him at his given address.
The time period overlapped with when Santos claims he attended Baruch College, but no evidence confirms this to be true.
The National Republican Congressional Committee, which is the House Republicans' campaign arm, claims that Santos attended New York University, but an NYU spokesman found no attendance records matching his name and birth date, The Times reported.
If his resume wasn't enough of a mystery, Santos has also added other fictional tales to his portfolio, claiming that his company "lost four employees" at the Pulse nightclub shooting in June 2016.
But none of the 49 victims appear to have worked at any of the firms named in his biography, according to a Times review of news coverage and obituaries.
Santos did not provide any documentation to refute The Times' reporting, but his lawyer Joe Murray did provide a brief statement accusing the company of "attempting to smear his good name with these defamatory allegations."
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This guy sounds like a piece of work. How come the Republican Party didn't vet him?
frauds vetting a fraud?
.Vet him for what? Does not matter, he will retain his seat.
One of the requirements for the gqp
... besides being a fascist dumb ass.
that clown is the perfect preview for the republican shit show happening now...
Par for the course it seems.
Then we have the author of the ''Don't say gay'' bill in Florida resigning recently after he was indicted on a number of fraud charges.
Like I've been saying, a requirement for today's gqp. A lying scumbag
Oh my, a politician found to be a fraud. I think it is harder to find a politician that is not a fraud.
Oh my, a republican politician found to be a fraud. I think it is harder to find a republican politician that is not a fraud.
That is what I said.
I'm happy we can agree then.
What you said was that republicans and democrats lie equally. Bullshit!
All bipartisan fact checkers agree that the far-right GOP these days don't even care about telling the truth.
Trump's success with outrageous lies has emboldened all sub 60 IQ fools.
Perhaps it depends on what year you start the clock.
Bullshit, there aren't any
You are correct cj.
Not the first politician of either party to misrepresent themselves.
Captain Obvious approves that comment...
but, but, but, they did it first... /s
Looks like we elected another slimy piece of crap. He will fit in well.
What do you mean 'we' TiG?
The electorate in our nation.
The Republicans in our nation.
the 2nd class citizens of our nation...
Where did the bulk of campaign money come from for Santos?
I guess that the ''money tree'' is active in his campaign.
And then it gets more interesting.
Any of the funding foreign? Or has it been cleanly laundered?
Loans from a family company that isn't in business and showing that he had no assets certainly opens him up to a lot of questions.
I'd sure like to see his explanation for this.
O Santos, Santos, wherefore art thou Santos
Admit thy falsehoods and refuse thy seat
Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn a fraud
And I'll no longer vote Republican
(With apologies to William Shakespeare's Juliet)
As my sainted grandmother would say, ''that boy is crooked as a dog's hind leg.''.
The democrats failed to do opposition research that should have caught such 'discrepancies.' This is what happens when the country tries to cheat on high standards and replace those with 'testy' standards! It's seems players want to join in.
A damn stupid homosexual republican?! Knowing how hard it is to get acceptance in society and the 'first' thing he does on the national stage is being a lying, deceiver?! This is some "f-ed up mess.
There is too much stupidness in politics right now. Much is not what it should or could be.
So it's the democrat's fault that the republican is a complete fraud?
Somebody should have looked into his background....
Nope. But, there had to have been a campaign; a democrat opponent should have known and made the public aware of just these very things. Thus, a 'loser' would not have put the system in the state its in right now!
Exactly.
... well before they wrote that big dark money check for him to run.
Someone like the RNC? Victim blaming is not the way to go, especially based on the people that republican voters do vote for.
You'd have thunk, huh?
But there is a big gap between expecting the opposition to know about him and blaming them for him not being exposed.
Maybe the RNC did look into his background and decided that he was the perfect candidate for them. He did win, right?
Exactly, he won in a district that Biden won.
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I am not blaming the DNC, per se. What is the definition of opposition research if not something like this, Ozzwald? Do tell me. Especially when you consider that the RNC technically is not going to seek DNC approval to run any candidate. The DNC has to cover errors, flaws, and lapses in judgement on any candidate including, but not only, their own. If/only to exploit such 'discoveries' during the campaigning period!
This is not the "definition" of opposition research, this would be the results of it.
While opposition research is not uncommon, it is not always done, and often just skims the surface.
Why are we debating this? Political parties do oppo-research:
Sounds like this 'candidate/congressman' was not buried too deep as its common knowledge today and the congressman has not been properly seated, I don't think.
Because someone is still trying to throw some of the blame onto the victim.
I am not trying in any way to make democrats a victim, but, but, but, how hard can it be to know if a candidate you're opposing is who she says s/he is with several factors standing in stark 'relief'?
This republican told one "h" of a good/bad lie! I get it. The republicans did not vet Santos properly, and as it turns out, at least to me anyway, the democrats were lazy in letting this seat go because of 'lesser' oppo research.
. Obviously, it is the one that got away! And, I am willing to bet it won't happen again when a house or senate seat lose is in need of protecting. With this comment, I rest my case
You so much want to blame the democrats for his fraud.
The voters in Long Island are the victims of the Santos scam.
Their voting was based upon fucking lies.
Both parties need to scrutinize their candidates.
Santos defrauded the voters in Long Island.
Okay, I can agree with this one!
Not true. But, I will let this thread rest.
Sounds good, and have a good Christmas, Hanukkah, Festivus, Kwanzaa, Saturnalia, etc. Any or all that apply.
Ozzwald, thank you. And all the same to you and yours. Peace!
It's not we Democrats that failed CB.
Democrats lost a seat because they did not do proper oppo research. It was a gross misstep. Now, both committees, have a weakness EXPOSED! These people are 'raking' up donations and half-ass performing their jobs. Santos, 'waltzed' right in between the laziness to deliver of all of the above.
The Republicans vetted Santos and found out that he's a pathological liar.
So they welcomed him as a perfect candidate.
Kinda like how liberals did not even need to vet Biden because he has been a well known lying leftist for 50 years, and they still accepted him as the perfect candidate.
These politicians are caught in a 'ball' where they strive together and it's really, really, tragic to watch/behold! Even worse to try to defend in discussions. To be clear, these issues and the treatment/solution for them are not the same, but the atmospherics around them is terribly and similarly difficult to gaze upon and talk through.
but, but, what about...
I'd bet he's not even gay.
That's funny, Stevie
Except heterosexual men do not enjoy the love/hate stares emanating from other guys!
Perhaps he's just, odd.
You’re not wrong.
But according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.
“ I am openly gay, have never had an issue with my sexual identity in the past decade, and I can tell you and assure you, I will always be an advocate for LGBTQ folks,” Santos told USA Today in October, responding to criticism about his support for Florida’s so-called “ Don’t Say Gay Bill ” signed into law this year by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Less than two weeks after his divorce was finalized, Santos filed the official paperwork to launch his 2020 campaign. And while his 2022 campaign bio mentions his husband, who according to Santos lives with him and their four dogs on Long Island, he’s kept this previous marriage out of the public eye entirely.
Maybe he thought that gay, Hispanic, immigrant provided a shield so opposition research wouldn’t dig.
3 untouchable tokens for the price of 1...
Exactly.
I thought he was living with his mommy.
I just heard that he has been known by other names like Anthony Devolder - he said that was his name at some event in 2019.
Known liar = today's republicans/gqp.
Gay, Hispanic, son of immigrants, candidate for the House Ethics Committee.
Is Tim McVeigh representative of Christians, veterans and white conservatives?
Santos shows Long Island is MAGA as Alabama!
Is Tim McVeigh representative of maga white conservative xtian veterans?
pretty much...
No, Tim McVeigh is representative of the executed.
Long Island and Queens?
If no explain the inference in comment 10!
Dishonest- House Ethics Committee = a little joke.
House Ethics Committee = Oxymoron.
The two counties that went Red on Long Island and Queens did so because of crime and CRT fear. It had nothing to do with Trump (MAGA). Both races were close.
funny how we dont hear the republicans bitching about crime very much anymore.
the crime didnt necessarily go away, but their interest in it did on Nov 9.
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Two letters for you: BS!
Those two letters should be used for George Santos.
Like The Donald, Santos can't tell the truth.
Actually, I agree with you. Santos is a total scum bag who needs to be booted ASAP! Also, I neither like nor trust Trump. But this article is about Santos, not about Trump.
Correct. However, no one can deny trump has normalized deceit and outright lies. It's part of their party now.
... along with racism and xenophobia.
... pedophile clergy and inbreeding...
Do you know who Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Richard Blumenthal to name a few are. I am all for ridding the politics of liars but watch out what you wish for.
Your "whataboutism" is absurd.
Santos and Trump are pathological liars.
Do you listen to Joe Biden?
Do you disagree with al's assessment of Santos and Trump?
No, do you disagree with mine?
No, Biden demonstrably has a problem sticking with the truth.
Just checking to see if you were one of the many who refuse to acknowledge wrongdoing by Trump.
George Santos claims to be a supporter of Kevin McCarthy.
McCarthy needs every vote he can get for Speaker of the House.
So don't expect any action by Republicans.
Santos is a lying fraudster and he's a cocksucker, so he fits right in with the fucking Republican caucus.
Nothing like tarring all with the same brush is there?
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It's kinda difficult to clean tar out of a brush.
I always use the same brush rather than get tar on a clean brush.
This is what happens to copyright violators on YouTube:
meh, nobody in that party can get elected without putting a dick in their mouth, figuratively and/or literally...
Yeah, they lap that shit up.
Especially Resucklickans like Sucker Carlson and Miss Lindsey.
I'm just asking a question (like Sucker Carlson does on his show).
[Meet me at midnight. I''ll be waiting for you....]
Elizabeth Warren claimed to be an Indian.
Seems that George Santos's claim of being Jewish and a relative of Holocaust survivors is in dispute by Jewish groups.
... so is meeting his prior residency requirements in that district.
and alleged past employers who have never heard of him?
or am I confusing him with another gqp fraudster?
It’s been fun watching Biden voters’ performative outrage over a candidate who lies about his biography.
wonder if they even see the irony,
Nothing surprises me anymore regarding politicians lying. It is my expectation that a candidate for office will using lying as their main tactic.
The Donald is a mega liar (and the Maggots pretend to believe his bullshit).
No better or worse than leftist libs believing Biden's lies. But oh that's right, Biden is squeaky clean and pure as the new fallen snow just like Harris aren't they. Talk about hypocrisy.
Who claims Biden is squeaky clean? But Biden (and every other PotUS) did not use a portfolio of dishonest , damaging, and arguably criminal tactics in an attempt to steal a presidential election.
There is no comparing any other PotUS with Trump.
There is little to no hope for changing these minds. They are going down with the ship
Once again you imply that any who do not share your particular political world view just have to automatically be Trump supporters. That's is no middle ground with you. I have never stated that I support Trump and if you can find something that says so please post it. I have stated numerous times that I am a conservative leaning non Trump supporting Independent, but that is anathema to many hard core leftist liberals and it has to be 110% your way or the highway. I don't like Trump but I dislike the leftist liberals DC even more. My choice not yours!
Unless you say you would never vote for Trump in 2024 under ANY circumstances, then you are supporting Trump.
We are done accepting this "dems are worse" baloney. NOTHING is worse than someone who tried to overthrow our government.
I will never vote for Trump or Biden in 2024 under any circumstances. I will vote third party like I did the last three previous elections. Happy now, because that all you are going to get from me!
Prove it!
Trump tried to overthrow the US government.
The people who provided the evidence to the Jan 6 committee were all honest Republicans.
It will be proven beyond a reasonable doubt by honest people in court.
Stay tuned....
Another comment so good, I'm sad I can't vote this up a few times. I just want it in my comment box.
As I have told other members that share your views. No matter what you think, all people have are allegations and accusations. Like any other citizen in this country, Trump is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a genuine court of law and convicted, and sentenced by a judge and jury. That is the way our justice system works. If and when that happens, I will happily agree with you and admit it. Have a Happy New Year.
smart money is on somebody within his inner circle dropping him after they get shafted.
Happy New Year! And enjoy this one on me:
Republicans (in the Inner circle) to Donald:
John Wayne ~ ''The Hell I Won't!''.
Which is why I said "stay tuned"....
I always am.
While I realize the following is not directly Santos related, it brings up how easily the GOP has embraced lying. The party of now lawlessness and disorder feel that lying just ain't no thang.
Article worth the entire read :
From another enlightened article .
The difference between the GOP and democrats ... democrats called for Al Franken to step down due to what was deemed "an inappropriate comment." I haven't seen one GOPer call out Santos. There may have been some that have denounced Santos, but I've not seen it.
Just a bit of light reading to while away time until it's midnight in your parts.
All my wishes for all to have a safe and sane New Year's Eve, and wishes for a joyous and healthy 2023 filled with new adventures and good fortune.
Right-O! "Champion" is what the GOP MAGAns saw/see in Donald Trump. That is, the GOP was primed in 2016 for someone to enter the political 'theater' and go political 'berserker' on liberals and progressives who had entrapped the GOP politicians in the muck and mire of their own moral righteousness and political standards. Donald Trump must have told the assemblage of GOP candidates and supporters he could get them out of "PC politics" if they just let him be himself! Lo and behold what manifested was a group of supporters very much in the vein of Trump himself; they unleashed and sic'ed on a slow to catch up public.
Donald Trump was given license to behave with malice, disruption, and outrage. Even so, I don't think even 'base-level' republicans/conservative knew the subterranean depths Donald Trump intended to plumb, blowing way pass the detour signs and crashing everything he navigated.
Trump is the right-wing champion sent out to eat liberals, now that the liberals are fighting back, Donald will and has chosen to turn and 'have' his own supporters served up! As a champion must stay 'fed' and able to leap tall buildings!
Oh and by the way, Santos is 'next level down' attraction below Trump.
Happy New Year, Cobaltblue.
Okay, I may have overstated the "squeaky clean" a bit I admit. My apologies to all. A most interesting post. My thanks and a Happy New Year to you.
We all have much more than that regarding Trump’s wrongdoing. We can all watch Trump repeatedly lie about the USA electoral system, etc. Much of his wrongdoings played out before our eyes.
That's just plain classy.
I do not deny that. You have a Happy NewYear.
Thank you for posting the best comprehensive explanation of the current Retrumplican psychosis I have ever read.
Retrumplicans have to pretend to believe the big lie to "own the libs". It's a form of self-deception that illustrates how ridiculous Their fucking party has become.
The owning the libs shtick is getting old fast.
no one wants to own a lib.
Tell it to Truth Social, Twitter and other social media sites where the term is used with regularity.
From 2018:
So it appears your " no one wants to own a lib" means you're wrong. Again. As to whether or not you care about owning libs:
Happy New Year, Al Jizzerror!
Al, the "deny everthing suggested" and "don't add anything useful to discussion bunch is out in full 'battle' array tonight! It is making for an anemic start to the new year 2023!
I think it will be a good year.
The MAGAs better buckle the fuck up.
Trump will be very appealing this year.
He will be appealing several convictions.
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wt actual f?
... not when seditious trumpsters are such a bargain.
Why?????? Because you don't want to admit the Biden is a liar and most likely a criminal.
Why?????? Because he's not stupid.
Tell me JR, does Joe lie?
Again you invent wild-assed claims and attribute them to me.
Further I have stated to you directly that Biden has a long-standing problem with the truth. So WTF goes through your head when you make ridiculous claims like this?
Attempt to be at least somewhat honest.
When you claim "There is no comparing any other PotUS with Trump." you are the one inventing wild-assed claims!
Trump is the only PotUS in the history of our nation who has engaged in a two month long Big Lie campaign where he refused to allow the normal transfer of power, abused the authority of his office by claiming the electoral system of our nation was "rigged / corrupt", and encouraged people to act on this. He is the only PotUS who has attempted to coerce myriad officials to "find votes" for him, to coerce a state Speaker to deliver an alternate set of fake electors, to suborn his own V.P. to unconstitutionally table certified election results from states he lost so that he could win the presidency via plurality, and he no doubt has the record for frivolous lawsuits challenging election results.
There is no comparing Trump, per the Big Lie campaign, with any other PotUS in our history.
Fact!
Why do you defend this miserable character and national embarrassment?
it'll be a hoot watching his kids suffer in the public eye long after daddy shits the bed...
It's not even "party loyalty".
Some dildos actually worship their fearful lying leader.
So they try to defend the indefensible.
It's fucking comical.
... the ridiculous lengths some people are willing to go instead of admitting they made a mistake.
It seems that every day brings a new Santos ''embellishment''.
Amazes me. Like did he actually think he would never get caught?
He also said that his wife died on 9/11/01... Records show she died in 2014.. He'll lie about anything.
Correction, mother, not wife..
A requirement for today's gqp/republicans
The guy is a scum bag who should never been elected and needs to be booted big time!
They fuckin' arrested the BH ostrich, and they can't do shit about lying duplicitous idiots?
why do i get the impression that "bird" is asking if one is looking at its "pecker".......
Given that his place of residence is listed as Knuckle Bump Farms, I'm sure 'pecker', 'size of my eggs' and 'getting laid' are often part of the vernacular.
as i said i Am imbibing just a wee bit and the drams are adding up, that being said , Knuckle bump farms ? hmmmm.
well i know of camel toe , moose knuckle , and buffalo hump even FUPA farms .... forgot where i was going.... but i definitely like BBQ where you need no teeth to eat their meat and eating at the Y is not a crime or usually looked down on ( if done right ).
Okay, that just made laugh.
Knuckle Bump Farms is a "small hobby farm in South Florida full of animals who absolutely despise education, and have a thirst for mayhem. Closed to the public." They have a cute Instagram page.
Watch out. He will show you his sausage.
I am pleased to have been of "some " service , how ever fleeting it may be may you enjoy the coming year , i can not guarentee that such situations will come from myself that would make you laugh .
i have a perpensity to only do "small batches " to have "quality control ".
though small , it is the effort put in on other aspects of the process that actually have a positive affect on the end result
I hope he's not from Germany. German sausages are the wurst.
never fear , none from the german ansestery in my back ground , i can find , i left that to the ex -wife . i will admit she made better sausage than myself .
I do have German. Haha
Cool.
Trumpanzees celebrate the New Year with a little wee.
You're a dreamy and wonderfully pleasant German. I'm thrilled you're not a sauerkraut.
you know that "thing" people are suppose to have that says " you shouldnt say that " ?
Usually i say mine either is broken , or doesnt exist in me and because of age usually say," wtf , lets see what happens ".....
im finding with a little good booze , it actually works ........ though im grinning like a raccoon sitting on a trash can full of hot dogs ....
Hahaha
I need to party with you one year.
That is why I am afraid of dating sites...
(hahahahahaaha) well achmed , just remember im more of a "walter " and you dont want to be in the same carry case ... (why? ) because walter has gas......, and That i will admit is very true , if it could be bottled and sold , as long as i lived , all energy reqirement would be met .
and if you want to know what im eating ?
YO MAMA .
or election night , that is a "good " night too
Why thank you my dear lady.
I hope you know I wish you only, whatever it is you wish for, for the new year!
I am trying to be respectful you know. I don't like those back alley talks...they can be scary.
Tell Al to take it easy on me.. : )
not hard really , i can recommend a good booze , mixer if wanted is of your choice , and just let it flow ..
aint gonna say it wont get physical or interesting , but im sure youll be grinning in the morning one way or another .
OR be saying as i find myself doing , "Im getting to old for this shit , but damn it IS fun ."
And in the morning have some breakfast sausage. (sorry, couldn't resist) Haha
I would actually love to try some. It looks so good. Just not sure about venison.
last batch was a mix , elk , venison and antelope with a maple flavoring , not my fav but it didnt taste like shit either . so it has that going for it .
Arvo...you...you...ate Bambi??
Enjoy those vintage maggots.
My mama died decades ago.
LMAO, just add more "prussian pink salt " as a cure ....
explains alot , then doesnt it ?
sucks when the "burn " comes back and burns oneself ......
rancid meat , often causes dire affects , if not "unpleasant ".....( leans left and lets rip)
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Nah not enough meat on there for me.. can't beat a good Barbie with lots of Scotch fillet steak...had some last night was very tasty...
well i can understand that , i either have things wherei can break it down finer for myself a( a whole loin , vs chops/steaks ) the point for me is how to save some , doing the finer cuts one self that satisfies what one wants .
rancid meat , often causes diarrhea affects
Fixed it.
I can see that... still doesnt say much for where you come from .... there ARE cerrtain things i still wouldnt eat ...
gettin closer?
Very clever JBB.
What is that. . . oil gasket 'broke'. . . chocolate milk storage container breach? What is going on.
Oh and welcome to the NEW YEAR 2023! Here's toasting to it not be a 'shitty deal!
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Errr ummm that looks awfully like an Emu not an Ostrich...just thought I would mention that..
oversizd turkey if cooked right ...
(BUUURP)
Geez would be tough as old boots..we sell it here in the supermarket but just doesn't quite appeal to me..
It's a bit like kanga meat.. eating our Coat of Arms just doesn't sit quite right with me..
Word of warning here , i have been "imbibibing " of a most excellent , single barrel bourbon , so i will be bias here due to what my butcher of 50 yrs father taught me .
meat doesnt have to be "tough ", though ther are some things that are out of human control. but if meat is generally treated as to cool it quickly , , insuring cleanliness , and processed in the least amount of time ( piss off kosher ) it really does turn out better . most meats condition is affected by its treatment AFTER it is no longer alive..
My coat of arms has an ostrich plume and a unicorn horn and some lions , if one unanglenisized my surname , it translates to son of the bear , meat is meat if it means survival, think any of that other stuff matters really?
So which is better ? be alive and talk about it or, have someone reading about it
2022 at Maga-Lardo: This was the worst year ever !
2023 at Maga-Lardo: Here ... hold my catsup bottle.
he's running here, but he has a much better chance of being elected there...
hopefully, his new high-rise office has lots of windows.
To accidentally 'fall out of' perhaps?
"check out your view of the kremlin comrade trumpski"
oops!.... aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh................splat.
Trump would make a fucking yuge SPLAT!
Trump is 300 lbs of dynamite with a two inch fuse.
Really, the ahhhhhhhhhhh shouldn't 'outweigh' the splat with that big fat turd
hopefully, the lying gop/pos gets served today...
... with a subpoena, I mean...
lock him up
Lock him up in Rio de Janeiro and give him a fucking Brazilian with very hot wax.
What a shady fuck. The government needs paper receipts for expenditures of $200 and over.
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His first act in office was a fucking lie.
Santos said in a release that he was sworn in today by the Speaker of the House.
Nobody was sworn in because there is no Speaker of the House.
Oh. My. Fucking. God. That's fucking CRAZY!!!! Why aren't the rethugs calling him out??!? Jesus, watching the GOP blow themselves up should be more enjoyable, but this is ridiculous.
From what I could tell watching the House on TV today, none of the other Republicans were talking to Santos or even sitting near him. He looked totally isolated, just sitting by himself playing with his phone.
Reporters were running after him peppering him with questions. He pretended he was on the phone. Held his phone up to his ear, but didn't talk to anyone. He better get used to reporters hounding him.
there were a bunch of reporters waiting for him at his locked office door yesterday, he saw them and bolted. it was hilarious. another gutless republickon...
See video on my comment 25. Priceless!
With Kevin Wannabe McCarthy wandering around in ''no speakers land'' George Santos will lose the 2024 election without ever being seated from 2022.
Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger keep their seats in congress and switch parties and win re-election as dems in 2024.
I just hope Brazil gets him before he's seated.
That would be sweeeeeeeet!
I could see them both going independent, after being shunned by the trumpster faction for calling out the orange menace before anyone else in the GOP shitshow.
Both Cheney and Kinzinger are American heroes. History will be kind to them both. They knew they were torpedoing their political career [for the moment] but put America first.
Kinzinger dropped out because Illinois Democrats gerrymandered his seat out of existence.
Does not detract for a moment his political heroism.
ot detract for a moment his political heroism.
Of course it does. He wasn't coming back to Congress under any circumstances. Heroism involves sacrifice, and there was no sacrifice involved at all. Instead, he guaranteed himself a future with the MSNBC crowd.
So why did Kinzinger and his family receive vile and disgusting threats on their lives?
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Kinzinger is a hero because the cowardly pigs that call themselves supporters of Trump made his life hell. It didn't matter. He put America first. Gerrymandering notwithstanding, he's a hero.
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Your opinion on whether or not Kinzinger is a hero means nothing since you've long ago made yourself irrelevant. Your reputation for goal-post moving in order to save face is continuously on exhibition.
gee, that has never happened in a red state... /s
I was wrong. He got the bag from CNN.
Inzinger is a hero because the cowardly pigs that call themselves supporters of Trump made his life hell. It di
I guess that makes Brett Kavanaugh the greatest American hero in history.
Your reputation for goal-post moving in order to save face is continuously on exhibition.
Lol . Project much? First, You call Kinzinger a hero for giving up his political career to attack Trump and do the right thing. Then, when you find out he gave up his career because his seat got gerrymandered out of existence, you say it doesn't matter that he didn't give up his career to attack Trump. He's a hero because he was insulted and received threats.
Are you even self aware enough to see how you just moved the goal posts to save face? Find a new M.O. This is getting stale.
Meh. No one gives an iota of a mote of a shit what you think. But I wanted to make sure of that before I committed myself. So I Googled "People who give a shit about what sean treacy thinks" to see if my name was on there. Just as I thought:
That's a lot of effort to say "you are correct"
Roll Call 14 | Bill Number: H. Res. 21
Vote Question: On Agreeing to the Resolution
Calling on Vice President Michael R. Pence to convene and mobilize the principal officers of the executive departments of the Cabinet to activate section 4 of the 25th Amendment to declare President Donald J. Trump incapable of executing the duties of his office and to immediately exercise powers as acting President
Vote Type: Yea-And-Nay
Status: Passed
Present: 0
Not voting: 5
Votes by party
NOTE : Sean, Look at the date stamp of this activity: January 12, 2021
Compare:
Kinzinger: If Illinois Democrats carve up his district in remap, he may run for Senate or governor
Democratic Party of Illinois chair Rep. Robin Kelly said when it comes to Illinois losing a district, “If we have something to say about it, I don’t think that it’ll be Adam’s seat.”
Ridiculous, lame and ignorant. The trifecta of irrelevance. Go home, kid. Your mom has turned her porch light on.
[Funny how you thought that was a lot of effort!]
Don't confuse the lad with facts.
But, but, facts are facts. . . aren't they? We gotta love 'em, yes?
Oh yes sir! Love facts just as you do. I've used this before, but it's appropriate here: You and I both know some people are as useless as the "ueue" in the word queue.
Kevin McCarthy is now officially Speaker of The House. Hard core liberal Democrats are just going to have to deal with it. I personally hope a scum bag Santos impeachment is one of the first acts of the new Congress
I doubt that Ds would be pleased with any R Speaker so why focus on them? Seems to me it is the Rs who have the problem with McCarthy. I have to wonder how compromised he is at this point. Does that not make one suspect the Ds prefer McCarthy given he is likely to be an ineffective leader?
I never liked McCarthy. Strikes me as your typical opportunistic, two-faced politician who will do whatever is needed to achieve his own personal desires.
Not a big fan of McCarthy either, but in my opinion, but he has got to be a far cry better than Nancy Pelosi or her protege Haakin Jeffries.
Would you feel the same if Haakeem Jeffries was an R with core GoP values?
republicans like candidates that regurgitate their alleged values, but recent history has shown those candidates don't necessarily need to live any of those values. by making the first payment to his blackmailers, mccarthy has traded away all his SOTH power to the fringe wackos and he can probably expect to relive the past week every time they don't get their regressive way in the house. it will be a non-stop rwnj shit show for the next 18 months that will cost them in 2024. cool.
Yeah, I do not see how McCarthy will function as a leader. He likely will spend his time simply trying to herd the cats and suffer many misses.
Then again, I tend to favor gridlock in Congress because I find that they do more harm than good.
the check engine light is already flashing on this house, and they haven't left the proverbial driveway. I see a string of disappointments on their journey towards a fascist theocracy.
Not at all. Scum bags come in all and varieties and ideologies.
Your answer was strange. I do not think "Not at all" is consistent with your following sentence.
I will assume that you think Haakeem Jeffries is a scumbag.
Who is not a scumbag, in your opinion? Are there any good Ds?
Do you consider Fred Upton a scumbag?
I do not think my answer was strange at all as I answered you in the context of your question.
You are correct in that I do not like Jeffries at all and think he is a scumbag. That is just my opinion for whatever it is worth.
There are a lot of good Democrats, just as there are a lot of good Republicans. As to who I consider a good Democrat, and some hard core liberals would disagree, Tulsi Gabbard is one wo comes to mind right off hand, Most others do not happen to be in DC.
As to Fred Upton, I know almost nothing about him so it is difficult to give a informed opinion.
No offense meant, but as Jeffries is not, and most likely never will be a R with core GOP values, it is somewhat of a redundant question that I need not answer.
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Tulsi Gabbard is NOT a Democrat.
Tulsi Gabbard's Dem Decision Fuels Speculation She's Trump's VP Choice
Former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard 's decision to leave the Democratic Party has some wondering whether she could be former President Donald Trump 's future running mate.
Gabbard announced on Tuesday in a video shared to social media that she was no longer a Democrat, and said the party was being led by "an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness" who promote "anti-white racism." She went on to say that she was leaving the party to become an Independent in part because she believed Democrats were bringing the world "ever closer to nuclear war."
Many were not surprised by Gabbard's move away from the Democratic Party. The former congresswoman has repeatedly promoted anti-LGBT positions, taken a pro-Russia stance on the war in Ukraine that is more in line with the American far-right than the left and advocated against "woke" culture since the end of her failed 2020 presidential campaign as a Democrat.
Tulsi Gabbard is definitely not a Democrat. Her reactionary extremist positions (core GOP values) put her right in line with the scumbags in the Republican Party.
As for Hakeem Jeffries, he is a great leader and an outstanding guy. He will make a great Speaker when the Anerican voters reject the Republicans and return the Democrats to the majority in the 2024 election.
Tulsi Gabbard is a Russian asset.
Tulsi Gabbard’s Biggest Political Donor In 2021 Is A Putin Apologist
T he largest individual donor to former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s (D-Hawaii) PAC in 2021 is an apologist for Vladimir Putin who runs a nonprofit that aims to foster cooperation between the U.S. and Russia. Gabbard has long taken pro-Russian positions , most recently on Sunday when she gave credence to a baseless Russian-supported conspiracy about U.S. involvement in biological-weapons laboratories in Ukraine.
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I’d reply but your lame attempt to troll doesn't make sense.
This is FABULOUS!!! Santos sings!
LMAO, love it
Hahaha
WTF...
meh, he's already claimed to be the greatest hummer in NYC...
We all know he's a liar. Apparently he's got some competition with someone's sister.
LOL
So funny. Santos may deserve to be deep-faked and panned online. It got me thinking about this (nearly brought me to tears being single "all my days"):
Eric Carmen, "All By Myself" (live)
Eric Carmen - All By MySelf (HQ)
Celine Dion, "All By Myself (live)
Reader: A snap poll: Which do you like better?
I'm Team Celine. The energy of a live audience adds to the magic.
Actually, I call it a tie. Here's why. Many, many years ago when I first heard this song it was Eric Carmen's version 'done' on the radio station. I fell in love with the sentiment, being a relatively 'alone' person transversing this life. For me, I could feel 'hurt' in the song. . . . And so I used to sing-a-long. Different for me, because back in '75 I was not 'tuned in' to classic rock music (that came later). I would hear it through other means.
With Celine, it is different. I felt in love with Celine from the moment she took my breath away with, "The Heart Will Go On and On" (by then, I was squarely in the Rock category (too)). So when she sang, "All By Myself" —she 'slayed' the remake.
One thing I did not process until just now: I did not know that the "big power note" done in Celine's version is not in the Carmen version. (I kept waiting for Mr. Carmen to reach up for it, and it did not come.)
You spoke about energy, well I have never seen Celine Dion perform, "The Heart Will Go On and On" until TONIGHT!
Talk about the 'bigness' of this woman's voice and presence: (Still, right now, I get a lump in my throat when she sings this song.)
Shout out to Youtube. Never have I ever been blessed with an online service that delivers the most incredible joy, sadness, and emotion into my life. This service is "SUPREME" and has altered the course of the world in its most understated fashion.
Oh my. Total tear inducing. Celine is in a class by herself.
I found myself crying when I popped in an old cd during a road trip and this song came on. It surprised the hell out of me. Unbelievably and luckily, no one's ever broken my heart. But the thought that someone could feel that way hurt my soul. Plus I love both kd and Roy. Both beautiful singers.
I enjoyed the 'throat' work (perfect in its delicacy and not overdone) to end this "mega" powerful song. You want to know something: I have never taken out time to watch TITANIC, but that track NAILS ME TO THE WALL EVERY TIME!
That presentation, that gown (and I don't know diddly about women's clothing) were brilliant. She is worth all the praise and value placed on her as an entertainer and from what I read of her as a person too. There are singers who remind me of the fantastic "Gaia" goddess of mother Earth who has power in her ability to sing to her planet effortlessly of its beauty, and tragic ugliness. Celine Dion is of that class.
RO and KD, great together. A classic sound and song choice. Landing each note and holding 'em with perfect pitch and pacing.
Now. . . let me come down off cloud NINE and back to the real world of Santos' subpar congressional 'altitude.'
uh, naked celine...
So far it is 3 Celine Dion and 1 Eric Carmen (due to a tie vote).
Uh, I understand she's suffers from bulimia.
She may have the body of a crack whore.
timing could be critical then. you'd definitely want to catch her in swallowing mode...
Damn! And, I don't know this. . . but did Santos even ask Trump for his support during the campaign on the "strength" of his lies? Or, will that support be forthcoming when the ethics committee proceedings 'start'?
Fuckin' awesome. Ah. Rethuglicans are imploding and turning into cannibals.
Since Santos surely must know his days are numbered, he's found a new gig:
Truth according to millions of republicans:
the neo-fascists will dump him because of public pressure, right after he's done voting to seat the new SOTH...
Loved the Boebert pettiness! Stands to give her vote: "I nominate Kevin ... Hern." One other idiot did the same. Trafficker gaetz nominated trump. Ha! The country's at a standstill and they don't give a shit. What can you expect from traitors.
smooooootch...
“The country's at a standstill and they don't give a shit.”
Unprecedented, unbelievable, and incredibly irresponsible…karma’s a bitch, and they are all sonsabitches.
Whoa. You're living in my head. Again.
This exhibition of republican disfunction, exemplifying their total disregard for this country and showcasing their traitorous leanings, will go into tomorrow. The second anniversary of when their fellow traitors shit and pissed on the floor of this nation's capitol and chanted for the hanging of Pence, among other disgusting acts. The GOP is now thoroughly entrenched in humiliating themselves.
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Remember when I asked for your opinion? Yeah, me neither.
If being wrong burned calories, you'd be a stick figure.
I am always amazed
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“I didnt ask if you wanted it as it is irrelevant.”
Oh, tex…unwittingly describing every single response of yours.
Meh. No one cares. Don't you have someplace else to be wrong at? People always enjoy ignorance on display.
So true!
certainly
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You're damn quick and clever!
Too quick for some, half as clever as I would hope.
But thanks for the encouragement…
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Meh whatever it was. No one cares.
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good one!
You and Cobalt are on a roll here. Keep up the good work!
... more wraps around his neck, please...
I'd also see a duct tape mouth "guard".
... to keep the cue ball in it.
And six years later, Lindsey stumped for Herschel Walker.
Lindsey blows with the wind
Are you saying "With The Wind" is Lindsey Graham's pet name for George Santos?
I'm not making a gay slur
lindsey should loan his equipment to laura ingraham...
oh wait, hers is probably much larger...
... probably got stumped by HW
True.
poor lindsey has experienced some emotional moments in public lately. I do hope he's able to hold up in court in the near future.
She didn't even chew it.
wow, that picture just gave me a great idea. mustard and ketchup flavored lube...
funny how santos has such a hard time hearing his name called during the roll call votes... ???
santos.... santos.... "huh? oh yeah, that's me. mccarthy."
The McCarthy/Gaetz heated exchange on the floor have been transcribed by the country's best lipreading experts. See it here.
"hey man, you're gonna pay for dinner"
Mike Rogers almost lost his merkin there, lol.
put him on a foreign relations committee and send him to brazil...
"momma says life is like a box of white chocolates"
"Life is like a box of white supremacists"
"Really fine people." - Donald Trump
confederate flag, nazi flag, and a teabag insurrectionist flag. all 3 factions of trump supporters...
oops, my mistake. here's the last official confederate flag...
it could use a yellow stripe across it...
Tabloids have been suggesting that an Ivanka/Jared divorce is looming, especially since she was sighted sans wedding ring this weekend. George Santos admits he's to blame and he and Ivanka will confirm their relationship. Soon.
What, wait!! Didn't he declare that he was gay?
LMAO, as the world turns.
she's got a mushroom on standby...
she overheard her attorneys talking about her getting ready to go to club fed. she thinks it's in the caribbean...
she's had a lot of work done...
she'll be hounded by the press long after daddy has gone into a box... gee, that's too bad...
Yeah, that's the ticket.