George Santos (R-NY) and his imaginative (but dishonest) résumé

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Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 12:51 pm I hope he had to surrender his passport when indicted, not that he didn't already have another fake identify in waiting.

Pretty certain he surrendered his passport fwiw.

p0rtia · #1377

Volkonski · #1378

An early Christmas present to the USA.

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p0rtia wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 12:53 pm

Elise Sycophant wanted to keep him. Awww.

Volkonski · #1380

George Santos Expelled From Congress

But just before the vote, CNN reported the "betting is, he'll survive this," as the top GOP leadership said they supported keeping Santos in office.

Santos, whose 3rd District covers (only part of) Queens and Nassau counties, pleaded not guilty to 23 federal fraud and conspiracy counts. It was discovered following his election win that the majority of his resume was fabricated.

Shizzle Popped · #1381

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The resolution passed 311 to 114, with 105 Republicans voting in favor of expulsion. All four top House GOP leaders voted to keep Santos in Congress.

And, yes looking at the math, it was Dems who got it done.

RTH10260 · #1383

That took a long time for Republicans to decide that drag queens may not read to them children in Congress

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A good day in the House. There aren't many of those.

Rolodex · #1385

Now, if they would only investigate why the Speaker (Mike Johnson) and rep from TN Andy Ogles don't have checking or savings accounts (not any reported on their financial disclosure forms). And how Ogles, with no checking account was able to loan his campaign hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Sam the Centipede · #1386

RTH10260 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 1:46 pm That took a long time for Republicans to decide that drag queens may not read to them children in Congress

I hadn't made that connection about the Republicans' duplicitous attitude to drag artists. Gosh, they're horrible people.

bob · #1387

neonzx wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 1:31 pm
The resolution passed 311 to 114, with 105 Republicans voting in favor of expulsion. All four top House GOP leaders voted to keep Santos in Congress.
And, yes looking at the math, it was Dems who got it done.

To be fair, there was no way for either party to unilaterally expel Santos. (Which essentially was the Framers' intent when they required a supermajority for expulsion.)

That the Democrats provided a majority of the votes to expel Santos is unsurprising. But, as with McCarthy's ouster, I'm sure the Democrats will be blamed for this "unprecedented, dangerous" step.

sugar magnolia · #1388

Can't wait for Santos to start throwing bombs at the other House members. I suspect the tar is plenty deep enough to trap them under the bus he's going to throw them under.

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raison de arizona wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 11:27 am

Yep. The perfect example of how fucking ridiculous, disgusting and absolutely hypocritical the GOP is

Volkonski · #1390

Steve Herman
@w7voa@journa.host
C-SPAN reports the locks have been changed on the former House office of George Santos

https://www.c-span.org/video/?532170-6/ ... -expulsion

Frater I*I · #1391

Kitara...we hardly knew ya.....

Seriously....

Hope the door hit ya on the way out!!!

W. Kevin Vicklund · #1392

Just Another Smackdown Friday

Kendra · #1393

GURL BYE

Older video, but RR reposted it to FB today.

Dave from down under · #1394

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No sound, but satisfying.

CSPAN @cspan wrote: Sign removed from the office of former Rep. George Santos (R-NY).

Note: Video has no audio.

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Let's hope the NY GOP doesn't put him on the ballot again, and the constituents cretins in his district don't get a second chance to screw us all.

Alien Ant Farm covering a MJ classic - sub the word Annie with Georgie

Shizzle Popped · #1398

bill_g wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 5:57 pm Let's hope the NY GOP doesn't put him on the ballot again, and the constituents cretins in his district don't get a second chance to screw us all.

My brother, who lives in Manhattan, says the residents of that district are really pissed at the Republican party. It's a swing district but he doesn't think there's any way it goes Republican, at least for the special election and probably the next general election.

neeneko · #1399

Kriselda Gray wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 3:43 pm
raison de arizona wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 11:27 am
Yep. The perfect example of how fucking ridiculous, disgusting and absolutely hypocritical the GOP is

Does make you wonder what he did to piss them off enough to dump him, or what he wasn't doing that they wanted him to.

bob · #1400

neeneko wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 6:20 pmDoes make you wonder what he did to piss them off enough to dump him, or what he wasn't doing that they wanted him to.

Be a value add.

People attach themselves to the former president because they are chasing dollars and status; Santos couldn't deliver that in sufficient quantities to be worth the hassle.

Too also: The control of the House is very much in play next year; Santos was an obvious drag on the congressional brand.