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Phoenix520 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 22, 2022 2:39 pm I saw a comment yesterday on Elmo’s playpen that implied he was in some kind of trouble in Brazil and had fled to the US. Can’t track it down though.

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Thu Dec 22, 2022 2:43 pm

Phoenix520 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 22, 2022 2:39 pm I saw a comment yesterday on Elmo’s playpen that implied he was in some kind of trouble in Brazil and had fled to the US. Can’t track it down though.

I heard that too, he bounced on a warrant or something, I want to say.

Kendra wrote: ↑Thu Dec 22, 2022 3:41 pm Might be fun watching the Hill reporters following him around all day asking tough questions.

I haven't seen Fox reporting on this yet, if someone sees it and how they spin it, please post here.

Suranis wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 12:28 am ... she told me it was an open secret in the industry that he was secretly straight.

Foggy: and if it's bad enough, will the Republicans refuse to seat him.

CBS News has spoken with a pastor, Father Jose Carlos da Silva, of Saint Rita's Catholic Church, in Long Island City, Queens, who says he knew Santos' family, the Devolders, well. The Devolders came to the church once in a while, he told CBS News. The family, including George Santos, was Catholic, says da Silva.

He also said that when Santos' mother, Fatima Devolder, died in 2016, Santos approached him to ask for help from the church. Da Silva had ministered to the family during Devolder's illness, and soon after she died, Santos told da Silva that the family couldn't afford a funeral.

A memorial mass was held at the church, which held a collection for the family. Da Silva said he didn't count the money collected, but recalled that the amount raised was significant, and that he handed the collection directly to Santos. But da Silva's portrayal of the family's financial condition is at odds with the biography presented by Santos.

Rep. George Santos Now Appears to Have Lied About His Grandparents Fleeing the Nazis

Susan Rinkunas
Wed, December 21, 2022 at 11:40 PM GMT+1

On Monday, we learned that Representative-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) allegedly fabricated large parts of his biography, including where he went to college, his employment history, and losing multiple employees in the Pulse Nightclub shooting. Santos didn’t comment for the New York Times piece, but hours after it published, his lawyer shared a bizarre statement on Twitter in which he denied nothing and misattributed a quote to Winston Churchill.

Now, Jewish outlet The Forward has done its own investigation on Santos, and based on their review of genealogy websites, they allege he is not Jewish as he has claimed and that his grandparents did not flee Nazi persecution in Europe during World War II.




https://www.yahoo.com/news/rep-george-s ... 00708.html

This story talks about hopping from rental home to rental home skipping out on back rent each time. So, where did the $700K he loaned his campaign come from if he can't afford rent? This isn't a candidate "padding his resume." It's federal crimes.

Senior House Republicans were so keenly aware of alleged inaccuracies and embellishments in Rep-elect George Santos’s professional biography, that the topic became a “running joke,” multiple insiders close to House GOP leadership told The Post.

“As far as questions about George in general, that was always something that was brought up whenever we talked about this race,” said one senior GOP leadership aide. “It was a running joke at a certain point. This is the second time he’s run and these issues we assumed would be worked out by the voters.”

“When the story dropped everyone was like well yeah that makes sense. That’s all what we kind of thought,” the aide added, noting that his financial and biographical details didn’t always add up.

A second insider close to GOP leadership called the allegations against Santos “mostly stuff we already knew,” adding that “there were questions. Things weren’t adding up.”

Santos was elected during the midterms last month to represent the Long Island and Queens-based 3rd District and replace retiring Democrat Tom Suozzi. He forms a critical part of Republicans narrow 222 to 213 majority in the chamber.

Given that paper-thin margin, there was almost no chance the incoming congressman would face any sanction from leadership over the issue, House insiders said.

“The most important purpose that Santos serves is voting for Kevin McCarthy, until then nobody’s going to do anything,” the second insider said. “He won his election. He’s a member of congress. Too bad for Democrats. Should have figured this all out beforehand. He will have committee assignments.”

Reps for McCarthy did not respond to request for comment.