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George Santos Shows Early Signs of Tilting to the Hard Right
Through his staff hires and his public appearances with members of the House Freedom Caucus, Representative George Santos has signaled a move away from the mainstream.

By Michael Gold
Jan. 18, 2023, 3:00 a.m. ET

On his first day in Congress, Representative George Santos of New York spent most of his time alone, isolated from his new colleagues. But by week’s end, he had found his place: alongside members of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, including Representatives Matt Gaetz of Florida and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.

As a growing number of fellow Republican representatives called for his resignation, Mr. Santos dug in further, appearing last week on “Bannon’s War Room,” the podcast of Stephen K. Bannon, a former adviser to President Donald J. Trump who was involved in the effort to overturn the 2020 election.

For seven minutes, Mr. Santos chatted with Mr. Gaetz, who was filling in for Mr. Bannon. He spoke little about his political views. Instead, with Mr. Gaetz’s support, he swatted away mounting concerns about his lies about his background, his campaign spending and the inquiries he is facing about both ethical violations and potential crimes.

Mr. Santos’s actions in the House chamber so far this year, his willingness to appear on Mr. Bannon’s podcast and the few public hires he has made to his congressional staff all suggest that his stance in Congress, should he remain for his full two-year term, will be further to the right than the one he adopted on the campaign trail.

His appearance on the Bannon podcast, often a platform for election deniers and far-right conspiracy theorists, has revived campaign questions about where the congressman sits on the conservative spectrum.



https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/nyre ... staff.html

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Tue Jan 17, 2023 9:26 pm That's despicable.

Dr. Ken wrote: ↑Wed Jan 18, 2023 9:40 am https://twitter.com/TheNewWorks/status/ ... 2074173440

Rep. Dan Goldman

Jan 15, 2023

@RepDanGoldman

Bombshell reporting from @nytimes revealed that @SpeakerMcCarthy and @RepStefanik knew about George Santos’s scheme to defraud the American people all along. In the name of transparency, they must cooperate with all investigations to uncover the truth.

@TheNewWorks

FYI kept track of lies. Here's a cheat sheet for those of you following

9:17 PM · Jan 15, 2023

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes wrote: On the Steak for Breakfast Podcast in August, Republican Congressman George Santos claimed he “used to go to the Met Gala,” but now they, along with the NYC Pride Parade and NYC museums, are discriminating against him over his “ethnicity,” “orientation,” and “political opinions.”

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Wed Jan 18, 2023 11:21 am

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes wrote: On the Steak for Breakfast Podcast in August, Republican Congressman George Santos claimed he “used to go to the Met Gala,” but now they, along with the NYC Pride Parade and NYC museums, are discriminating against him over his “ethnicity,” “orientation,” and “political opinions.”

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p0rtia wrote: ↑Wed Jan 18, 2023 3:43 pm But she was the top female executive in Brazil. Right?

The records show that she wasn’t a bean counter, but a bean picker. As a young woman with a ninth grade education, she came to the United States on a Seasonal Agricultural Workers visa and worked on a South Florida bean and squash farm for $2.50 an hour. Later, she moved to New York and worked as a home aide and housekeeper.

Marisa Kabas @MarisaKabas wrote: NEW: I just spoke by phone with Eula Rochard, a Brazilian drag queen who was friends with George Santos when he lived near Rio. She said everyone knew him as Anthony (*never* George), or by his drag name, Kitara, and confirms this photo is from a 2008 drag show at Icaraí Beach.

tek wrote: ↑Wed Jan 18, 2023 11:45 am

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Wed Jan 18, 2023 11:21 am

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes wrote: On the Steak for Breakfast Podcast in August, Republican Congressman George Santos claimed he “used to go to the Met Gala,” but now they, along with the NYC Pride Parade and NYC museums, are discriminating against him over his “ethnicity,” “orientation,” and or “political opinions.”

Well!
If George Santos says it, it MUST be true!

OrlyLicious @Orly_licious 1m
George Santos' voters will be so proud when they hear about Kitara. So will @mattgaetz & @HouseGOP. Anthony/Kitara should live his best life and not be lying about it. #DragOnTheHouse #KitaraSantos

“Why did he say he had two names then?”
“Well, he used zebrosky for his gofundme. He would say oh, well the Jews will give more if you're a Jew. So that is the name he used for his gofundmes”

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Wed Jan 18, 2023 4:28 pm

news lady raison linked to wrote:NEW: I just spoke by phone with Eula Rochard, a Brazilian drag queen who was friends with George Santos when he lived near Rio. She said everyone knew him as Anthony (*never* George), or by his drag name, Kitara, and confirms this photo is from a 2008 drag show at Icaraí Beach.

noblepa wrote: ↑Wed Jan 18, 2023 10:49 pm
Personally, I'm not ready to accept the drag queen story as true, just based on that picture.

Marisa Kabas @MarisaKabas freelance writer/reporter • @msnbc columnist • : MKwrites4000@proton.me Brooklyn, NY thehandbasket.substack.com Born August 4 Joined April 2009
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Phoenix520 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 18, 2023 10:46 pm The PBs and other miscreants are hassling drag shows and events because of the Republican Party party line on trans people - hell, sex in all its forms except missionary- as vocalized by Tucker and the far right poseurs. Of course we don’t care if they’re drag queens, unless they’re going to smirk at us from a stolen seat in Congress while smoking a Cuban cigar bought while fighting in the Bay of Pigs campaign. Fer chrissakes, this guy is making fools of EVERYBODY and they don’t seem to care.

Foggy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 6:12 am Yeah, he's an unmovable object. But there's an irresistible force, and that's the people who voted for him. He represents a lot of rich Republicans who aren't very happy right now. And they are not going to sit back and say, "Well, he shore fooled me, by gum." They didn't get to be rich Republicans by sitting on their thumbs.