• Doug Holland
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    1401 year ago

    Like Trump, Santos never told the truth about anything, but remember that a majority of Republicans in the House, 112 of 222, voted not to expel him.

  • @Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
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    921 year ago

    He never once told the truth about anything at all. He lied to a reporter about what he had for lunch. He lied about where he got his hair done. He was incapable of even the slightest shred of honesty. He also stole from every pot he could reach into.

    There’s a reason it took conservatives a year of nonstop negative, embarassing press coverage before they did anything about it. They didn’t want to oust someone just for being a conservative.

      • @MajesticSloth@lemmy.world
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        Which is so odd to me. I get that some are trying to play the innocent until proven guilty thing. But the thing is, we know for a fact he has essentially lied about his resume and won an election based on it. Every place I worked, you could be fired if they found out you lied on an application or resume. Why should it be any different with this? So even without a conviction on the legal side of things, they all should have wanted him out based on fabricating his whole life.

        • @JeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyz
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          101 year ago

          Because it’s one of them. What would happen if everyone would be held accountable for what they say? They all think “I’m next”

      • On NPR I hear his campaign was overcharging a fellow republican congressman’s mom’s credit card after a donation. He was hurting the wrong people.

    • TigrisMorte
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      161 year ago

      Drag queen goes criminal straight conservative to skim off the top but dips too deep and gets caught. Just normal Republican stuff.

  • Pons_Aelius
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    761 year ago

    Man kicked out of bar says it was shit and he planned to leave anyway.

    Details at 11.

  • dtc
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    541 year ago

    George Santos ousted from Congress after fabricating life story

    No no no, the fabricated life story happened first, he was ousted from congress after a fucking year of lying.

    • @CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com
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      But that’s what that sentence means.

      “… ousted from Congress after fabricating…” The key word here is “after”

      Edit: if it said he was ousted from Congress BEFORE fabricating his life story than your correction would be accurate.

      • dtc
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        11 year ago

        My point is that it took a full year of hilariously obvious lies for any corrective action. In Congress (one of the administrative bodies of the country I live in) I’d prefer for liars and dishonest conmen to be excluded from taking part in governance.

          • dtc
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            11 year ago

            You think every politician has as many blatantly obvious lies on their CV as Santos? For real?

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                Of course they are, that’s the second question on the application right after ‘if an infant was on fire and you just drank a big-gulp would you piss the fire out?’.

      • dtc
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        11 year ago

        Edit reply: if he got ousted when he first told the lies, that would have been more acceptable than waiting a full year. I hope you can understand the difference.

    • @Ranvier@sopuli.xyz
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      101 year ago

      Don’t forget multiple felonies, including committing identity theft using information from donors.

      • dtc
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        11 year ago

        I thought that was covered by the ‘R’ after his name.

    • @Jackcooper@lemmy.world
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      21 year ago

      And he wasnt even listed for being the most prolific liar in a building of liars… It was so those voting to expel him could show their donators that they think misappropriating funds isn’t cool, man

  • Chozo
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    401 year ago

    I’m honestly surprised it happened. I fully expected Republicans to continue to embrace his fraudster ass until the end of time. It’s weird to see just how far away they’re willing to draw the line, though. Like, it was known from the start that he was a fraud, and they were all onboard anyway.

  • @silverbax@lemmy.world
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    401 year ago

    Of course when this clown shows up on Fox News, or OAN, touting his book or offering insight into government, no one watching will bother to remember that he was kicked out by his own party for wild fabrication and fraud.

    • BarqsHasBite
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      He’s definitely going to tell all cash in on the scathing secrets in a book for the low, low price of $24.99. Chapter 8 will shock you!

      (*Written by notorious liar, publisher does not take responsibility blah blah blah.)

        • BarqsHasBite
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          21 year ago

          The conservative PACs will have no interest in it. They normally do because it helps their candidates, but I don’t think they care about Santos

    • @kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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      41 year ago

      Still waiting for Trump to feel any consequences for the decades of fraud and other shit he has been getting away with.

  • ArugulaZ
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    No, to hell with YOU. The fact that your expulsion was at all contested given the evidence of your flagrant lawlessness should be a damning indictment of Congress itself. They’re so used to crooks that they don’t see a problem with adding another to their ranks.

  • You have to be a real big loser to work in Congress. Ya gotta be an even bigger loser to be kicked out.

    Also, is he wearing contouring makeup in the header picture?