Gregory Morey, a former roommate of Rep. George Santos (R-NY), told CBS News in an interview that Santos wanted to be in Congress for a single term so he could get a pension and health care for the rest of his life.
For the freshman congressman, who’s quickly climbing the leaderboard for the conman-of-the-century award
The best conman can even con himself.
Benefits are hard to come by- glad he would need 5 years of service to qualify.
He should of just married a teacher or a municipal worker.
Have you seen The Big Conn on AppleTV?
Morey added he was shocked when he saw Santos was actually elected to office last year
Santos wasn’t elected. The guy he portrayed himself as was. The people in his district did not vote for this chud. They voted for a Gay, Jewish and liberally educated man. It’s a Dem leaning area. If Santos ran as Santos no way he gets within 25% points of victory.
No surprise that a conman would fail to understand that a one-term House Rep won’t get a pension
As FactCheck.org notes, that means that members of the House of Representatives - who are up for reelection every two years - would not be able to collect pensions of any amount if they only served one term.
Santos would have to serve three terms to qualify. Its an open question whether he will survive to the end of the current term.
I live in CD #4. Santos is CD#3 in NY. Keep in mind Chuck Schumer lost Long Island in 2022- See the Newsday article below. It was a red wave on LI and the article explains.
And Schumer still won more votes than any other statewide Democrat, state Board of Elections records show.
“In a very tough environment, Senator Schumer led the ticket and received the most votes of any Democrat,” Schumer spokesman Angelo Roefaro said in a statement to Newsday.
“Senator Schumer looks forward to continuing to work hard and deliver real results for Long Island,” Roefaro said.
State party leaders and strategists cited two reasons for the Democrats’ showing in the 2022 election: The issue of crime and the turnout for Republican Lee Zeldin in his bid for governor.
Jay Jacobs, New York State and Nassau County Democratic chairman, told Newsday he didn’t think the vote against Schumer reflected what people really think of him.
Jacobs said “something unique happened in New York” that differed from most of the country.
“The issue of crime and the phony bail reform charges made by Republicans and the belief that Lee Zeldin could actually win this year motivated the Republican base dramatically,” Jacobs told Newsday.
In a statement, New York State Republican Committee chairman Nick Langworthy said, “There is no question that Lee Zeldin’s incredible strength at the top of our ticket had a demonstrable impact on down-ballot races.”
Langworthy said the suburbs sent a message that they want a change from Democratic policies "that have given us record inflation and a crime crisis.”
After winning his three previous reelection races in Nassau and Suffolk counties with 61%, 56% and 57% of the vote, this year Schumer lost Long Island with a 45% margin to Pinion’s 53%.
In Nassau, Schumer got 47% of the vote to Pinion’s 51%.
But in Suffolk, Zeldin’s home base, Schumer trailed with 45% of the vote to Pinion’s 53%.
Yup. That’s why Speaker Ryan announced his retirement, then hung around for another year. Hit the magic 20 to get the full pension with that delay.
I am shocked, SHOCKED, I tell ya, that this Republican is being revealed as a grifter.
Qevin was elected in 2006. Needs a few more years.
Thanks. Came here to say this.
Yes, Santos is a con man. But what about being a security risk? If he (and Marjorie Taylor Greene, etc., etc.) get on major committees, can they be trusted with national secrets they might encounter? Obviously, they do not have the best interests of the US at stake. Obviously, they want money and power. But who are they beholden to?
This is almost straight out of the movie Six Degrees of Separation
He’s slightly seen that way with Republicans, but every vote counts.
Santos is an idiot to think that any job would give him a lifetime pension and medical benefits after only two years of service.
You only need 5 years in Congress if you are 62 or older. Someone Santos’ age needs to be there for 25 years. They would need to win 13 elections as a Representative, fewer if they managed to win statewide and became Senator. And there’s no way Santos is getting close to being elected that many times.
US President gets a full lifetime pension, unless they are removed via impeachment and conviction in the senate. Though I think the intent of the Former Presidents Act was the president qualify after completing* one full term, the text of the Act does not mention any minimum service times. So, a newly elected president could get sworn in, say “fuck this shit” that evening, and retire with $400k/yr for life. Or maybe they have to stick around for at least one paycheck to establish their compensation rate.
*Gerald Ford qualifies though he did not serve a full term
That’s one constitutional question I wouldn’t have minded if Trump had put to the test.
You are conflating requirements for minimum pension vs. full pension. 5 years in congress at any age gets you the minimum pension.
All the Feds, including Congress, have the same basic rules (except LEO, who have some special things).
The 5 years creates an entitlement to a pension, you just can’t collect it until you turn the requisite age, generally 62 but with several permutations based on date of birth and other things.
And it’s not going to be much of a pension at that point, takes a lot more years to build up the pension (calculations of pensions have a multiplier of number of years of service in there).