Even in the deep and murky annals of congressional corruption, there’s no one quite like Rep. George Santos (R-NY). Who else, after all, could hope to match the sheer mendacity or the brazenness of his alleged scams?
Santos’ story isn’t over yet. As the drama continues to unfold, TPM will stay ahead of the curve on Santos and the broader world of MAGA malfeasance that made his rise possible.
And with any luck, the msm will follow your lead. Here’s hoping.
It’s George Anthony Devolder Zabrowsky Kitara Rivance Santos, if you please.
You’re going to have to rename the Golden Duke Awards.
To all appearances, George Santos is also a smurf.
And, in all likelihood, the first of his kind to stand for, and plausibly sweep, the Golden Dukes.
h/t @davitydave
I am reminded of “Catch Me If You Can”, but instead of the shyster being on the lam, he sits in the House of Representatives thumbing his nose at the FBI.
Of course, there is still time.
Jeebus be praised!! THREE (count em) Santos/Devolder articles on the main page, Poor donnie can’t get a crime in edgeways!!!
SAD!!!
But, I don’t miss him.
Look how far he got, and how being a Republican was an easy way to print cash.
The Right is the Rich.
If Santos is expelled from his House seat, the GOP majority will be reduced to three more than Dem seats.
The GOP won’t stand for that?
Me either. When I see trump’s face I feel I should dip my phone or laptop in a vat of bleach.
No, that’s granting Santos too much respect. Sure, he was (is) brazen, but he’s a lightweight. If he weren’t part of a hairsbreadth majority, they probably would have cut him loose. He holds no sway over the Party and doesn’t have any responsibilities within the Party.
I don’t know a lot of the details of Rep. “Duke” Cunningham, but he was a power broker in the Party. He was positioned to make or break fellow members’ careers and lobbyists flocked to him for favors. Santos is like a “Randy Cunningham in 30 seconds” improv routine. He’s a spectacle in the moment, but he doesn’t have staying power like the “Duke” did.
I marvel at the consistency of the quality of the Republicans in the House.
This is what it looks like when the Clown Car goes in the ditch.
Looking up to see the sewer is never good.
The House republican majority is clearly more important than speaking truth or being honest that is why the goobers feel it so very important to keep Santos/Devolder around. He could get after a young boy over one of the desks on the House floor and the powers that be would think nothing of it. Ignore it …didn’t happen … the majority is that important to these clowns.
They’ve spent 50 years telling their people that facts don’t matter; that objective reality is optional. So of course, they’ve created a generation of people who actually believe they can define their own reality. The “Country Club Republicans” thought they could lead these people by the nose endlessly and they never even considered the possibility that they were opening themselves up to be overtaken by these post-truthers.
We’re stating that Santos (please, don’t make me repeat “George Anthony Devolder Zabrowsky Kitara Rivance Santos” is a particularly ripe edition of a typical corrupt Republican. But I’m from Massachusetts and New Jersey, so I know a thing or two about real crooks. They usually bring more style and flair to their crimes. Santos is not at this level. He is a one person clowb car. You should not constantly lie about everything if you can’t even do it credibly.
Well, I wouldn’t trust Santos to fly an F4 (though he might try to sell it as part of a phony scam), much less become an ace pilot. That said, he may be the most comprehensively corrupt politician working today, and in the GOP that is saying a very great deal, indeed.
The key point.
He’s not even in the top 10. He’s a lightweight penny ante grifter picking up nickels compared to most of them
TMFFWNBN + hellspawn and plastic boy in law
Manchin
Sinema
(P )Rick Scott
McTurtle
Anyone on the 45 inauguration committee - reached a breathtaking level of theft not seen before
Anyone shown as a “media buyer” for a campaign or PAC skimming 15-20% off the top
Anyone involved in fundraising for a SuperPAC skimming 20-35% of donations
There’s so much money sloshing around in US politics it’s easy to divert a portion into your own pockets, cover it with a contract and call it good. Outright fraud (and stealing from other GQP candidates) is where Santos went wrong.
