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First order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps"
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Ish. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?"
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Why are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8."
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A mystery for the ages.
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[
"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?"
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I think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.
People on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.
People on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.
Because they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages."
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Nah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview."
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“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”
“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”
“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”
I. Am. Speechless.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know"
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It’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless."
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Democrats lost to this guy.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s"
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This dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy.
It's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy."
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"How did all these clowns get into our clown party" - Republicans, probably
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america."
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Nah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably"
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The grift that just keeps giving!
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party."
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Even if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!"
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One would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit."
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He thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...
Democrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist
He thought they thought he was fabulous
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida."
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The people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous"
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But despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….
Sounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots"
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Triggers libs? Check.
Campaign finance scandal? Check.
Lies every time he opens his mouth? Check.
Wholly unqualified for the job? Check.
He’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes"
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Good. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered.
But it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?
GTFO
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG"
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For once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”
Almost any politician should do this
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO"
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Al Franken kinda did that.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this"
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For 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that."
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If he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on.
I'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild."
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Wait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?
Seems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times."
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Seems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie
That's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?
Why lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie"
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$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?"
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It's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name."
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Amazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons."
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal."
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He also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises"
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Heard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016."
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok..."
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Woah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch"
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They think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱"
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They’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45."
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The thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first."
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Tulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party."
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great."
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Based on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.
My guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying"
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They could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign."
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This dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there."
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Just read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help."
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Likely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?"
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Shit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way."
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latino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day"
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me"
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If you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \""
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though."
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I don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe."
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Oh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.
Hmmm.
What are they gonna find out?
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought."
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?"
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The GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit"
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Much as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old "party boss" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town."
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I have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates."
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What was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?
And Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?
Do they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement."
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Just because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should.
Plus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?"
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This tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait "Chutzpah" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable."
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Not nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.
He has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy."
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"It's not a lie if you believe it" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is."
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I don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented.
This should be everyone going ballistic.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!"
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I'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic."
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)"
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This whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall."
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What are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere."
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute."
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately"
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman."
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I’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?"
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I’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat."
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Sucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥"
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I can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background."
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Evidently these "embellishments" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?"
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press."
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C."
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Honestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?"
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~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan."
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Considering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy"
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Just heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s"
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This guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days."
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If I lied on my job application, I'd be fired for misleading the company. Why should this be any different?
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.",
">\n\nThis guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up."
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The "company", in this case, are the voters of the district. They have no recourse to fire him for the lies. You can't recall a Congressional representative. There's no mechanism in the Constitution to do that. Only the Republican Party can "fire" him at this point by refusing to seat him. That is unlikely to happen.
If it turns out he does not meet the citizen qualifications to be a sitting representative, things could get really interesting.
Santos just rolled a dumpster filled with cheap fireworks into the Republican Party and lit the match. They need to get their thumbs out of their butts and do something before it explodes. Because, with this guy, it sounds like they've just scratched the surface of his corruption. He and they will not come out of this unscathed if the choice is to do nothing.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.",
">\n\nThis guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up.",
">\n\nIf I lied on my job application, I'd be fired for misleading the company. Why should this be any different?"
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This guy is incredible. A complete fucking joke.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.",
">\n\nThis guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up.",
">\n\nIf I lied on my job application, I'd be fired for misleading the company. Why should this be any different?",
">\n\nThe \"company\", in this case, are the voters of the district. They have no recourse to fire him for the lies. You can't recall a Congressional representative. There's no mechanism in the Constitution to do that. Only the Republican Party can \"fire\" him at this point by refusing to seat him. That is unlikely to happen. \nIf it turns out he does not meet the citizen qualifications to be a sitting representative, things could get really interesting. \nSantos just rolled a dumpster filled with cheap fireworks into the Republican Party and lit the match. They need to get their thumbs out of their butts and do something before it explodes. Because, with this guy, it sounds like they've just scratched the surface of his corruption. He and they will not come out of this unscathed if the choice is to do nothing."
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Something about flying too close to the sun...
If you are a career criminal, maybe don't try to take on the role of highly public figures.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.",
">\n\nThis guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up.",
">\n\nIf I lied on my job application, I'd be fired for misleading the company. Why should this be any different?",
">\n\nThe \"company\", in this case, are the voters of the district. They have no recourse to fire him for the lies. You can't recall a Congressional representative. There's no mechanism in the Constitution to do that. Only the Republican Party can \"fire\" him at this point by refusing to seat him. That is unlikely to happen. \nIf it turns out he does not meet the citizen qualifications to be a sitting representative, things could get really interesting. \nSantos just rolled a dumpster filled with cheap fireworks into the Republican Party and lit the match. They need to get their thumbs out of their butts and do something before it explodes. Because, with this guy, it sounds like they've just scratched the surface of his corruption. He and they will not come out of this unscathed if the choice is to do nothing.",
">\n\nThis guy is incredible. A complete fucking joke."
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Guys you keep saying I said I’m Jewish. If you roll back the tapes, I said I’m “Jew-ish.”
I meant I’ll just remind you of a person or persons who practices Judaism or maybe someone with a Jewish mom. It’s not my fault you misunderstood such a simple statement. Not quitting
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.",
">\n\nThis guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up.",
">\n\nIf I lied on my job application, I'd be fired for misleading the company. Why should this be any different?",
">\n\nThe \"company\", in this case, are the voters of the district. They have no recourse to fire him for the lies. You can't recall a Congressional representative. There's no mechanism in the Constitution to do that. Only the Republican Party can \"fire\" him at this point by refusing to seat him. That is unlikely to happen. \nIf it turns out he does not meet the citizen qualifications to be a sitting representative, things could get really interesting. \nSantos just rolled a dumpster filled with cheap fireworks into the Republican Party and lit the match. They need to get their thumbs out of their butts and do something before it explodes. Because, with this guy, it sounds like they've just scratched the surface of his corruption. He and they will not come out of this unscathed if the choice is to do nothing.",
">\n\nThis guy is incredible. A complete fucking joke.",
">\n\nSomething about flying too close to the sun... \nIf you are a career criminal, maybe don't try to take on the role of highly public figures."
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Good. So tired of lying politicians
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.",
">\n\nThis guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up.",
">\n\nIf I lied on my job application, I'd be fired for misleading the company. Why should this be any different?",
">\n\nThe \"company\", in this case, are the voters of the district. They have no recourse to fire him for the lies. You can't recall a Congressional representative. There's no mechanism in the Constitution to do that. Only the Republican Party can \"fire\" him at this point by refusing to seat him. That is unlikely to happen. \nIf it turns out he does not meet the citizen qualifications to be a sitting representative, things could get really interesting. \nSantos just rolled a dumpster filled with cheap fireworks into the Republican Party and lit the match. They need to get their thumbs out of their butts and do something before it explodes. Because, with this guy, it sounds like they've just scratched the surface of his corruption. He and they will not come out of this unscathed if the choice is to do nothing.",
">\n\nThis guy is incredible. A complete fucking joke.",
">\n\nSomething about flying too close to the sun... \nIf you are a career criminal, maybe don't try to take on the role of highly public figures.",
">\n\nGuys you keep saying I said I’m Jewish. If you roll back the tapes, I said I’m “Jew-ish.”\nI meant I’ll just remind you of a person or persons who practices Judaism or maybe someone with a Jewish mom. It’s not my fault you misunderstood such a simple statement. Not quitting"
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.",
">\n\nThis guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up.",
">\n\nIf I lied on my job application, I'd be fired for misleading the company. Why should this be any different?",
">\n\nThe \"company\", in this case, are the voters of the district. They have no recourse to fire him for the lies. You can't recall a Congressional representative. There's no mechanism in the Constitution to do that. Only the Republican Party can \"fire\" him at this point by refusing to seat him. That is unlikely to happen. \nIf it turns out he does not meet the citizen qualifications to be a sitting representative, things could get really interesting. \nSantos just rolled a dumpster filled with cheap fireworks into the Republican Party and lit the match. They need to get their thumbs out of their butts and do something before it explodes. Because, with this guy, it sounds like they've just scratched the surface of his corruption. He and they will not come out of this unscathed if the choice is to do nothing.",
">\n\nThis guy is incredible. A complete fucking joke.",
">\n\nSomething about flying too close to the sun... \nIf you are a career criminal, maybe don't try to take on the role of highly public figures.",
">\n\nGuys you keep saying I said I’m Jewish. If you roll back the tapes, I said I’m “Jew-ish.”\nI meant I’ll just remind you of a person or persons who practices Judaism or maybe someone with a Jewish mom. It’s not my fault you misunderstood such a simple statement. Not quitting",
">\n\nGood. So tired of lying politicians"
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.",
">\n\nThis guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up.",
">\n\nIf I lied on my job application, I'd be fired for misleading the company. Why should this be any different?",
">\n\nThe \"company\", in this case, are the voters of the district. They have no recourse to fire him for the lies. You can't recall a Congressional representative. There's no mechanism in the Constitution to do that. Only the Republican Party can \"fire\" him at this point by refusing to seat him. That is unlikely to happen. \nIf it turns out he does not meet the citizen qualifications to be a sitting representative, things could get really interesting. \nSantos just rolled a dumpster filled with cheap fireworks into the Republican Party and lit the match. They need to get their thumbs out of their butts and do something before it explodes. Because, with this guy, it sounds like they've just scratched the surface of his corruption. He and they will not come out of this unscathed if the choice is to do nothing.",
">\n\nThis guy is incredible. A complete fucking joke.",
">\n\nSomething about flying too close to the sun... \nIf you are a career criminal, maybe don't try to take on the role of highly public figures.",
">\n\nGuys you keep saying I said I’m Jewish. If you roll back the tapes, I said I’m “Jew-ish.”\nI meant I’ll just remind you of a person or persons who practices Judaism or maybe someone with a Jewish mom. It’s not my fault you misunderstood such a simple statement. Not quitting",
">\n\nGood. So tired of lying politicians",
">\n\nWe are in beginning stages of the find out phase."
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Liar, liar, pants of fire. When I was a child I use to get beat for lying. He needs to do what's right and remove/recuse himself. He is what is wrong with America.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.",
">\n\nThis guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up.",
">\n\nIf I lied on my job application, I'd be fired for misleading the company. Why should this be any different?",
">\n\nThe \"company\", in this case, are the voters of the district. They have no recourse to fire him for the lies. You can't recall a Congressional representative. There's no mechanism in the Constitution to do that. Only the Republican Party can \"fire\" him at this point by refusing to seat him. That is unlikely to happen. \nIf it turns out he does not meet the citizen qualifications to be a sitting representative, things could get really interesting. \nSantos just rolled a dumpster filled with cheap fireworks into the Republican Party and lit the match. They need to get their thumbs out of their butts and do something before it explodes. Because, with this guy, it sounds like they've just scratched the surface of his corruption. He and they will not come out of this unscathed if the choice is to do nothing.",
">\n\nThis guy is incredible. A complete fucking joke.",
">\n\nSomething about flying too close to the sun... \nIf you are a career criminal, maybe don't try to take on the role of highly public figures.",
">\n\nGuys you keep saying I said I’m Jewish. If you roll back the tapes, I said I’m “Jew-ish.”\nI meant I’ll just remind you of a person or persons who practices Judaism or maybe someone with a Jewish mom. It’s not my fault you misunderstood such a simple statement. Not quitting",
">\n\nGood. So tired of lying politicians",
">\n\nWe are in beginning stages of the find out phase.",
">\n\n“Oh look there’s another even deeper bottom to the barrel that you can get to if you scrape hard enough!”"
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.",
">\n\nThis guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up.",
">\n\nIf I lied on my job application, I'd be fired for misleading the company. Why should this be any different?",
">\n\nThe \"company\", in this case, are the voters of the district. They have no recourse to fire him for the lies. You can't recall a Congressional representative. There's no mechanism in the Constitution to do that. Only the Republican Party can \"fire\" him at this point by refusing to seat him. That is unlikely to happen. \nIf it turns out he does not meet the citizen qualifications to be a sitting representative, things could get really interesting. \nSantos just rolled a dumpster filled with cheap fireworks into the Republican Party and lit the match. They need to get their thumbs out of their butts and do something before it explodes. Because, with this guy, it sounds like they've just scratched the surface of his corruption. He and they will not come out of this unscathed if the choice is to do nothing.",
">\n\nThis guy is incredible. A complete fucking joke.",
">\n\nSomething about flying too close to the sun... \nIf you are a career criminal, maybe don't try to take on the role of highly public figures.",
">\n\nGuys you keep saying I said I’m Jewish. If you roll back the tapes, I said I’m “Jew-ish.”\nI meant I’ll just remind you of a person or persons who practices Judaism or maybe someone with a Jewish mom. It’s not my fault you misunderstood such a simple statement. Not quitting",
">\n\nGood. So tired of lying politicians",
">\n\nWe are in beginning stages of the find out phase.",
">\n\n“Oh look there’s another even deeper bottom to the barrel that you can get to if you scrape hard enough!”",
">\n\nLiar, liar, pants of fire. When I was a child I use to get beat for lying. He needs to do what's right and remove/recuse himself. He is what is wrong with America."
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.",
">\n\nThis guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up.",
">\n\nIf I lied on my job application, I'd be fired for misleading the company. Why should this be any different?",
">\n\nThe \"company\", in this case, are the voters of the district. They have no recourse to fire him for the lies. You can't recall a Congressional representative. There's no mechanism in the Constitution to do that. Only the Republican Party can \"fire\" him at this point by refusing to seat him. That is unlikely to happen. \nIf it turns out he does not meet the citizen qualifications to be a sitting representative, things could get really interesting. \nSantos just rolled a dumpster filled with cheap fireworks into the Republican Party and lit the match. They need to get their thumbs out of their butts and do something before it explodes. Because, with this guy, it sounds like they've just scratched the surface of his corruption. He and they will not come out of this unscathed if the choice is to do nothing.",
">\n\nThis guy is incredible. A complete fucking joke.",
">\n\nSomething about flying too close to the sun... \nIf you are a career criminal, maybe don't try to take on the role of highly public figures.",
">\n\nGuys you keep saying I said I’m Jewish. If you roll back the tapes, I said I’m “Jew-ish.”\nI meant I’ll just remind you of a person or persons who practices Judaism or maybe someone with a Jewish mom. It’s not my fault you misunderstood such a simple statement. Not quitting",
">\n\nGood. So tired of lying politicians",
">\n\nWe are in beginning stages of the find out phase.",
">\n\n“Oh look there’s another even deeper bottom to the barrel that you can get to if you scrape hard enough!”",
">\n\nLiar, liar, pants of fire. When I was a child I use to get beat for lying. He needs to do what's right and remove/recuse himself. He is what is wrong with America.",
">\n\nLets not cook the books. Haven’t they learned already that fucking with the IRS will never end well."
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.",
">\n\nThis guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up.",
">\n\nIf I lied on my job application, I'd be fired for misleading the company. Why should this be any different?",
">\n\nThe \"company\", in this case, are the voters of the district. They have no recourse to fire him for the lies. You can't recall a Congressional representative. There's no mechanism in the Constitution to do that. Only the Republican Party can \"fire\" him at this point by refusing to seat him. That is unlikely to happen. \nIf it turns out he does not meet the citizen qualifications to be a sitting representative, things could get really interesting. \nSantos just rolled a dumpster filled with cheap fireworks into the Republican Party and lit the match. They need to get their thumbs out of their butts and do something before it explodes. Because, with this guy, it sounds like they've just scratched the surface of his corruption. He and they will not come out of this unscathed if the choice is to do nothing.",
">\n\nThis guy is incredible. A complete fucking joke.",
">\n\nSomething about flying too close to the sun... \nIf you are a career criminal, maybe don't try to take on the role of highly public figures.",
">\n\nGuys you keep saying I said I’m Jewish. If you roll back the tapes, I said I’m “Jew-ish.”\nI meant I’ll just remind you of a person or persons who practices Judaism or maybe someone with a Jewish mom. It’s not my fault you misunderstood such a simple statement. Not quitting",
">\n\nGood. So tired of lying politicians",
">\n\nWe are in beginning stages of the find out phase.",
">\n\n“Oh look there’s another even deeper bottom to the barrel that you can get to if you scrape hard enough!”",
">\n\nLiar, liar, pants of fire. When I was a child I use to get beat for lying. He needs to do what's right and remove/recuse himself. He is what is wrong with America.",
">\n\nLets not cook the books. Haven’t they learned already that fucking with the IRS will never end well.",
">\n\nWhy was he not exposed before the election?"
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.",
">\n\nThis guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up.",
">\n\nIf I lied on my job application, I'd be fired for misleading the company. Why should this be any different?",
">\n\nThe \"company\", in this case, are the voters of the district. They have no recourse to fire him for the lies. You can't recall a Congressional representative. There's no mechanism in the Constitution to do that. Only the Republican Party can \"fire\" him at this point by refusing to seat him. That is unlikely to happen. \nIf it turns out he does not meet the citizen qualifications to be a sitting representative, things could get really interesting. \nSantos just rolled a dumpster filled with cheap fireworks into the Republican Party and lit the match. They need to get their thumbs out of their butts and do something before it explodes. Because, with this guy, it sounds like they've just scratched the surface of his corruption. He and they will not come out of this unscathed if the choice is to do nothing.",
">\n\nThis guy is incredible. A complete fucking joke.",
">\n\nSomething about flying too close to the sun... \nIf you are a career criminal, maybe don't try to take on the role of highly public figures.",
">\n\nGuys you keep saying I said I’m Jewish. If you roll back the tapes, I said I’m “Jew-ish.”\nI meant I’ll just remind you of a person or persons who practices Judaism or maybe someone with a Jewish mom. It’s not my fault you misunderstood such a simple statement. Not quitting",
">\n\nGood. So tired of lying politicians",
">\n\nWe are in beginning stages of the find out phase.",
">\n\n“Oh look there’s another even deeper bottom to the barrel that you can get to if you scrape hard enough!”",
">\n\nLiar, liar, pants of fire. When I was a child I use to get beat for lying. He needs to do what's right and remove/recuse himself. He is what is wrong with America.",
">\n\nLets not cook the books. Haven’t they learned already that fucking with the IRS will never end well.",
">\n\nWhy was he not exposed before the election?",
">\n\nR-\nHe's only being investigated now because having been found out makes him a liability."
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.",
">\n\nThis guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up.",
">\n\nIf I lied on my job application, I'd be fired for misleading the company. Why should this be any different?",
">\n\nThe \"company\", in this case, are the voters of the district. They have no recourse to fire him for the lies. You can't recall a Congressional representative. There's no mechanism in the Constitution to do that. Only the Republican Party can \"fire\" him at this point by refusing to seat him. That is unlikely to happen. \nIf it turns out he does not meet the citizen qualifications to be a sitting representative, things could get really interesting. \nSantos just rolled a dumpster filled with cheap fireworks into the Republican Party and lit the match. They need to get their thumbs out of their butts and do something before it explodes. Because, with this guy, it sounds like they've just scratched the surface of his corruption. He and they will not come out of this unscathed if the choice is to do nothing.",
">\n\nThis guy is incredible. A complete fucking joke.",
">\n\nSomething about flying too close to the sun... \nIf you are a career criminal, maybe don't try to take on the role of highly public figures.",
">\n\nGuys you keep saying I said I’m Jewish. If you roll back the tapes, I said I’m “Jew-ish.”\nI meant I’ll just remind you of a person or persons who practices Judaism or maybe someone with a Jewish mom. It’s not my fault you misunderstood such a simple statement. Not quitting",
">\n\nGood. So tired of lying politicians",
">\n\nWe are in beginning stages of the find out phase.",
">\n\n“Oh look there’s another even deeper bottom to the barrel that you can get to if you scrape hard enough!”",
">\n\nLiar, liar, pants of fire. When I was a child I use to get beat for lying. He needs to do what's right and remove/recuse himself. He is what is wrong with America.",
">\n\nLets not cook the books. Haven’t they learned already that fucking with the IRS will never end well.",
">\n\nWhy was he not exposed before the election?",
">\n\nR-\nHe's only being investigated now because having been found out makes him a liability.",
">\n\nIf there’s one thing we’ve all learn, it’s that lying never pays off\nWait no, always. Always pays off."
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“No no, I said my maternal grandfather was a jeweler. You heard me wrong is all.”
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.",
">\n\nThis guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up.",
">\n\nIf I lied on my job application, I'd be fired for misleading the company. Why should this be any different?",
">\n\nThe \"company\", in this case, are the voters of the district. They have no recourse to fire him for the lies. You can't recall a Congressional representative. There's no mechanism in the Constitution to do that. Only the Republican Party can \"fire\" him at this point by refusing to seat him. That is unlikely to happen. \nIf it turns out he does not meet the citizen qualifications to be a sitting representative, things could get really interesting. \nSantos just rolled a dumpster filled with cheap fireworks into the Republican Party and lit the match. They need to get their thumbs out of their butts and do something before it explodes. Because, with this guy, it sounds like they've just scratched the surface of his corruption. He and they will not come out of this unscathed if the choice is to do nothing.",
">\n\nThis guy is incredible. A complete fucking joke.",
">\n\nSomething about flying too close to the sun... \nIf you are a career criminal, maybe don't try to take on the role of highly public figures.",
">\n\nGuys you keep saying I said I’m Jewish. If you roll back the tapes, I said I’m “Jew-ish.”\nI meant I’ll just remind you of a person or persons who practices Judaism or maybe someone with a Jewish mom. It’s not my fault you misunderstood such a simple statement. Not quitting",
">\n\nGood. So tired of lying politicians",
">\n\nWe are in beginning stages of the find out phase.",
">\n\n“Oh look there’s another even deeper bottom to the barrel that you can get to if you scrape hard enough!”",
">\n\nLiar, liar, pants of fire. When I was a child I use to get beat for lying. He needs to do what's right and remove/recuse himself. He is what is wrong with America.",
">\n\nLets not cook the books. Haven’t they learned already that fucking with the IRS will never end well.",
">\n\nWhy was he not exposed before the election?",
">\n\nR-\nHe's only being investigated now because having been found out makes him a liability.",
">\n\nIf there’s one thing we’ve all learn, it’s that lying never pays off\nWait no, always. Always pays off.",
">\n\nThere’s no bottom on the Republican barrel."
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Judging the shit out of Long Island for electing this guy!
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.",
">\n\nThis guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up.",
">\n\nIf I lied on my job application, I'd be fired for misleading the company. Why should this be any different?",
">\n\nThe \"company\", in this case, are the voters of the district. They have no recourse to fire him for the lies. You can't recall a Congressional representative. There's no mechanism in the Constitution to do that. Only the Republican Party can \"fire\" him at this point by refusing to seat him. That is unlikely to happen. \nIf it turns out he does not meet the citizen qualifications to be a sitting representative, things could get really interesting. \nSantos just rolled a dumpster filled with cheap fireworks into the Republican Party and lit the match. They need to get their thumbs out of their butts and do something before it explodes. Because, with this guy, it sounds like they've just scratched the surface of his corruption. He and they will not come out of this unscathed if the choice is to do nothing.",
">\n\nThis guy is incredible. A complete fucking joke.",
">\n\nSomething about flying too close to the sun... \nIf you are a career criminal, maybe don't try to take on the role of highly public figures.",
">\n\nGuys you keep saying I said I’m Jewish. If you roll back the tapes, I said I’m “Jew-ish.”\nI meant I’ll just remind you of a person or persons who practices Judaism or maybe someone with a Jewish mom. It’s not my fault you misunderstood such a simple statement. Not quitting",
">\n\nGood. So tired of lying politicians",
">\n\nWe are in beginning stages of the find out phase.",
">\n\n“Oh look there’s another even deeper bottom to the barrel that you can get to if you scrape hard enough!”",
">\n\nLiar, liar, pants of fire. When I was a child I use to get beat for lying. He needs to do what's right and remove/recuse himself. He is what is wrong with America.",
">\n\nLets not cook the books. Haven’t they learned already that fucking with the IRS will never end well.",
">\n\nWhy was he not exposed before the election?",
">\n\nR-\nHe's only being investigated now because having been found out makes him a liability.",
">\n\nIf there’s one thing we’ve all learn, it’s that lying never pays off\nWait no, always. Always pays off.",
">\n\nThere’s no bottom on the Republican barrel.",
">\n\n“No no, I said my maternal grandfather was a jeweler. You heard me wrong is all.”"
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.",
">\n\nThis guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up.",
">\n\nIf I lied on my job application, I'd be fired for misleading the company. Why should this be any different?",
">\n\nThe \"company\", in this case, are the voters of the district. They have no recourse to fire him for the lies. You can't recall a Congressional representative. There's no mechanism in the Constitution to do that. Only the Republican Party can \"fire\" him at this point by refusing to seat him. That is unlikely to happen. \nIf it turns out he does not meet the citizen qualifications to be a sitting representative, things could get really interesting. \nSantos just rolled a dumpster filled with cheap fireworks into the Republican Party and lit the match. They need to get their thumbs out of their butts and do something before it explodes. Because, with this guy, it sounds like they've just scratched the surface of his corruption. He and they will not come out of this unscathed if the choice is to do nothing.",
">\n\nThis guy is incredible. A complete fucking joke.",
">\n\nSomething about flying too close to the sun... \nIf you are a career criminal, maybe don't try to take on the role of highly public figures.",
">\n\nGuys you keep saying I said I’m Jewish. If you roll back the tapes, I said I’m “Jew-ish.”\nI meant I’ll just remind you of a person or persons who practices Judaism or maybe someone with a Jewish mom. It’s not my fault you misunderstood such a simple statement. Not quitting",
">\n\nGood. So tired of lying politicians",
">\n\nWe are in beginning stages of the find out phase.",
">\n\n“Oh look there’s another even deeper bottom to the barrel that you can get to if you scrape hard enough!”",
">\n\nLiar, liar, pants of fire. When I was a child I use to get beat for lying. He needs to do what's right and remove/recuse himself. He is what is wrong with America.",
">\n\nLets not cook the books. Haven’t they learned already that fucking with the IRS will never end well.",
">\n\nWhy was he not exposed before the election?",
">\n\nR-\nHe's only being investigated now because having been found out makes him a liability.",
">\n\nIf there’s one thing we’ve all learn, it’s that lying never pays off\nWait no, always. Always pays off.",
">\n\nThere’s no bottom on the Republican barrel.",
">\n\n“No no, I said my maternal grandfather was a jeweler. You heard me wrong is all.”",
">\n\nJudging the shit out of Long Island for electing this guy!"
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This dude was just straight up laundering money, calling it now
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.",
">\n\nThis guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up.",
">\n\nIf I lied on my job application, I'd be fired for misleading the company. Why should this be any different?",
">\n\nThe \"company\", in this case, are the voters of the district. They have no recourse to fire him for the lies. You can't recall a Congressional representative. There's no mechanism in the Constitution to do that. Only the Republican Party can \"fire\" him at this point by refusing to seat him. That is unlikely to happen. \nIf it turns out he does not meet the citizen qualifications to be a sitting representative, things could get really interesting. \nSantos just rolled a dumpster filled with cheap fireworks into the Republican Party and lit the match. They need to get their thumbs out of their butts and do something before it explodes. Because, with this guy, it sounds like they've just scratched the surface of his corruption. He and they will not come out of this unscathed if the choice is to do nothing.",
">\n\nThis guy is incredible. A complete fucking joke.",
">\n\nSomething about flying too close to the sun... \nIf you are a career criminal, maybe don't try to take on the role of highly public figures.",
">\n\nGuys you keep saying I said I’m Jewish. If you roll back the tapes, I said I’m “Jew-ish.”\nI meant I’ll just remind you of a person or persons who practices Judaism or maybe someone with a Jewish mom. It’s not my fault you misunderstood such a simple statement. Not quitting",
">\n\nGood. So tired of lying politicians",
">\n\nWe are in beginning stages of the find out phase.",
">\n\n“Oh look there’s another even deeper bottom to the barrel that you can get to if you scrape hard enough!”",
">\n\nLiar, liar, pants of fire. When I was a child I use to get beat for lying. He needs to do what's right and remove/recuse himself. He is what is wrong with America.",
">\n\nLets not cook the books. Haven’t they learned already that fucking with the IRS will never end well.",
">\n\nWhy was he not exposed before the election?",
">\n\nR-\nHe's only being investigated now because having been found out makes him a liability.",
">\n\nIf there’s one thing we’ve all learn, it’s that lying never pays off\nWait no, always. Always pays off.",
">\n\nThere’s no bottom on the Republican barrel.",
">\n\n“No no, I said my maternal grandfather was a jeweler. You heard me wrong is all.”",
">\n\nJudging the shit out of Long Island for electing this guy!",
">\n\nHe looks like an SNL actor doing a political parody."
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Is this the astronaut George Santos or the porn set fluffier George Santos? I can’t keep up with his resume.
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.",
">\n\nThis guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up.",
">\n\nIf I lied on my job application, I'd be fired for misleading the company. Why should this be any different?",
">\n\nThe \"company\", in this case, are the voters of the district. They have no recourse to fire him for the lies. You can't recall a Congressional representative. There's no mechanism in the Constitution to do that. Only the Republican Party can \"fire\" him at this point by refusing to seat him. That is unlikely to happen. \nIf it turns out he does not meet the citizen qualifications to be a sitting representative, things could get really interesting. \nSantos just rolled a dumpster filled with cheap fireworks into the Republican Party and lit the match. They need to get their thumbs out of their butts and do something before it explodes. Because, with this guy, it sounds like they've just scratched the surface of his corruption. He and they will not come out of this unscathed if the choice is to do nothing.",
">\n\nThis guy is incredible. A complete fucking joke.",
">\n\nSomething about flying too close to the sun... \nIf you are a career criminal, maybe don't try to take on the role of highly public figures.",
">\n\nGuys you keep saying I said I’m Jewish. If you roll back the tapes, I said I’m “Jew-ish.”\nI meant I’ll just remind you of a person or persons who practices Judaism or maybe someone with a Jewish mom. It’s not my fault you misunderstood such a simple statement. Not quitting",
">\n\nGood. So tired of lying politicians",
">\n\nWe are in beginning stages of the find out phase.",
">\n\n“Oh look there’s another even deeper bottom to the barrel that you can get to if you scrape hard enough!”",
">\n\nLiar, liar, pants of fire. When I was a child I use to get beat for lying. He needs to do what's right and remove/recuse himself. He is what is wrong with America.",
">\n\nLets not cook the books. Haven’t they learned already that fucking with the IRS will never end well.",
">\n\nWhy was he not exposed before the election?",
">\n\nR-\nHe's only being investigated now because having been found out makes him a liability.",
">\n\nIf there’s one thing we’ve all learn, it’s that lying never pays off\nWait no, always. Always pays off.",
">\n\nThere’s no bottom on the Republican barrel.",
">\n\n“No no, I said my maternal grandfather was a jeweler. You heard me wrong is all.”",
">\n\nJudging the shit out of Long Island for electing this guy!",
">\n\nHe looks like an SNL actor doing a political parody.",
">\n\nThis dude was just straight up laundering money, calling it now"
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"He reminds me of the Fyre Festival dude, Billy McFarland. Dude still doesn't admit he is a total fraud and conman who stole millions. He says he just \"made some mistakes\". Exactly how Santos is playing shit off.",
">\n\nMistakes-ish.",
">\n\n\n“I am Catholic,” he told the Post. “Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”\n\nIn all my years, this is the first time I have seen someone seriously say, \"I'm not a Jew, but I am a bit Jew-ish\"\nI thought that was just a joke my dad told.",
">\n\nThe correct terminology for how he used the word would be “Jewy” anyway. Obviously this guy is not at all Jewy.",
">\n\nLeave Chewbacca out of this, please.",
">\n\nThat. Does. Not. Make. Sense.",
">\n\nWhy would a wookie, an 8 ft tall wookie, want to live on endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?",
">\n\nHave you ever seen how a Wookiee cleans their asshole? Me neither, but if I was 8 feet tall and something two feet tall and furry is near by, bet your ass it’s toilet paper.",
">\n\nAnd I've reached the point in every reddit thread where the convo has veered so far away from the op that I don't even remember why I'm here, and now am slightly traumatized.",
">\n\nIf Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!",
">\n\nIf people are wondering about what the actual investigation is relating to it's likely tax fraud or campaign finance fraud. Santos is alleged to have reported no income for several years on his taxes and then suddenly had >$700,000 to loan of his \"own\" money to his campaign. Covered here.\n\nSantos’ Federal Election Commission filings for his 2022 campaign show he loaned more than $700,000 to his bid, nearly as much as his Devolder Organization salary.\nHis FEC filings for 2020 show he loaned more than $81,000 to that campaign.\n\nThis loan to his campaign (which can be fully reimbursed through fundraising and paid back to him) came when Santos was dealing with multiple evictions and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to multiple landlords.\nHe's a sketchy guy all around with a history of financial fraud allegations back in Brazil as well.",
">\n\nI'd bet if they looked for PPP fraud, it'd be a high probability hit there as well.",
">\n\nNope. He likely stole money from his last job as regional director at Harbor City Capital which the SEC is prosecuting for being a Ponzi scheme.\nHomie was a customer service agent at DISH network a few years ago with a history of evictions until he invented a new persona as a wealthy, highly educated wall street type with a MBA from NYU, openly gay, and grandchild of Jews that escaped the holocaust. He then joined the ponzi scheme that was Harbor City Capital and had claimed no knowledge of their fraud.\nHe declared no assets in 2020 to hide the money trail from the ponzi. Then he was dumb enough this year to magically declare himself a multi millionaire with funds from the Devolder Organization registered in 2020. Supposedly the Devolder Organization is linked to Red Strategies who's officers are his former coworkers at Harbor Capital. He claims that this money is wealth from his family in Brazil, which makes total sense for a former customer service agent with a history of evictions whom fled to the US to escape legal problems in Brazil.\nSo this is basically him getting busted for using his Ponzi money that he hid. The FBI/DOJ is involved most likely because of the possibility of this unexplained wealth coming from the ponzi scheme that he worked for. He used the stolen money to prop up his fake persona as a wealthy Wall street finance guy/property investor when he literally was just a guy struggling to make it until he decided to reinvent himself.",
">\n\nHe going to jail",
">\n\nVery likely. Because he claimed to have not known about the Ponzi and the investors are missing like 30-40 million. Evicted customer service agent joins a Ponzi and then magically becomes wealthy with no known means, claiming it's wealth from his family in Brazil.",
">\n\nYup definitely going to jail then",
">\n\nHe can bunk up with that Sam Bank-man fraud guy then, tell a bunch of war stories together about how they stole shit and reminisce of the good ol days",
">\n\nSBF would scoff at this clown's small time con. SBF stole billions. This guy only managed to steal a few million.",
">\n\nIt's a bigger dick-fraud swinging party lol",
">\n\nYou can't blame him. Our society set him up for it. The media is rarely ever the 5th estate and only a few outlets do investigative journalism. Plus, you can bypass all that by buying enough PR and enough ad buys to the point where the editors of the New York Times will be scared to run negative articles about you.\nSimply look at SBF on his apology tour and all the news outlets that initially ran sympathetic puff pieces saying what a swell guy he was even though it was obvious fraud as he had admitted to his multiple times. Even though the media openly covered his attempts at regulatory capture and buying out regulators by hiring everyone as consultants.\nI mean Elon lied his way into becoming the richest man on earth until recently by faking a degree in 1995 that didn't have until 2 years later and making up a story about a Stanford Phd program entirely. Then stealing a pitch he heard for a internet based yellow pages while working as an intern.\nIt took internet sleuths on Twitter to do what no journalist ever did. Google Elon musk for his court cases to look for unsealed documents. And found unsealed court depositions from Musk's 2007 lawsuit where investors from the 90s sued him for fraud, which he settled. In it he gets cornered about lying about his degrees and de facto admits to lying about it, the court has his shady diplomas from Penn from 97 and Stanford stating there is no record for anyone with his name.\nIt's no wonder that Theranos and Nikola tried to pull a Elon and fake it until you make it. Fake your credentials, fake your product, fake your IP, and become wealthy.",
">\n\nThey better do something or I'm running for Georgia senate. I have 2 harvard degrees and I own 15 businesses in the state of GA. I'm a world war 1 and 2 vet. I saved the last governor from a bear attack with my bare hands and then got the bear into rehab for violence. \nI got kanye to stay quiet for 48 hours straight. I invented jello and the electric car. I am the 3rd richest person on earth and I can fly.\nVote for u/mexicandiaper and remember only commies fact check thats gay people stuff.",
">\n\nYou had me until the bear attack. And then I embarrassingly had to reread \"World War 1 and 2 vet.\"",
">\n\nIt's possible to have served in both wars. It's just not possible to have done that and still be living.",
">\n\nPretty disgraceful of you to doubt the word of a man who served his country not once, but twice.",
">\n\nHe said vet, but he meant \"veterinarian.\"",
">\n\nAny other job, you would lose for lying on your resume",
">\n\nStandards are lower for elected officials. They are above the law.",
">\n\nIt's not that they are above the law. It's just that the laws regarding them were written by guys who didn't originally intend for anyone other than land owning men to vote, so they assumed that the checks and balances is that the voters wouldn't possibly elect complete charlatans or egregious criminals, and if they did, it would be a short matter to get them expelled. So they figured the requirements would be simple, and the voters would then choose who would do the best job to protect their interests.\nWhat we are seeing are the problems with reforming the voter eligibility (a good thing), without ever once reforming the methods and requirements for holding office (a bad thing). Now it is far easier for the masses to be tricked into voting for liars and morons.\nOn paper, it is a pretty simple process for Congress to expel George Santos. It requires only a two-thirds vote, and any ethical member of Congress would vote Yes.\nNow, the hard part is that there are now almost 51% of Congress is Republicans, and Republicans are remarkably short on even the most basic ethics these days, especially among their leadership. Plus, they're at the mercy of the same voters who elected this clown, and voted for morons and liars like Trump, Lake, Traitor-Greene, Boebert, Banks, (shit, this list is too long) or the scumbag charlatans like DeSantis, Cruz, Kennedy, etc.",
">\n\nYou lost me hard in the first half there. We got criminals in politics because they decided anonymous donations and shit like this was legal. It’s about money, not about expanding voting rights wtf.",
">\n\nAlso, corporations are people",
">\n\nMove quicker on this one please",
">\n\nAt the rate the DOJ moves I reckon he might see consequences in 2033.",
">\n\n\"We can prove the motive, intent, and willful act, but since he's a politician we really can't do anything unless he handcuffs himself and signs a guilty plea\"",
">\n\nand it's campaign season since an election is is 2 years",
">\n\nThe lies about being Jewish or gay are funny, but I'm really curious where his income is coming from since he also lied about his employment.",
">\n\nWait, he lied about being gay?",
">\n\nThe facts are still coming to light.\n\nBut according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York. The divorce—which Santos has not discussed publicly—adds new uncertainty to his already shaky biographical and political claims.\n\nThe speculation is the marriage itself is for tax purposes, or maybe there's even more sketchiness involved.",
">\n\nIf he were to have been hired at almost ANY job in the US and found to have falsified his application in any way, he would be fired. \nSo a Burger King would not allow him to work the drive-through but Republicans will likely still swear him in to serve in Congress? \nTells me all I need to know about the Republican criminal operation and secures my vote for every Democratic candidate possible until the day I die….",
">\n\nMan, this guy is speed running the usual MAGA politician trope .. get elected, display you're a horrible person, lie a bunch, commit crimes, and get investigated.\nMight be the fastest so far.",
">\n\nQuick, how many Scaramuccis?",
">\n\nIt's weird. The worst thing you can do if you have something to hide is go into politics. Yet they seem to like flocking to that designation.\nEdit - I think maybe I should have said that my statement should be reserved to those who are fledglings, or people who no one really cares about. You'll just screw yourself over. No one will hide it for you.",
">\n\nIt *was* the worst thing. The truly paradigm-shifting political effect that Trump had was showing the Republicans that if you're enough of a sociopath, most of the things that would end your career... won't. \nTrump ended the concept of shame to Republicans, and now you're seeing who they really are deep down inside. This is the unapologetic GOP.",
">\n\nFlood the streets with bullshit, so everyone else needs to swim through your bullshit.",
">\n\nWhat this made me realize… I’ve been holding myself back from all KINDS of jobs I could have applied for…",
">\n\nYou could even run for President!",
">\n\nTerrifying to see how easy our government positions can be breeched… via the Republican Party.\nFirst the ginger Russian lady. Now this guy.\nForeign intelligence services must be salivating. They don’t have to get an intelligent asset that can “kind of” get some information from a government official…\nThey can straight up plant their asset as the government official himself.\nAll they have to do is run them as a Republican and give them money. The traitors in our midst will do the rest of the work for them and vote these trashbags through the primary, and the general if they can. \nNever thought I’d see the day when the Republican Party became the “traitor to the country” party.",
">\n\nThere no way that someone this flexible with the truth has not done other shady things. Integrity used to be an important part of politics because of the influence politicians wield but obviously not now.",
">\n\nWe really do live in a post-truth world. You can thank Trump and his \"alternative facts\" for that. Or at least for metastasizing that cancer.",
">\n\nHe looks like Slappy from Goosebumps",
">\n\nFirst order of business…..exactly how Jew-ish is he?",
">\n\nIsh. Like when I say I'll be there 5ish and get there at 8.",
">\n\nWhy are Republican voters such good marks for fraudulent candidates?",
">\n\nA mystery for the ages.",
">\n\nI think it's tied to their faith-based worldviews.\nPeople on the left generally value empirical research. They embrace new modes of thinking that challenge traditional assumptions.\nPeople on the right generally value traditional norms and beliefs. Because their politics are often tied to their religion, they're rigid in their ideology and see new ideas as a threat to their deeply held beliefs.\nBecause they don't rely on empirical research and fact-based analysis, they're more easily taken in by fraudsters who mimic their ideology through rhetoric and presentation. They don't have a strong habit of verification, because in many ways verification would challenge their whole worldview.",
">\n\nNah it's more about not caring that much and ticking the R because that's what you know",
">\n\n“Look, I agree with what you’re saying,” Santos replied. “We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as -”\n“Is it debatable?” Gabbard interjected. “Or is it just false?”\n“No, it’s not false at all,” he said. “It’s debatable.”\n\nI. Am. Speechless.",
">\n\nIt’s some real ‘Faux News’ level thinking. I mean if I say it and I think it - is it really a lie? I mean the election was stolen and I believe it was stolen then wasn’t it stolen? I mean - proof is over rated. /s",
">\n\nDemocrats lost to this guy.",
">\n\nThis dude may hold the record for least amount of shame. A normal human would dig a hole, crawl in it, never to be heard from again from the embarrassment alone. But not this guy. \nIt's really quite amazing. Donald trumps america.",
">\n\n\"How did all these clowns get into our clown party\" - Republicans, probably",
">\n\nNah he'll fit right in with the other grifters, tax frauds, and liars. They'll probably throw him a party.",
">\n\nThe grift that just keeps giving!",
">\n\nEven if nothing is actually wrong I’d say his political future is over before it began. At best he’ll serve a term and be voted out, undecided voters and the Jewish community in his district will more than likely make that a reality so fuck him and his “jew-ish not Jewish heritage” bullshit.",
">\n\nOne would hope. It does help that he's trying to represent an area that would be more eager to vote him out than, say, Georgia or Florida.",
">\n\nHe thought he had bipartisan support but it was a misunderstanding...\n\nDemocrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist \n\nHe thought they thought he was fabulous",
">\n\nThe people that voted for this guy are fucking idiots",
">\n\n\nBut despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office ….\n\nSounds like he checked all the requisite GOP boxes",
">\n\n\nTriggers libs? Check.\nCampaign finance scandal? Check.\nLies every time he opens his mouth? Check.\nWholly unqualified for the job? Check.\n\nHe’s a perfect candidate for the right to groom into being the next Gaetz, Boebert, Jordan, or MTG",
">\n\nGood. This lying fucker would not be allowed to start the next day at goddamn MCDONALDS if this were discovered. \nBut it’s “ok for the gop” I guess?\nGTFO",
">\n\nFor once in my life, I’d like to hear the words: “ I suck and I’m quitting to seek help.”\nAlmost any politician should do this",
">\n\nAl Franken kinda did that.",
">\n\nFor 10x milder shit. Didn't care for him as a politician but the differences between the reactions by the government and voters is pretty wild.",
">\n\nIf he's allowed to go into office then I think we should all be able to make up our own credentials from now on. \nI'm ready to get that business Doctorate I both can't afford and can't take time off from work for. Just let me know when it's a done deal and I'll just claim I have it. Very exciting times.",
">\n\nWait, is this the guy that lied about his relatives dying in the Holocaust and his mother dying in 9/11?\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie",
">\n\n\nSeems like a habitual lier who just can't help but lie\n\nThat's what always confuses me about some of these Republican candidates. They lie about the dumbest shit. If the goal is to simply get your foot in the congressional door, why bother lying about the smaller details that no one gives a crap about?\nWhy lie about your grandparents to a party that habitually harbors antisemites? Why lie about what college you went to as if the GOP values education at all?",
">\n\n$10 bucks says George Santos isn't his real name.",
">\n\nIt's Brian Chandler, he's a white guy from Utah who hits up tanning salons.",
">\n\nAmazing that he couldn’t even wait to be seated before having his first scandal.",
">\n\nParty of Family Values is full of surprises",
">\n\nHe also lied and said his mother died in 9/11, then posted another tweet 6 months later saying she died in 2016.",
">\n\nHeard one one of his voters interviewed and asked what do you think about the lying,and he said well as long as he votes for republican values it's ok...",
">\n\nThe dude looks sketch",
">\n\nWoah. Another Republican being investigated. I am so shocked. 🥱",
">\n\nThey think this guy is bad wait till they find out about 45.",
">\n\nThey’ll keep him. McCarthy needs his vote for speakership. Party first.",
">\n\nThe thing that disturbs me is how many people vote republican. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in the republican party.",
">\n\nTulsi embarrassed this guy on live TV. Was so great.",
">\n\nIt’s bad when she’s calling g u out for lying",
">\n\nBased on the kind of financial shenanigans this guy has been up to I’d guess there might be enough to put him I white collar prison for a few years. I wonder if he can vote by proxy while in jail.\nMy guess is he hoped, like trump, to lose the election but to benefit from the campaign.",
">\n\nThey could just extradite him to Brazil, he is wanted for check fraud there.",
">\n\nThis dude has a mental health condition. Look at his Wikipedia page. He is a pathological liar. I don't think he's evil but definitely needs help.",
">\n\nJust read his wiki, wow.... just wow, amazed someone like this could ever be elected. Where the democrats sleeping?",
">\n\nLikely ran in one of those areas where Bernie Sanders could get elected as long as the ballot read ‘Bernie Sanders -R’. They vote blindly for the party even if the person is repulsive to them. MTG elected the same way.",
">\n\nShit, now he's definitely going to be the GOP nominee for president some day",
">\n\nlatino, gay, Republican, a liar and cheat... says very presidential to me",
">\n\nThe party of \"family values, and personal responsibility \"",
">\n\nIf you cheated at work, you are automatically fired. GOP has much much lower standards though.",
">\n\nDidn't think Republicans can go as low as the bottom of the barrel. Suddenly they get a backhoe.",
">\n\nI don't know, maybe there should be more vetting involved in candidates who get paid from citizens' taxes? just a thought.",
">\n\nOh wait. He already told us he wasn't a criminal or a fraud.\nHmmm.\nWhat are they gonna find out?",
">\n\nAlmost zero mention of this news story on the conservative subreddit",
">\n\nThe GOP has no interest in vetting their candidates any longer. The clowns have come to town.",
">\n\nMuch as it pains me to say it, maybe we need a return to the old \"party boss\" system. At least we could reduce the whack-a-doodles becoming candidates.",
">\n\nI have to say, standing out as a liar in today's Republican party is probably his most remarkable achievement.",
">\n\nWhat was trumps final LIE count in office? 30,000 or more?\nAnd Fox 'news' and the Repubs have the nerve to act all holier than thou about this guy?\nDo they think we all forgot how many lies they have all told?",
">\n\nJust because one person got away with it doesn't mean another one should. \nPlus, it looks like Trump might finally be facing a reality check, sometimes the bigger the errs the longer it takes to be held accountable.",
">\n\nThis tweet has a screenshot that tells you everything about this fella. Reminds me of the RPG Paranoia back in the day. They had a character trait \"Chutzpah\" that the game defined as the ability to kill one's own parents and beg the court for mercy for being an orphan. This guy has the same energy.",
">\n\nNot nearly enough talk about where his money came from. He had nothing but lies and debt and a criminal history just a couple of years ago. Then suddenly he's a multi-millionaire.\nHe has several explanations, and each of them is riddled with giant holes. Someone funded him. The question that needs to be asked is exactly who that is.",
">\n\n\"It's not a lie if you believe it\" is a funny Seinfeld quote. It's not supposed to be advice to take to heart!",
">\n\nI don’t understand how every member of the applicable voting public haven’t buried this asshole in fraud lawsuits. A citizen cannot make a sound decision with their vote if the representative is misrepresented. \nThis should be everyone going ballistic.",
">\n\nI'm in his district, what should I do now? Tell me, I'm on it. (I already voted against him btw)",
">\n\nWrite to your reps and attend your next town hall.",
">\n\nThis whole thing is starting to smell like Trump. The pathological lying, tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, no reported income then magic income from God knows where. Trump’s tiny orange hand is in this somewhere.",
">\n\nWhat are the odds that a handful of house R electeds get arrested for crimes (stuff like this, J6, etc) such that the balance in the house comes into dispute.",
">\n\nZero chance unfortunately",
">\n\nHe lies so much at the end of this we may come to find out he's a straight Muslim woman.",
">\n\nAre we sure that's even his real name at this point?",
">\n\nI’ve said it before but at this point, I won’t be surprised if it comes out he’s three kids in a tench coat.",
">\n\nI’m republican and I don’t want representation from a liar 🤥",
">\n\nSucks to be him, caught out lying about ancestry, education, work experience, and (apparently) criminal background.",
">\n\nI can't believe no journalists looked into this clown during his campaign. how does this all only come out after he was elected?",
">\n\nEvidently these \"embellishments\" were called out by his opponent during the campaign, but didn't receive sufficient visibility in the press.",
">\n\nThey should also open investigations into the majority of politicians in D.C.",
">\n\nAre we in the era of finding out what happens when you lie your way into a position?",
">\n\nHonestly someone explain why bother. None of these fraudsters ever seem to have consequences if they are not criminally prosecuted. And decision makers are too afraid to do that for fear of being labeled partisan.",
">\n\n\nTV, where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it.\n\n~ Television, The Drug Of The Nation ~ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy",
">\n\nConsidering the lightning speed of the Matt Gaetz investigation, which we know includes someone flipping on him about illegal behavior, I'm sure this will have a HUGE impact. /s",
">\n\nJust heard on the news that he was accused of embezzlement in Brazil. I imagine there’s going to be a lot more coming out in the next few days.",
">\n\nThis guy also committed securities fraud. Look it up.",
">\n\nIf I lied on my job application, I'd be fired for misleading the company. Why should this be any different?",
">\n\nThe \"company\", in this case, are the voters of the district. They have no recourse to fire him for the lies. You can't recall a Congressional representative. There's no mechanism in the Constitution to do that. Only the Republican Party can \"fire\" him at this point by refusing to seat him. That is unlikely to happen. \nIf it turns out he does not meet the citizen qualifications to be a sitting representative, things could get really interesting. \nSantos just rolled a dumpster filled with cheap fireworks into the Republican Party and lit the match. They need to get their thumbs out of their butts and do something before it explodes. Because, with this guy, it sounds like they've just scratched the surface of his corruption. He and they will not come out of this unscathed if the choice is to do nothing.",
">\n\nThis guy is incredible. A complete fucking joke.",
">\n\nSomething about flying too close to the sun... \nIf you are a career criminal, maybe don't try to take on the role of highly public figures.",
">\n\nGuys you keep saying I said I’m Jewish. If you roll back the tapes, I said I’m “Jew-ish.”\nI meant I’ll just remind you of a person or persons who practices Judaism or maybe someone with a Jewish mom. It’s not my fault you misunderstood such a simple statement. Not quitting",
">\n\nGood. So tired of lying politicians",
">\n\nWe are in beginning stages of the find out phase.",
">\n\n“Oh look there’s another even deeper bottom to the barrel that you can get to if you scrape hard enough!”",
">\n\nLiar, liar, pants of fire. When I was a child I use to get beat for lying. He needs to do what's right and remove/recuse himself. He is what is wrong with America.",
">\n\nLets not cook the books. Haven’t they learned already that fucking with the IRS will never end well.",
">\n\nWhy was he not exposed before the election?",
">\n\nR-\nHe's only being investigated now because having been found out makes him a liability.",
">\n\nIf there’s one thing we’ve all learn, it’s that lying never pays off\nWait no, always. Always pays off.",
">\n\nThere’s no bottom on the Republican barrel.",
">\n\n“No no, I said my maternal grandfather was a jeweler. You heard me wrong is all.”",
">\n\nJudging the shit out of Long Island for electing this guy!",
">\n\nHe looks like an SNL actor doing a political parody.",
">\n\nThis dude was just straight up laundering money, calling it now",
">\n\nIs this the astronaut George Santos or the porn set fluffier George Santos? I can’t keep up with his resume."
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