House of lies: outrage as Republicans prepare to swear in fantasist Santos

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House of lies: outrage as Republicans prepare to swear in fantasist Santos
New York politician who admitted making up large much of his life story is facing calls for him to quit, even from within his own party

Richard Luscombe
@richlusc
Mon 2 Jan 2023 12.24 EST


(Guardian UK) A crescendo of bipartisan outrage will accompany the swearing in on Tuesday of George Santos, one of the Republican party’s most controversial new Congress members who has admitted large parts of his biography are a fantasy.

The New York politician, caught in lies over his family background, education and work history, is facing calls to step down from several senior figures within his own party before he even sets foot on the floor of the chamber.

Kevin Brady of Texas, formerly the ranking member of the House ways and means committee, told Fox News Sunday that Santos “is certainly going to have to consider resigning”, while Asa Hutchinson, outgoing governor of Arkansas, said on ABC’s This Week that his “unacceptable” falsehoods must be subjected to an ethics committee inquiry.

Yet in a reflection of his importance to would-be speaker Kevin McCarthy’s personal ambitions, the current Republican leadership has remained all but silent on the Santos affair. McCarthy needs every vote he can get from the party’s precariously thin majority to win the gavel, and appears willing to embrace a self-confessed liar to get there.

“Any other job in the world, you’d get fired. Unfortunately, we don’t have that option in Congress,” the Illinois Democrat Mike Quigley told MSNBC, acknowledging there were no formal procedures to deal with the episode, and that it was “probably up to House leadership”. ...........(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/02/george-santos-republicans-house-lies

[Blue Owl]

1. "Any other job in the world, you'd get fired..."

This needs to be repeated over and over...

[Cha]

8. Yeah, We Fired Assface.

he didn't like it.

[republianmushroom]

2. and not a one of his party was outraged when trump told 30,000 plus lies or half truths. Go figure.

[RockRaven]

3. The difference between Santos and the average GrOPer in Congress is very small & superficial.

Their degree of dishonesty, corruption, etc is basically the same as his. He's clumsy and obvious, but they lie just as much as he does.

They won't turn their backs on him because he IS them.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

6. they lie differently than Santos. . "we didn't introduce a bill to kill social security"!

"we are for women's rights!"

more complicated for average person to follow, prove or disprove. Santos' lies are easy to understand.

[UTUSN]

4. K&R

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

5. shame!

[Cha]

7. House of Lies & santos who is

wanted in Brazil for Theft.

[Sugarcoated]

9. Makes them look even worse than they already do

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

10. where the hell did Santos get $11 million in 2 years? He says he earned it. how?