George Santos, Fraudster

[djAdvocate]

wait, he lied to us?  i am crestfallen.

[teen persuasion]

Jan 19, 2023 12:02:13 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

Jan 19, 2023 10:41:25 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

This is rich. What with the Republican party against drag queens.

Embattled U.S. Rep. Santos was drag queen in Brazil pageants, say associates

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - U.S. Representative George Santos competed as a drag queen in Brazilian beauty pageants 15 years ago, two acquaintances told Reuters on Wednesday, adding to contrasts that have drawn criticism of the openly gay Republican congressman's staunchly conservative views.

The embattled freshman congressman has also faced calls from fellow New York Republicans to step down over fabrications about his career and history.

A 58-year-old Brazilian performer, who uses the drag name Eula Rochard, said she befriended the now-congressman when he was cross-dressing in 2005 at the first gay pride parade in Niteroi, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro. Three years later, Santos competed in a drag beauty pageant in Rio, Rochard said.

Another person from Niteroi who knew the congressman but asked not to be named said he participated in drag queen beauty pageants and aspired to be Miss Gay Rio de Janeiro.

Emails to the congressman's press office and a newly hired communications director on Wednesday evening were not returned.

Santos is the first openly gay Republican to win a House seat in Congress as a non-incumbent, but has positioned himself as a staunch conservative on many social issues.

He has backed Florida's "don't say gay" bill, which prohibits classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity.

Republicans are increasingly denouncing drag shows and performers, claiming they are harmful to children.

Santos, responding in October to criticism of his support for the "don't say gay" bill, told USA Today: "I am openly gay, have never had an issue with my sexual identity in the past decade, and I can tell you and assure you, I will always be an advocate for LGBTQ folks."

Rochard said the congressman was a "poor" drag queen in 2005, with a simple black dress, but in 2008 "he came back to Niteroi with a lot of money," and a flamboyant pink dress to show for it. Santos competed in a drag beauty pageant that year but lost, Rochard said.

"He's changed a lot, but he was always a liar. He was always such a dreamer," Rochard said.

Embattled U.S. Rep. Santos was drag queen in Brazil pageants, say associates

Plus, his mother was in Brazil at the time of the WTC attack. She was not in the South Tower as Santos claimed.

I wonder how this will go down with his GOP colleagues, some of whom are trying hard to outlaw drag shows entirely.

How long before we get to see some pics of him in his hot pink dress, when he competed to be the drag show queen? I bet the internet wires are burning up as we speak.

Pretty good side-by-side:

[djAdvocate]

the dimples are surprisingly close.
i say yes.

[happyhoix]

Yep. Same slightly tilted smile, same nose.

[dondub]

Yep.

[Cheesy FL-Vol]

Jan 20, 2023 18:13:24 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

the dimples are surprisingly close.
i say yes.

It is tricky. There is some damn good photoshoppers out there. However, zooming in, both individuals have the same nose and the same slight crease extending from near the left corner of the mouth towards the chin. Eyes do not look the same.

[teen persuasion]

[andi9899]

I see it in the face too, but is he that tall? I realize that the queen is likely wearing heels, but she seems a little tall. Also, the body type seems a little different.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRpx7G85/

[andi9899]

Jan 21, 2023 9:35:54 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

I see it in the face too, but is he that tall? I realize that the queen is likely wearing heels, but she seems a little tall. Also, the body type seems a little different.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRpx7G85/

I take this back. It's her. After watching him in person in comparison to others it has to be him.

[Tennesseer]

Jan 21, 2023 9:35:54 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

I see it in the face too, but is he that tall? I realize that the queen is likely wearing heels, but she seems a little tall. Also, the body type seems a little different.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRpx7G85/

Probably wearing chunky platform high heels. Common footwear at drag shows.

[ken a.k.a OMK]

How do you know Tennesseer ? 

[Tennesseer]

Jan 21, 2023 12:12:21 GMT -5 ken a.k.a OMK said:

How do you know Tennesseer ? 

I'm a big proponent of drag shows in Florida, Oklahoma and other Republican controlled states.

[andi9899]

Jan 21, 2023 12:16:40 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jan 21, 2023 12:12:21 GMT -5 ken a.k.a OMK said:

How do you know Tennesseer ? 

I'm a big proponent of drag shows in Florida, Oklahoma and other Republican controlled states.

I'm a proponent of drag shows period.

[Tennesseer]

Jan 21, 2023 12:12:21 GMT -5 ken a.k.a OMK said:

How do you know Tennesseer ? 

Katy Perry with 'Back Pack Boy'

[Tennesseer]

Satire from The Borowitz Report

Giuliani Praises George Santos: “The G.O.P. Must Pass the Torch to a New Generation of Liars”
By Andy Borowitz

NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—Offering his full-throated support for Representative George Santos, Rudolph Giuliani said that “it’s time for Republicans to pass the torch to a new generation of liars.”

“I get why some Republicans are knocking the kid—they’re envious of his raw talent,” Giuliani told Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity. “But we should be showing him our respect. I mean, look at this kid’s body of work. He could turn out to be the Michael Jordan of lying.”

“When I watch him lie, he reminds me of me at his age,” Giuliani said. “Like poetry in motion. But he’s taking his game to a whole new level. The inventiveness, the audacity. Personally, I can’t wait to see what he does next.”

“I still like to think that I can lie with the best of them, but I know I’ve lost a step,” he added. “What can I tell you? I had a good run. But now it’s George Santos’s time to shine. Just put him out there and watch the magic happen.”

Giuliani Praises George Santos: “The G.O.P. Must Pass the Torch to a New Generation of Liars”

[hurley1980]

Did anyone watch SNL this past weekend?  Bowen Yang played Santos a couple of different times, and it was hilarious! They absolutely roasted him!

[swamp]

Jan 23, 2023 13:11:11 GMT -5 hurley1980 said:

Did anyone watch SNL this past weekend?  Bowen Yang played Santos a couple of different times, and it was hilarious! They absolutely roasted him!

I did.  He was fabulous. 

[billisonboard]

Thought this was good: Opinion: George Santos’ drag days are an asinine smokescreen

But let’s be clear: it’s not sad that Santos was a drag queen. Rather, it’s sad that so many Americans seem to care more about (and revel more in) trashing Santos for expressing his gender diversity than the plethora of potentially criminally offensive lies he has peddled. Thanks to those lies, he now sits on two congressional committees. That’s the real travesty.

[haapai]

Jan 21, 2023 12:20:01 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jan 21, 2023 12:12:21 GMT -5 ken a.k.a OMK said:

How do you know Tennesseer ? 

Katy Perry with 'Back Pack Boy'

Ouch.  I don't know what point either you or Katy Perry was trying to make with this clip.  I just can't watch it without hearing the voice of a friend telling me that "those boys that stood on the street outside the bar, they didn't live long". 

I'd met a few of those boys.  They were captivating.  Some of them were sixteen. 

I just want to cry now.  Most of those boys didn't live long enough to be carried off by the virus.  Hard living and substance abuse took them very quickly. 

[Tennesseer]

Jan 25, 2023 21:05:00 GMT -5 haapai said:

Jan 21, 2023 12:20:01 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Katy Perry with 'Back Pack Boy'

Ouch.  I don't know what point either you or Katy Perry was trying to make with this clip.  I just can't watch it without hearing the voice of a friend telling me that "those boys that stood on the street outside the bar, they didn't live long". 

I'd met a few of those boys.  They were captivating.  Some of them were sixteen. 

I just want to cry now.  Most of those boys didn't live long enough to be carried off by the virus.  Hard living and substance abuse took them very quickly. 

The only point of the video was to show a poster the chunky heels some drag performers wear.

Now what boys? What virus?

[haapai]

Jan 25, 2023 21:40:23 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jan 25, 2023 21:05:00 GMT -5 haapai said:

Ouch.  I don't know what point either you or Katy Perry was trying to make with this clip.  I just can't watch it without hearing the voice of a friend telling me that "those boys that stood on the street outside the bar, they didn't live long". 

I'd met a few of those boys.  They were captivating.  Some of them were sixteen. 

I just want to cry now.  Most of those boys didn't live long enough to be carried off by the virus.  Hard living and substance abuse took them very quickly. 

The only point of the video was to show a poster the chunky heels some drag performers wear.

Now what boys? What virus?

Nope, I'm not gonna go farther off topic.  I'll cry about what happened to those boys who stood outside the bar thirty years ago on my own time.  Let's not let my grief detract from what a shit George Santos is.

[Tennesseer]

The problem(s) with Kevin McCarthy’s standards on George Santos

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy held a Capitol Hill press conference late yesterday, announcing his decision to kick two Democrats off the House Intelligence Committee. When reporters were given a chance to ask the Republican questions, several wanted to know why the speaker was punishing Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell, while rewarding GOP Rep. George Santos.

McCarthy didn’t seem especially pleased with the line of inquiry, though as NBC News reported, he tried to explain himself.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that while he stands by Rep. George Santos, the freshman congressman would be removed from office if the Ethics Committee finds he broke the law after he admitted fabricating parts of his background.

“You know why I’m standing by him? Because his constituents voted for him,” McCarthy said. The speaker added that he intends hold Santos “to the same standard I hold anyone else elected to Congress.”

The Republican then tried to punt the matter to the House Ethics Committee, adding, “If for some way, when we go through Ethics, that he has broken the law, then we will remove him, but it’s not my role. I believe in the rule of law. A person’s innocent until proven guilty.”

McCarthy concluded that party leaders are prepared to take additional steps if the Santos fiasco “rises to a legal level.”

At first blush, this might seem reasonable. The New York congressman has been exposed as a prolific liar who’s currently facing local, state, federal and international investigations, but he hasn’t yet been indicted. To hear the speaker tell it, that’s roughly where the line currently rests: If Santos is found to have broken the law, GOP leaders will act. If not, the scandal-plagued liar will remain a Republican lawmaker in good standing.

What’s wrong with this? As it turns out, quite a bit.

First, it’s generally not up to the House Ethics Committee to make formal determinations about whether members have violated criminal statutes. Much of the panel’s work focuses on congressional rules, not criminal law.

Second, Schiff and Swalwell also deserve the presumption of innocence — McCarthy’s accusations against them have not fared well under scrutiny — but the speaker punished them anyway.

But perhaps most important is the evolution in the Republican Party’s standards. As we discussed last week, after the GOP reclaimed the House majority in the 2010 midterm elections, party leaders announced a “zero-tolerance policy” for members caught up in embarrassing controversies that reflected poorly on the institution. McCarthy, it’s worth noting for context, was a member of the House Republican leadership at the time.

Those standards were put to the test quickly: Just one month into the new Congress, then-Rep. Chris Lee of New York was caught trying to meet women through the personals section of Craigslist. GOP leaders urged him to resign, and he did.

Note, they didn’t say his constituents voted for him. They didn’t wait on a House Ethics Committee investigation. They didn’t consider whether the controversy rose to “a legal level.” Lee was deemed an embarrassment, and his party showed him the door.

A few years later, then-Republican Rep. Vance McAllister of Louisiana was filmed kissing a staffer who was not his wife. It didn’t seem to occur to GOP leaders — who, again, included McCarthy — to say, “You know why we’re standing by him? Because his constituents voted for him.” They also didn’t defer to the Ethics Committee or declare, “A person’s innocent until proven guilty.”

The congressman got caught in an ugly mess — not a criminal matter, but a personal scandal — and that was enough for Republicans to call for his resignation at the time.

All of which leaves us with a simple question for McCarthy: Why does the GOP leadership have weaker standards now than a decade ago?

The problem(s) with Kevin McCarthy’s standards on George Santos

[teen persuasion]

“You know why I’m standing by him? Because his constituents voted for him,” McCarthy said.

Many are saying that constituents voted for the fictional bio put out by George Santos (or whatever his name is), not the actual guy.

[Tennesseer]

Jan 26, 2023 11:23:46 GMT -5 teen persuasion said:

“You know why I’m standing by him? Because his constituents voted for him,” McCarthy said.

Many are saying that constituents voted for the fictional bio put out by George Santos (or whatever his name is), not the actual guy.

Pitiful excuse offered by McCarthy. The constituents of the district would never have voted for this guy if they had known he was a lying imposter before the election.

[tallguy]

Jan 26, 2023 11:41:14 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jan 26, 2023 11:23:46 GMT -5 teen persuasion said:

Many are saying that constituents voted for the fictional bio put out by George Santos (or whatever his name is), not the actual guy.

Pitiful excuse offered by McCarthy. The constituents of the district would never have voted for this guy if they had known he was a lying imposter before the election.

If you have any evidence that anything Kevin McCarthy has said at any time in the last few years has NOT been pitiful I'm sure we would all love to see it.  I'm not planning to hold my breath waiting though. 

[djAdvocate]

they are adding a new line for him in the next edition of Webster's under the definition of craven.

[Tennesseer]

It's a start.

Santos steps down from committee assignments

Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is stepping down from his committee assignments, he informed House GOP colleagues on Tuesday in a conference meeting.

The representative had faced a whirlwind of criticism over numerous fabrications and misrepresentations of his resume and personal history, as well as questions about his personal and campaign finances.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said that that Santos informed the Conference he would recuse himself from committees “temporarily” until “things get settled.”

One source told The Hill that Santos called himself a “distraction.”

“And then he asked that we all support him when everything settles down for him to serve on committees,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told reporters after the meeting.

The House GOP Steering Committee, the panel of Republican leaders who assign committees, had assigned Santos to the Small Business Committee and the Science, Space, and Technology Committee earlier this month.

Santos’s move comes after he met with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Monday.

“I met with George Santos yesterday and I think it was a appropriate decision that until he could clear everything up he’s off of committees right now,” McCarthy told reporters following the closed-door conference hearing.

Rest of article here:  

Santos steps down from committee assignments

[thyme4change]

Jan 31, 2023 11:05:52 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

It's a start.

Santos steps down from committee assignments

Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is stepping down from his committee assignments, he informed House GOP colleagues on Tuesday in a conference meeting.

The representative had faced a whirlwind of criticism over numerous fabrications and misrepresentations of his resume and personal history, as well as questions about his personal and campaign finances.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said that that Santos informed the Conference he would recuse himself from committees “temporarily” until “things get settled.”

One source told The Hill that Santos called himself a “distraction.”

“And then he asked that we all support him when everything settles down for him to serve on committees,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told reporters after the meeting.

The House GOP Steering Committee, the panel of Republican leaders who assign committees, had assigned Santos to the Small Business Committee and the Science, Space, and Technology Committee earlier this month.

Santos’s move comes after he met with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Monday.

“I met with George Santos yesterday and I think it was a appropriate decision that until he could clear everything up he’s off of committees right now,” McCarthy told reporters following the closed-door conference hearing.

Rest of article here:  

Santos steps down from committee assignments

I read that as “If we wait it out for a bit, he won’t be headline news anymore and we can slide him back in, with no investigation to see if he is compromised or dishonest.”

Am I wrong?

[djAdvocate]

Jan 31, 2023 11:42:11 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Jan 31, 2023 11:05:52 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

It's a start.

Santos steps down from committee assignments

Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is stepping down from his committee assignments, he informed House GOP colleagues on Tuesday in a conference meeting.

The representative had faced a whirlwind of criticism over numerous fabrications and misrepresentations of his resume and personal history, as well as questions about his personal and campaign finances.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said that that Santos informed the Conference he would recuse himself from committees “temporarily” until “things get settled.”

One source told The Hill that Santos called himself a “distraction.”

“And then he asked that we all support him when everything settles down for him to serve on committees,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told reporters after the meeting.

The House GOP Steering Committee, the panel of Republican leaders who assign committees, had assigned Santos to the Small Business Committee and the Science, Space, and Technology Committee earlier this month.

Santos’s move comes after he met with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Monday.

“I met with George Santos yesterday and I think it was a appropriate decision that until he could clear everything up he’s off of committees right now,” McCarthy told reporters following the closed-door conference hearing.

Rest of article here:  

Santos steps down from committee assignments

I read that as “If we wait it out for a bit, he won’t be headline news anymore and we can slide him back in, with no investigation to see if he is compromised or dishonest.”

Am I wrong?

you might'nt be.

[Tennesseer]

Jan 31, 2023 11:42:11 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Jan 31, 2023 11:05:52 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

It's a start.

Santos steps down from committee assignments

Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is stepping down from his committee assignments, he informed House GOP colleagues on Tuesday in a conference meeting.

The representative had faced a whirlwind of criticism over numerous fabrications and misrepresentations of his resume and personal history, as well as questions about his personal and campaign finances.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said that that Santos informed the Conference he would recuse himself from committees “temporarily” until “things get settled.”

One source told The Hill that Santos called himself a “distraction.”

“And then he asked that we all support him when everything settles down for him to serve on committees,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told reporters after the meeting.

The House GOP Steering Committee, the panel of Republican leaders who assign committees, had assigned Santos to the Small Business Committee and the Science, Space, and Technology Committee earlier this month.

Santos’s move comes after he met with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Monday.

“I met with George Santos yesterday and I think it was a appropriate decision that until he could clear everything up he’s off of committees right now,” McCarthy told reporters following the closed-door conference hearing.

Rest of article here:  

Santos steps down from committee assignments

I read that as “If we wait it out for a bit, he won’t be headline news anymore and we can slide him back in, with no investigation to see if he is compromised or dishonest.”

Am I wrong?

I don't think the press is going to let this go. Hopefully Santos will be hounded out of the House by the press.

Santos's latest lies are his list of donors to his campaign. So many of those listed names have no idea who Santos is nor did they donate to any polical campaigns. The law will catch up with Santos.

From the New York Post of all publications (they suck up to trump and company including Santos).

Major George Santos donors don’t seem to exist: report

Some of Rep. George Santos’ donors don’t seem to exist, adding new questions about the scandal-scarred freshman Long Island congressman.

Santos, who represents Queens and the North Shore, has faced widespread calls to resign from his own party after he was busted fabricating large swaths of his personal and professional resume.

The addresses and identities of more than a dozen large donors for Santos’ congressional campaign could not be confirmed according to a new report from Mother Jones.

Victoria and Jonathan Regor each donated the maximum of $2,800 to Santos’ campaign — even though their address in Jackson Township, NJ, doesn’t exist and the news outlet could find no one with those names living in the United States.

Another donor, Stephen Berger, who gave $2,500, reported living on Brandt Road in Brawley, Calif. But that address is currently occupied by William Brandt, a local rancher, who said he had never donated a penny to Santos and that no Stephen Berger had ever lived at the address.

Donating under a false name is a violation of federal campaign law and adds to the growing list of questions surrounding the Congressman’s financial disclosures. Dozens of his campaign expenses are listed as costing $199.99, just one cent below the minimum at which federal law requires a receipt.

Major George Santos donors don’t seem to exist: report