After lying to voters about his resumé, including fabricating his entire biography, educational background, and professional qualifications, “George Santos” (if that is his real name) showed up for his first day of work at the U.S. Capitol yesterday and was met with mostly cold shoulders from colleagues and a lot of flashing camera bulbs.
Not long after he arrived, video of 34-year-old Santos standing outside of his congressional office door wearing a backpack and talking on a cellphone landed on Twitter. He appeared to be locked out of the room, although some have speculated that he was “too scared” to go inside.
“George Santos” is too scared to go into his own office pic.twitter.com/vXzkcZQ37P
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) January 3, 2023
Shortly after that, dramatic footage of Santos rushing down a dead end hallway in the basement of the Longworth House Office Building in an attempt to escape reporters began circulating. (There’s gotta be a metaphor there but it feels like low-hanging fruit, even for us.)
Rep-elect George Santos (R-NY) walked into a dead end in the basement of the Longworth House Office Bldg while speeding ahead of the press corps. Then had to turn around pic.twitter.com/TC61V33LvX
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) January 3, 2023
And later in the day, photos of Santos sitting by himself in the back of the chamber looking lonely, bored, friendless, and completely out of place hit Getty Images.
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scenes via Getty Images of George Santos's first day in DC pic.twitter.com/ZJ6aeaehjt
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 3, 2023
Meanwhile, fellow openly gay New York Rep. Ritchie Torres offered a masterclass in throwing shade when he tweeted a picture of the plaque outside Santos’ new office along with the caption, “I am writing to report an act of vandalism.”
I am writing to report an act of vandalism. pic.twitter.com/tpU7RyQ5Zz
— Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) January 3, 2023
According to Politico, Santos has told Republican leaders that he doesn’t plan to run for re-election in 2024. Honestly, after yesterday, we’d be surprised if he even makes it through his first term week.
Related: George Santos posts photo touring a naval college… and the replies are brutal
M K
But we will all still be paying him a pension for life.
Brian
Nope. Single-term members of the House do not receive a pension.
bachy
Santos embodies everything the Republican party stands for today.
M K
I stand corrected regarding a pension for him… It is only after five years of service they would become eligible. My bad.
I do find it interesting however that he lied yet again just yesterday… He has posted on his site that he is a representative… But as the speaker of the house has still not yet been selected, absolutely no business in the house can take place… Including installing new members.
Jeremiah
Georgie Porgie, Puddin’ and Pie,
Kissed the girls and made them cry,
When the boys came out to play
Georgie Porgie ran away
greekboy
Hello, Santos fat girl, Steinway called and they want their legs back.
CNY1983
thx for that. funny.
cuteguy
The GQP at its best! Or it’s worst? At this point it’s the same
scotty
run, forrest
Fahd
¡Mentiroso! There seems to be a need for a branch of criminal profilers specialized in political candidates. As tight as the majority in the House is, how did the Democrats let this conman get through the campaign (and win) without looking into his background claims and exposing his lies? They really dropped the ball. Now, let´s see if and when he´s expelled.
d3clark
I agree with you. But let’s not forget that the Republicans failed to vet this scum, either. Also, as a gay immigrant running for the House, I’d think that the press would check out his background even if just looking for a human interest angle from his campaign. This ball got dropped numerous times.
Kangol2
For the umpteenth time, his Democratic opponent did call attention to Santos’s lies. He could have gone further but he did try to get some traction but couldn’t. Also, a conservative local Long Island paper not only unmasked some of Santos’s lies, but even went so far as to support his Democratic opponent, against its usual trends, because it saw what a scammer Santos was. Again, the paper gained no traction because the horrible NY-area media didn’t dare follow up or do anything but run ads from Santos and Zimmerman and basically print pabulum about him, while also scaring people in Long Island and the Hudson Valley about crime crime crime in New York City and touting the “red wave” and MAGA Lee Zeldin’s looming Governor’s office victory–except there was NO red wave and Lee Zeldin lost. That’s why he’s in Congress, unfortunately.
Kangol2
Santos has quickly adapted. He was kikiing with Marjorie Taylor Greene and some other horrible right-wing Republican tonight as Kevin McCarthy lost yet another vote and left the House chamber with them, so it looks like he’s making new friends, even if he cannot stop lying (he claimed he voted against a bill, which is a total lie, because he hasn’t even been sworn in and no legislation has been advanced because the House’s new Congressional session has not yet begun!)