Another day in Congress and more footage of Rep. George Santos fleeing from answering questions.
The scandal-hit, GOP freshman faced further allegations this week.
CNBC talked to major GOP donors who feel they were “duped” by Santos and his lies. Some said they donated money specifically after Santos highlighted false claims on his résumé.
It alleges that a member of Santos’ political team was also complicit. It says “Wealthy donors received calls and emails from a man who said he was Dan Meyer, McCarthy’s chief of staff, during the 2020 and 2022 election cycles.”
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The caller urged the donors to give money to help an up-and-ccoming GOP candidate—Santos—flip a New York seat.
It now turns out the calls didn’t come from McCarthy’s office. The allegations were first reported last month by the Washington Times.
Neither Santos nor his legal team has issued any response to the allegations.
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Santos has also not explained how he was able to loan $700,000 of his own money to his own campaign, given his history of debt. He reportedly had just $55,000 to his name in 2020.
Yesterday, the non-profit watchdog group Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint urging the Federal Elections Commission to investigate Santos over his campaign funding.
Rachel Scott, Congressional Correspondent for ABC, tried to talk to Santos when she encountered him in a corridor on Capitol Hill.
As you can see below, Santos did not want to answer any questions. He and the staffer who was with him reprimanded journalists for invading his “personal space”.
George Santos spent another day dodging questions on Capitol Hill as he’s accused of fabricating almost every single part of his life. pic.twitter.com/gNPnJ4x3aO
— Rachel Scott (@rachelvscott) January 9, 2023
Scott later tackled Santos again. The Rep. responded, “I’ll be addressing the media soon… on my time.”
Santos ignores questions again: “I’ll be addressing the media soon… on my time.” pic.twitter.com/nMfwYH8fwc
— Rachel Scott (@rachelvscott) January 9, 2023
“Sacrificial twink”
Online, many were unimpressed.
“If you wanted personal space you shouldn’t have lied about every aspect of your life including your own dang name,” said one Twitter commentator.
“You can be fired for lying on your resume. You can be expelled from college for cheating on your exams. Your marriage can be annulled for concealment. You can go to jail for fraud or lose a loan for falsifying income. Yet you can do any or all of these things & work in Congress,” said another.
Related: Video of George Santos racing down dead end basement hallway to escape reporters goes viral
Next time try in Russian since he says he’s been there a few times.
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) January 9, 2023
The sacrificial twink in the suit “guarding” the closing elevator and rolling his eyes… it was a cry for help
— I’m Just (@Gator_Food) January 9, 2023
Leave him alone! It couldn’t have been easy growing up on an Indian reservation as a Jew-ish gay man, who is also a Christian and wanted for crimes in another country.
— Mal Simons (@malsimons) January 10, 2023
Not George Santos having a twink assistant to help block the press. Truly the gift that keeps on giving
pic.twitter.com/xk94bSD4n5— Yann (parody) (@yannhatchuel) January 10, 2023
abfab
SNL really needs to run with this.
RIGay
I hope there is a recall election to get his sorry tail out of congress.
storm45701
Unfortunately, you can’t recall a Congressperson. Not constitutionally allowed.
Ronbo
Perhaps he could be removed by following the money trail for corruption. It’s rare for a flat-broke individual to loan their campaign $700,000. Or… Brazil might prosecute him for the charges which caused him to flee … but who’d want him back (other than the Republican party)?
bachy
Disgraceful how many shameless sociopaths and blathering imbeciles are waltzing unimpeded into positions of American leadership– when they wouldn’t even be hired as counter-help at McDonalds.
Stefano
You elected a howler monkey as president, so why not? After all, isn’t it the great American dream that any moron becomes rich and powerful no matter what?
mailliw110
Can someone please translate what Stefano said?
redzebra1
mailliw110 he was referring to Trump. The GOP has a number of lesser-versions of him so it’s not unsurprising
quantum
I want to know if my tax dollars are funding that twink’s salary. He has a future ahead of him.
Fname Optional Lname
I see what happened. George got all of his lies out in one week so he can concentrate on his hatred the rest of the year, whereas most Republican’s spread their lies out over the course of the year. It basically comes down to time management really.
johncp56
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW
Jimmynj
That snippy little queen announcing “personal space” needs to go back to his old job of folding jeans at Old Navy. Maybe he can get George a job there.