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jimberley t1_jdkap10 wrote

And he still won’t resign.

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flimspringfield t1_jdkiwpm wrote

They won't let him. Thin margin in the House.

Why do you think the Cons haven't condemned him en masse?

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jimberley t1_jdkk7nr wrote

Because they don’t do that to their “team” ever. There are literal seditionists and members of the House GOP calling for secession and they don’t condemn them publicly. They are craven and often beyond the pale in their desire for power and retribution for perceived wrongs. In short: bunch of fucking egomaniacal, narcissistic, failsons (and a few daughters) treading on our constitution and the promise of this country in the pursuit of money and power.

And, before anybody says it, fuck your “both sides” shit. Politicians are all fucked up and corrupt, but only one “team” is out there picking up votes by stating that they’d like to erase queer kids and hand out tax breaks to rich people.

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Acrobatic-Order-1424 t1_jdl0h9h wrote

Yep. When Weiner and Franken’s sexual allegations came to light, we called them out for it and called for their resignation. And when it comes to Gaetz? Moore? Trump? Silence from the other side. Disgusting.

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Orion1021 t1_jdlr1q2 wrote

Despite being a conservative, I’m still angry Franken resigned. I felt he raised the average IQ on the floor by 10 points.

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Tall-Ad5755 t1_jecu2fm wrote

All my life the left has been slicing the throat of its best talent…for reason but still….at one time Spitzer, McGreevy, Cuomo, Edwards, Grayson, Franken, OMalley, Dean, Newsom, we’re considered the future.

The fallacy of the left is expecting the other side to do something because you did it. They play the long game; that’s why they’ll have the SC for decades 😫

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beefJeRKy-LB t1_jdlxngr wrote

There are a bunch of republican state assembly people and senators asking him to quit but no one on the federal level to my knowledge.

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AnotherNYCPhotog t1_jdm55ge wrote

Like who

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beefJeRKy-LB t1_jdm93tl wrote

https://www.liherald.com/stories/nassau-county-republicans-call-on-santos-to-resign,159134

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AnotherNYCPhotog t1_jdmgxkw wrote

Not sure why I got downvoted for asking who lol

The funny thing is republican leadership that got him elected KNEW about half of this beforehand and still decided he was good enough. I'm pretty sure he'll never resign and keep getting that sweet government money.

Very infuriating when you're the average Joe wondering when your next check is gonna be enough to cover bills and food.

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beefJeRKy-LB t1_jdmhn0l wrote

I didn't down vote for what it's worth. Tbh the NY democrats completely fumbled things and are a major reason there's a narrow GOP majority in the house right now.

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AnotherNYCPhotog t1_jdmju0e wrote

I don't know if I can blame New York Democrats for the everyday person voting for a garbage candidate. Millions of people voted for Donald Trump knowing he was a criminal but choosing to believe it was all just the hoax and made up.

I'm 100% sure that the vast majority of New York Republicans would easily vote for George Santos if it meant that it kept the Democrat out of office. That's like blaming Hillary Clinton for people voting for Donald Trump like that's absolutely stupid.

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_allycat t1_jdkmq9l wrote

More like they're twisting their cartoon mustaches while plotting how to use his deplorable talent for grifting.

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SpudPlugman t1_jdm9o8m wrote

They don’t give a fuck. As long as he votes right

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hbomberman t1_jdlc9ox wrote

Remember when Romney yelled at him at the state of the union? He wasn't telling Santos "shame on you, resign you fraudster." He was saying that Santos should've sat in the back (and thus not helping the GOP look good)

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myassholealt t1_jdl3d4k wrote

I don't even think him not resigning is the worst part of this.

If I have no ethics I wouldn't resign either. Six figure income guaranteed for two years. Don't really need to actually work. Benefits. Privileged access. Networking. Shield from the law. Why would anyone resign?

Everyday Santos remains in office is a day the GOP approves of his actions. Until they decide this is a step too far, it will be just another thing they don't mind as long as it's a Republican doing it.

And I can't think of a greater symbol of a broken nation than 1/2 of its government holding this position.

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RE5TE t1_jdl5g68 wrote

>And I can't think of a greater symbol of a broken nation than 1/2 of its government holding this position.

Do you think this has never happened before, in America or other countries? In Germany, after WW2 there were former Nazis allowed back into the government.

>German President Walter Scheel and Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger were both former members of the Nazi Party.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denazification

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IsNotACleverMan t1_jdlky97 wrote

Yeah, most nazis quietly resumed their positions of influence. If you look at those who might have been more opportunist than ideological adherents to Nazi beliefs, such as industrialists, bureaucrats, etc., it gets even worse.

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Charming-Fig-2544 t1_jdmg1la wrote

Same thing happened after the Civil War. Hardly anybody was actually punished, and Confederates quietly went back to their cities and became Mayor, Sheriff, Chairman of the School Board, etc. Jim Crow laws and the Klan really took off from there, and by the mid-1920s it had an estimated peak membership of 6 million. Eugenicists also got super popular at the time, and hundreds of thousands of people were forcibly sterilized under laws that we'd call proto-Nazi. And they literally were, because the Nazis copied some of these 1920s eugenics laws almost word for word when they took power in the 1930s.

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ShrimpCrackers t1_jdkxhne wrote

But the GOP is the party of values and morality.

Yup. Low values, zero morality.

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Rubberbabybuggybum t1_jdl4003 wrote

Resign?

Aren't those fucking FELONIES? His job is the least of his problems.

Lock him the fuck up!

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nhorvath t1_jdm4cbr wrote

Statute of limitations. Also I didn't read that carefully but I think it took place in Brazil.

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RyzinEnagy t1_jdm795y wrote

The crimes in question here were in Brazil and part of a plea deal. The only shit he admits is the shit he did down there, like the drag pics and now this.

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gerd50501 t1_jdmgxzj wrote

Why would he resign? He has a guaranteed 2 year contract. He gets paid $180,000 a year plus other benefits. I would not quit either. Most of the people calling for him to quit are democrats.

amazing how people on here think you can just guilt people into resigning. If I was George Santos I would just take the money and not quit. I have a high paying job for 2 years.

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