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selflessGene t1_j44okcp wrote

Reply to comment by wantmywings in Rep. George Santos says he'll resign if 142,000 people ask him to by esporx

Shame is irrelevant. You need laws that are actually enforced.

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iamiamwhoami t1_j4507ny wrote

He hasn't broken any US laws. At least not to public knowledge.

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tiptoemicrobe t1_j4522fa wrote

I'm kind of surprised that this doesn't count as fraud or something similar. Americans spent their limited resources (votes, time, campaign donations) on a service that was explicitly advertised with lies.

It's like trying to buy a car that was advertised as a brand new jeep, and instead you get the tailpipe of a jeep that exploded in WW2.

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antonivs t1_j45u0dn wrote

We need a lemon law for politicians.

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iamiamwhoami t1_j46zkbd wrote

Sure that would be great, but I'm not sure how something like that could be enforced without it also applying to much smaller offenses. For example if a candidate said they had a 4 year degree but really only had a 2 year degree + 1.5 years of credits towards the 4 year degree. Would the same penalties apply to them? Seems like they would b/c they said something that's not true. From a legal perspective how would you distinguish between them and someone like Santos? Then there's also the inevitable 1st amendment case this law would lead to.

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