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Brian Ross Gold Member Offline Representative of me Posts: 44327	US Congressman George Santos refuses to quit Mar 17^th, 2023 at 10:08pm US Congressman George Santos refuses to quit despite anger over lies
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Mortdooley Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 7250 Texas Gulf Coast Gender:	Re: US Congressman George Santos refuses to quit Reply #1 - Mar 17^th, 2023 at 10:37pm Considering what the Left gets away with I don't care about his harmless weirdness. He is in good company in Congress, they hold no moral high ground!
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Reply #2 - Mar 17^th, 2023 at 11:05pm

Mortdooley wrote on Mar 17^th, 2023 at 10:37pm:

Considering what the Left gets away with I don't care about his harmless weirdness. He is in good company in Congress, they hold no moral high ground!

I Agree he isn't worse that the other crazy republicans. Donald the Criminal XP, Marge Eggs and Ham and co. How unfair is it. Just a few lies and crimes you would think he has done something wrong. Half of them belong in prison the rest an institution. Hardly any difference.

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Reply #3 - Mar 17^th, 2023 at 11:20pm

Mortdooley wrote on Mar 17^th, 2023 at 10:37pm:

Considering what the Left gets away with I don't care about his harmless weirdness.

What about this?

“Santos taught me how to skim card information and how to clone cards,” Gustavo Ribeiro Trelha, who was convicted of felony access device fraud, said Wednesday in a sworn declaration submitted to the FBI.

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Reply #4 - Mar 18^th, 2023 at 3:28am

How could a criminal like Santos get elected to Congress?

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Santos has made numerous false or dubious claims about his biography,
work history, criminal record, financial status, ethnicity, religion, and other
matters, both in public and in private.

Six weeks after his election, numerous news outlets reported that large
parts of his self-published biography appeared to be fabricated, including
claims about his ancestry, education, employment, charity work, property
ownership, and crimes he claimed to be a victim of.

Santos has admitted to lying about his education and employment. As of
March 2023, he is under investigation by U.S. federal, New York state, and
Nassau County authorities.

Of course—being a Republican—he has lots of criminal friends in
the GOP and Congress who I'm sure are prepared to lie in order
to support him.

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Frank Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 51444 Gender:	Re: US Congressman George Santos refuses to quit Reply #5 - Mar 18^th, 2023 at 7:01am When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best, as the poet said.
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Reply #6 - Mar 18^th, 2023 at 8:22am

George Santos has set a new low standard for American Politics....If the Congress does not act to expell this liar, thief and criminal it shows the standard they are now willing to accept....His history is the complete opposite of what he claimed to secure a seat in Congress....Why do the Republicans support this dickhead???

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George Santos Under Scrutiny

https://www.cbsnews.com/feature/george-santos/

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Reply #7 - Mar 18^th, 2023 at 9:49am

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 17^th, 2023 at 11:20pm:

Mortdooley wrote on Mar 17^th, 2023 at 10:37pm:

Considering what the Left gets away with I don't care about his harmless weirdness.

What about this?

“Santos taught me how to skim card information and how to clone cards,” Gustavo Ribeiro Trelha, who was convicted of felony access device fraud, said Wednesday in a sworn declaration submitted to the FBI.

Every additional day that he stays is just another day showing how miserable and how low the standards are of every single republican.

This isn't abnormal - this is the republicans. His only crime to the right is a very serious one - he got caught. That is what will finish him - nothing else.

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Reply #8 - Mar 18^th, 2023 at 9:53am

philperth2010 wrote on Mar 18^th, 2023 at 8:22am:

George Santos has set a new low standard for American Politics....If the Congress does not act to expell this liar, thief and criminal it shows the standard they are now willing to accept....His history is the complete opposite of what he claimed to secure a seat in Congress....Why do the Republicans support this dickhead???

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George Santos Under Scrutiny

https://www.cbsnews.com/feature/george-santos/

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it shows the standard they are now willing to accept..

They have at least 10 members who significantly participated in an insurrection and over 150 who actively voted for one.

You cannot really talk about republican standards - they simply have none.

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Re: US Congressman George Santos refuses to quit
Reply #9 - Mar 18^th, 2023 at 10:08am

philperth2010 wrote on Mar 18^th, 2023 at 8:22am:

George Santos has set a new low standard for American Politics....If the Congress does not act to expell this liar, thief and criminal it shows the standard they are now willing to accept....His history is the complete opposite of what he claimed to secure a seat in Congress....Why do the Republicans support this dickhead???

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George Santos Under Scrutiny

https://www.cbsnews.com/feature/george-santos/

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Article I, Section 2, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution: No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.

Those are the only Constitutional qualifications any candidate is required to meet in order to be elected to a seat in the United States House of Representatives.

Once elected by the citizens of the State he/she is representing, the only way he/she can be removed from office is through a recall vote of the People of that State, or through the Impeachment Process contained in Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution.

Also see: https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/impeachment.htm

A Political Party therefore has no Constitutional powers to remove or expel a sitting U.S. Representative from office.

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Reply #10 - Mar 18^th, 2023 at 10:26am

Panther wrote on Mar 18^th, 2023 at 10:08am:

philperth2010 wrote on Mar 18^th, 2023 at 8:22am:

George Santos has set a new low standard for American Politics....If the Congress does not act to expell this liar, thief and criminal it shows the standard they are now willing to accept....His history is the complete opposite of what he claimed to secure a seat in Congress....Why do the Republicans support this dickhead???

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George Santos Under Scrutiny

https://www.cbsnews.com/feature/george-santos/

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Article I, Section 2, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution: No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.

Those are the only Constitutional qualifications any candidate is required to meet in order to be elected to a seat in the United States House of Representatives.

Once elected by the citizens of the State he/she is representing, the only way he/she can be removed from office is through a recall vote of the People, or through the Impeachment Process contained in Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution.

A Political Party therefore has no Constitutional powers to remove or expel a sitting U.S. Representative from office.

The Congress can expell the liar....As a self confessed Constitutional expert you know SFA!!!

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Will Santos Be Expelled From Congress? Here Are The Republicans Who Want Him Kicked Out

Whether the House will vote to eject Santos from Congress. The resolution requires the support of two-thirds of members to pass

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has said Santos will be removed if he is found guilty of wrongdoing by the House Ethics committee, and Goldman this week expressed confidence that Republicans will unite behind the expulsion measure. “I think eventually there will be a lot of pressure that comes to bear on the speaker to bring a floor vote to expel,”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/03/01/will-santos-be-expelled-from-co...

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Re: US Congressman George Santos refuses to quit
Reply #11 - Mar 18^th, 2023 at 6:33pm

Frank wrote on Mar 18^th, 2023 at 7:01am:

When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best, as the poet said.

Yes, but as our board's resident American just said, he has no problem with a lying South American tranny leading his nation, as long as he's a Republican.

What does that tell you?

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Reply #12 - Mar 18^th, 2023 at 8:57pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 17^th, 2023 at 11:20pm:

Mortdooley wrote on Mar 17^th, 2023 at 10:37pm:

Considering what the Left gets away with I don't care about his harmless weirdness.

What about this?

“Santos taught me how to skim card information and how to clone cards,” Gustavo Ribeiro Trelha, who was convicted of felony access device fraud, said Wednesday in a sworn declaration submitted to the FBI.

You left out the word alleged, he hasn't been convicted of anything! Remember, the word "alleged" is the free pass to commit slander.

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Re: US Congressman George Santos refuses to quit
Reply #13 - Mar 18^th, 2023 at 10:02pm

Mortdooley wrote on Mar 18^th, 2023 at 8:57pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 17^th, 2023 at 11:20pm:

Mortdooley wrote on Mar 17^th, 2023 at 10:37pm:

Considering what the Left gets away with I don't care about his harmless weirdness.

What about this?

“Santos taught me how to skim card information and how to clone cards,” Gustavo Ribeiro Trelha, who was convicted of felony access device fraud, said Wednesday in a sworn declaration submitted to the FBI.

You left out the word alleged, he hasn't been convicted of anything! Remember, the word "alleged" is the free pass to commit slander.

It is a direct quote - that means that it is what someone said. It is not alleged he really did say it.

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Reply #14 - Mar 19^th, 2023 at 5:53am

Mortdooley wrote on Mar 18^th, 2023 at 8:57pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 17^th, 2023 at 11:20pm:

Mortdooley wrote on Mar 17^th, 2023 at 10:37pm:

Considering what the Left gets away with I don't care about his harmless weirdness.

What about this?

“Santos taught me how to skim card information and how to clone cards,” Gustavo Ribeiro Trelha, who was convicted of felony access device fraud, said Wednesday in a sworn declaration submitted to the FBI.

You left out the word alleged, he hasn't been convicted of anything! Remember, the word "alleged" is the free pass to commit slander.

You'll have to take that up with convicted felon Gustavo Ribeiro Trelha - it's a direct quote from him, not me.

“Santos taught me how to skim card information and how to clone cards,” Gustavo Ribeiro Trelha, who was convicted of felony access device fraud, said Wednesday in a sworn declaration submitted to the FBI.

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