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MAGA mucho mad at the 105 Republicans who ousted George Santos! YIKES! [1]
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Date: 2023-12-01
Okay, Republicans, as of right now, I am going to have to ask you all to quit pretending any of the odious laws and anti-woke stances you claim to support are about Family Values or Law and Order.
Full stop.
Why?
Cuz your actions never, ever meet up with your words.
George Santos is a case in point.
Law and order my ass
Modern-day Republicans constantly toss words like “law and order” and “family values” out whenever they want to justify some screwed-up legislation or foul act against a minority. When truly cornered, they might even trot out time-worn whatabouttisms to deflect from their evil deeds.
“Yes, your honor, I know I ate my entire family, but Dhamer was a cannibal, too. Can we call it Even Stevens?”
*Gavel slam * GUILTY!
You see, nothing at all works that way. What others may or may not get away with has little to do with your choices. Being held accountable for wrongdoing is about taking personal responsibility for your actions, you know, personal responsibility, another meaningless buzzword the GOP loves to throw about.
If someone has done wrong, ask them to be investigated, but don’t expect their crime to be your escape hatch from prison.
I genuinely believe in some of these folks’ heart-of-hearts; they know better. Their crybaby antics are performative, merely red meat for the base to toss out whenever their side is outed as the roaring hypocrites they are.
Santos was wretched
There have been a ton of odious Republican Representatives that have made my blood curdle at their mere mention. Rethug OG Mitch McConnell is one of them. Gaetz, Boebert, and Marjorie Taylor Greene, the newbloods as I call them, are, of course, in a league of their own.
But newly minted NY representative Santaos is a cut above the rest, and not in a good way— the pathological liar took performative BS and crimin’ to a whole nutha’ level.
CBS News reports:
Santos is now facing nearly two dozen federal charges stemming from allegations by the Justice Department that he stole from donors, used campaign contributions for personal expenses, and fraudulently collected unemployment benefits, among other claims. The House Ethics Committee separately said in a bruising report released this month that it collected "overwhelming evidence" Santos violated federal law, finding that he "sought to fraudulently exploit every aspect of his House candidacy for his own personal financial profit."
Dude was so brazen, so gangsta, that he stole from members of his party! As per HuffPost!
Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) accused his now-former GOP colleague George Santos of stealing his and his mother’s personal credit card information to make illegal contributions to his campaign. “Late yesterday on the floor, I alluded to a personal impact of Rep. Santos’ conduct,” Miller wrote in a letter to colleagues Friday morning. “Earlier this year, I learned that the Santos campaign had charged my personal credit card — and the personal credit card of my mother — for contribution amounts that exceeded FEC limits. Neither my mother nor I approved these charges nor were aware of them. We have spent tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees in the resulting follow-up.”
Not to be out done by assisting in the death of a homeless vet’s dog, Santos stole from a fellow representative’s mother!
His mother!
I don’t like Republicans at all, but dayum, man—that’s some cold shit.
MAGA Mucho Mega Mad
It is alleged that Georgey Pordgie Puddin’ Pie might have defrauded and stolen from 400 people, but don’t tell that to MAGA, who may have to speak to the manager about how horridly Santos is being treated!
Oh, what a world, what a world!
Below are a few delicious MAGA screenshots post-expulsion, warning, your WTF-odometer might break:
First up is from leading GOP pundit, Catturd—you read that right—his name is Catturd (SMDH):
*cough, cough* “Al Franken…” *cough, cough* and really—is that the metric?: the other guys would protect their criminals, so we need to protect ours? Sigh.
I am surprised Kirk’s nose doesn’t stretch from here to Canada from all the lies and misdirections in this post. Santos isn’t being expelled for having an Only Fans page and Botox injections—he is being removed for defrauding folks to the tune of millions!
Oh, and about that other claim: the Only Fans page and Botox are purported to be paid for with campaign funds.
Charlie wouldn’t know the truth if it spat on his head.
So, he doesn’t think even a Republican colleague’s mama should be safe from being victimized by Santos? The poor woman spent tens of thousands to rectify a situation caused when the criminal used her card without permission.
Law and order party ladies and gents *slowclap*.
Plenty more MAGA idiots’ hot takes where that came from on the Meidas Touch Network page—too numerous to post here. When you read the above-linked MTN article, get ready to strap your schadenfreude feedbag on—it’s glorious!
Seriously though, would appear that in 2023, Democrats have become the actual law and order party that will back the blue and hold lawbreakers accountable.
An aside—some Democrats have taken to social media to point and laugh with well-earned relief that at least one Republican criminal has been dished a heaping helping of their just desserts. Hilarious! Enjoy:
He who is without Sin
Before I go, I have to share this little gem of a response from one of Santos' supporters, TN representative Tim Burchett. When asked if he voted to save Santos from expulsion, he feebly replied, “To say that anybody in Congress can cast stones, I mean, we are all a bunch of Sinners.”
Ya’ll know that self-same good ole boy would probably execute a black man for jaywalking! Besides, where was all that Christian forgiveness when Kevin McCarthy recently allowed this brother with a kidney??
Bruh was ready to scrap!
Look, one can acknowledge we all make mistakes while expecting individuals to atone for them—even the bible calls on sinners to repent. Did Santos? Not so much.
He went out the door, pointing fingers at others and claiming to be a victim.
All I can say regarding the latest in Republican snafu is this: The next time one of these ass hats tries to pull an Al Franken-style expulsion on Dems, point to Trump or Santos and exclaim, “Who among us is without sin!”
Vote blue.
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