Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy addressed the controversy around Rep. George Santos (R-NY) as leaders of the Nassau County Republican Party called for Santos, who represents New York’s 3rd Congressional District, to resign from office over his lies to voters and fabrications about his personal life. Santos has said he will not resign. #ac360 #CNN #news
Confidence man just like his mentor, IQ45. Felix Krull wrote a whole book about such people.
That was Thomas Mann, Felix Krull is the title of the book – but you are right.
Thomas Mann wrote the book, but yes…
Apparently Santos read the book twice!
Thanks for putting me right, people. I remembered the title of the book but not the author.
Santos can go work for Fox. Or at Mar A Lago .He fully fits.
Yes, spokesperson for Trump, they would make an infamous team !
I like the Fox job better, with their long list of crazies hell be right at home and their viewers will love him.
According to Trump, most of the foreign countries only send their worst. He dropped the like about “and I assume some them are good people.”
It’s good to see the Republicans stand up to lies when the lies won’t look good for themselves. I just hope they now remember this when voters are told lies by other politicians, even their own ones.
@Dani C precisely
They did no such thing…the GOP are unable to !
@tae fravis you think Democrats and Republicans are different from one another. That’s adorable.
@veganleigh that’s funny, Biden as VP had no legal right to have classified documents. Maybe if you actually knew what you were talking about, you might make such ignorant comments!
I a. A 97 y3R old death camp survivor Santos was looked upon as are o
Santos is a perfect example of what the republican party is
I so agree with you. Honesty does not seem to be in their vocabulary or heart.
He needs to be fired, dismissed and go to jail for stealing someone else check book and wrote checks on the account. That is a CRIME!!!!!!!!
@miguel figueroa and I won’t answer the question, I’m making a point and you’re proving me right. You think politics is some sort of team sport, it’s not, grow up, figure it out.
@Dean Good you
@Do’s Don’t you’ve proven yourself to be nothing but a troll with nothing of substance no real ideas j
Mccarthy should be out. He kept quiet about all this because he needed his vote.
@Ronald Nixon Saying that somebody who obtained a position of power as a public servant by violating the public trust through what looks like fraudulent misrepresentation of his credentials and history should resign? I’d call it a common decency thing and the kind of thing that would get one fired from any other kind of job, but your opinion is your own. What are your thoughts on the new evidence indicating his campaign accepted illegal contributions from a foreign national who was caught smuggling people into the country illegally?
If he hid it, he as guilty as New York State GOP. But since this is not a crime, they won’t get in trouble, nor should they. Santos will end up resigning because he is under investigation for campaign finance violations, defrauded multiple charities, and is wanted for financial crimes in Brazil.
His vote ought to be “Vacated” making McCarthy’s speaker position “Vacant” and thus calling for NEW Votes 🤣🤣
@cowardlycourage It’s always been a Democratic district, but was gerrymandered to grab more Queens Republicans. But guess what? Voters are united against Santos, regardless of party. We hate liars!
@Ronald Nixon Hrm I suppose you think abortions happen after babies are born huh? Fucking hell, learn science I mean basic science isn’t hard. No one is killing babies once they actually become babies. Fetus at the most and prior to that it is a clump of cells. Unless the mother’s life is at risk. And please don’t pretend you have any idea what Sharia law is. If you cared about Sharia law you wouldn’t try to oppress women because that is precisely what it does. Women can’t drive under Sharia law, women can’t vote they can’t even choose their husbands. Are you fighting Sharia law for those reasons as well, or is it just to fit your ignorant uneducated narrative. Also keep your christian beliefs and values to yourself because they are just as bad as the Sharia law you are aiming to criticize.
They need to run security clearance checks on all candidates. That would catch so many of these lies, and disqualify so many of these corrupt politicians.
@Babs Kaz then who in the GOP could ever run ?
@Rose X because the House would lose most GOP members !
@DAVID KAMEN The women. It’s our turn.
@Sherrie Ludwig They did vet him. They knew. They made jokes about it at party headquarters.
@DAVID KAMEN Yep no kidding‼️ The question is, when will Americans ever wake up and stop voting for these corrupted, liar, criminal, fraud, grifter, con, and etc. politicians⁉️ 😕🤨
The local district GOP did not check any of his credentials. Well I hope somebody does a better job on checking on future candidates.
The GOP knew and supported it. They claim they joked about it.
Like AOC, ILHAN OMAR, shift, nadler , and the whole Biden administration😅😅😅😅😅
@Porfirio Alvaradonone of them have warrants or any previous convictions or fraud cases pending. Santos is now under investigation by the FEC for campaign finance violations for taking money from a Russian oligarch.
It is both mind-numbingly concerning, and not surprising at all, that McCarthy isn’t stepping in on this and will continue to seat the guy on committees.
It’s like saying, “yeah, I know this flaming dumspter fire is dangerous, and I shouldn’t bring it inside my house, but the fire is warm.”
“Well, he hasn’t been charged, convicted, sentenced, hanged, tarred and feathered, or drawn and quartered, so he’s a Republican in good standing.”
It’s been less than a week.
Santos & trump are in same boat: politics is only thing keeping them out of prison.
If he was drawn and quartered they’d just dump his rotting corpse in a seat and prop up his mangled hand for a vote.
😂😂
It’s unfortunate that background checks aren’t a part of the process to be able to run for office. Regular everyday people have to have background checks for a McDonalds job! 👀🤦🏻♀️
Can’t volunteer at a local school without a background check. This is nuts.
You can’t coach Youth Sports without one as well…..Ludicrous !
the fact that the Rs didn’t vet him at all is painfully obvious. They can howl all they want, fact is they failed us all
Cannot qualify for volunteer church ministry without background check….unbelievable. Embarrassing.
@Luke FisherThey vetted him, and they knew about him lying about where he worked.
This is brilliant, Mc Carthy is being deliberately vague on this because if Congress representatives are going to be expelled because of abject lies then half the GOP reps will also have to leave!!
Mr. Kearney. You nailed it. Perfectly. Thank you.
@frannee p tooo kind Fran..☘️
there would be a competition between both parties to see who has more expelled
Mccarthy is trash
Delightful! Bravo for the giggle. Spot on, Paul. Good show!!!
McCarthy said “if there’s something he did which arises to doing something wrong, we’ll look into that”…. So he just admitted he doesn’t consider lying and lying to voters as doing something wrong. Nice for him to actually admit that.
@Helen Byrd go drink some more of that kool-aid. The democrats do nothing but lie and think it’s ok but if a republican lies you want to tar and feather them. Typical democrat double standard.
He also said that other members of Congress have lied on their resumes, suggesting that that makes it ok.
He must have studied Joe Biden’s career. Consistently lying exactly like dirty diaper Joe.
@Malan Cronje Where is your proof of Biden consistently lying?
@SamalamadingdongExactly, he is saying the quiet part out loud and does not care.
The GOP has become a place where ethics and honesty come to die..
@Dan they crooked af
@Dean Good they all sheep
@jester 1two “quick…whatabout…” you obviously don’t want to talk about that…and for obvious reasons…
Santos didn’t lie. He fabricated an entirely new life story….that’s mental illness.
He speaks the truth ish
Love this guy, he doesn’t just fib or embellish, he goes the whole nine yards, unlike most politicians.
You are why corruption prevails
He’s almost on trump’s level of deceit.
Man it hurts how spineless Kevin truly is
Kevin is a disgrace!!!! No shame!!!!😢😢😢😢😢
Kevin should be more like Supreme Commander Rep. George Santos, a former Astronaut who saved the earth from a Meteorite by flying to it, planting a bomb, leaving the astoroid, detonating the bomb and obliterating it just seconds before landfall in downtown New York…
That’s what he told me, anyway.
He’s EXACTLY like ALL of the re-DUMB-licians in CONGRESS, I don’t know why you are so shocked!
Yep! Kinda like the sting of another spineless creature…jellyfish! 🤮 He’s loathsome!
He is consistently spineless. What more can you ask for in a republican?
So the new Speaker of the house shows such good morals and character. We just keep frauds and liars in their position. Our lawmakers are not looking out for the best interest of our country. This is disgusting in so many ways.
The people of his district actually didn’t vote for him. They voted for the character he portrayed.
Well, obviously anyone in the Nassau County GOP knew and voted for him anyhow, more than likely.
They are calling for him to resign, they don’t want him around when they have to run again
I almost snorted beer out of my nose reading that. New Yorkers are not happy with this. George Santos has no idea how bad his private life will be. No one will hire him, ever. I think he’s worse off than Snowden, to be Frank. Oh wait, my name isn’t Frank. 🙃
If anyone else did what George Santos did, would they still have their job?? Imagine a doctor, lawyer, teacher, police officer, etc lying about their resume!! Only in the congress is it allowed 🤯
Private sector can fire immediately. Government has to follow guidelines especially when your last name is Santos. I worked government for 28 years.