Many Politicians are Liars, but ...

As anyone who pays any attention to politics knows, 

there are many politicians who are liars. They will 

spout any line of hogwash to get elected and re-elected,

to drum up support for a bill, to pretend to care about the 

concerns of their constituents regarding an issue,

and many other things. But in the 2022 midterm 

election one particular lying pol has perhaps outdone 

them all. 

A newly-elected Republican candidate for a seat in the House

of Representatives, one George Santos (If that is, in fact, his 

real name; why do I say that? Please read further) has gained 

nationwide attention, and not of the welcome variety, for 

having prefabricated just about everything about his background 

from when he declared his candidacy for Congress to his electoral

victory. Once some suspicions about his claims re: his personal 

history surfaced, Santos publicly admitted lying about attending 

Baruch College and working on Wall Street in the employ 

of Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. These organizations have stated

that they have no record whatsoever of Santos ever having been

enrolled or employed there. And this is just for starters ... 

Santos also claimed to be of Jewish so he could get the backing

of the Republican Jewish Coalition for his congressional candidacy.

When he later backpedaled on this, the RJC said that they "had been

deceived". Santos also lied when he claimed his mother was in the 

World Trade Center on September 11, 2001; she was, according to 

immigration records, that she was in her native Brazil on that date.

Santos' deceptions go farther and have a greater-ranging scope, as he

hasn't been above scamming for money either; he set up a GoFundMe

account ostensibly to raise money to help a homeless veteran and his

ailing dog. Rich Osthoff, the veteran in question, said Santos raised 

$3,000 through Santos' pet charity, but Osthoff never received a penny

from the donations and his dog passed away in the meantime. 

Santos was then blocked by GoFundMe after this came to light.

Santos also found time to run a Ponzi scheme during his hectic 

schedule with mass deception, as well as an international credit card 

fraud caper. He also was involved in an ATM skimming operation 

run by a friend to boot!

Oh, did your observant Peasant mention that there were some discrep-

ancies and other questionable details in Santos' financial statements 

and perhaps some other statements that a House member must file?

And that he was accused of sexual misconduct by a person who

sought employment in Santos' congressional office? Of course Santos

has denied that last one.

Such a busy bee, George Santos has been, but he's about to get stung.

He now faces an investigation by the House Ethics Committee that will 

examine all of these items and more. Rep. David Joyce (R-OH) is the

chairman of the subcommittee established by this committee and will, 

with his fellow subcommittee members have their hands full.

Now, this subcommittee's having been established does not in and of

itself indicate that any violation took place; it was formed simply to

collect and weigh any evidence that might exist showing that there

had been any wrongdoing by Rep. Santos. But many of his constituents,

including those who voted for him, along with many fellow House 

members have publicly called for Santos to resign from office, not 

to mention many House Democrats as well as Nassau County GOP

members in his district. Santos has stated that he refuses to step down,

although he has removed himself from all committee assignments

for the duration of the investigation. 

May his complete and absolute resignation or removal from Congress

be soon forthcoming.

MEM