Homocons

The New York Times reports: In late 2021, as he prepared to make a second run for a suburban New York City House seat, George Santos gave permission for his campaign to commission a routine background study on him. Campaigns frequently rely on this kind of research, known as vulnerability studies, to identify anything problematic that an opponent might seize …

Mediaite reports: It’s just another day in the ongoing saga of Rep. George Santos (R-NY), the freshman congressman who is currently living a real-life Catch Me If You Can reboot no one asked for. On Friday, the Twitter account PatriotTakes tweeted a clip of Santos from 2019 at a “Walk Away LGBT” event in New York. “So, my name’s Anthony …

CNN reports: Republican Rep. George Santos, said a company later accused of running a “Ponzi scheme” was “100% legitimate” when it was accused by a potential customer of fraud in 2020, more than a year before it was sued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Once the company, where he worked, came under federal scrutiny, Santos claimed publicly that …

CNN reports: Santos has so far been defiant, pushing back on calls for his resignation – and House GOP leadership has not called on him to do so. Instead, McCarthy, a Republican from California, has indicated he will not join demands from New York GOP leaders, and others, for Santos’ resignation – and has indicated that Santos is on track …

The Hill reports: Former Speaker Paul Ryan (R) called on Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) to step down on Thursday, as the embattled first-term lawmaker faces increasing pressure to resign over revelations that he misrepresented parts of his background. “This isn’t an embellished candidacy,” Ryan told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “It’s a fraudulent candidacy. He hoaxed his voters, so of course he …

“Hey everyone, George Santos here, congressional candidate in New York’s 3rd Congressional District. Let’s talk real quick about the Florida bill, Don’t Say Gay. “Although the bill doesn’t mention those words, that’s what the left-leaning Democrats and progressives are labeling it. “I’ll leave you with this – as a gay man I stand proudly behind not teaching our children sex …

From Log Cabin Republicans president Charles Moran: If the Senate plans to investigate what went wrong with the FAA system meltdown, it should start by looking into how much taxpayer-money, time, and resources the FAA, Secretary Buttigieg, and the entire Department of Transportation have spent pushing their woke agenda down the aviation industry’s throat. Crumbling infrastructure in our national air …

The New York Times reports: The request came from a Republican loyalist calling on behalf of RedStone Strategies, which was described in an email to the donor as an “independent expenditure” group that was supporting Mr. Santos’s bid to flip a Democratic House seat in New York. The group had already raised $800,000 and was seeking to raise another $700,000. …

NBC News reports: Rep. George Santos, the newly sworn-in New York Republican under fire for fabricating large parts of his résumé, told NBC News on Thursday that “if 142 people ask for me to resign, I will resign.” He later clarified in an interview on Steve Bannon’s War Room with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., that he was referring to the …

The New York Patch reports: Four people told Patch that when they asked Santos if he had stolen items or money from them, he blamed another friend or relative. Adriana Correia moved to New York with her family in 2011. Santos traveled with them and moved in with them in Jackson Heights, Queens. Then, Correia noticed cash she had in …

The New York Times reports: When Representative George Santos of New York first expressed interest in running for a suburban New York City House seat in 2020, the Nassau County Republican Committee sent him a standard vetting questionnaire and asked to see his qualifications. The résumé Mr. Santos handed over was impressive, particularly for a political neophyte. Mr. Santos claimed …

The Hill reports: Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) on Wednesday said he would not resign from Congress despite pressure from New York Republicans urging him to do so over “lies and fabrication” he told about his background on the campaign trail. “I will not,” Santos said to reporters in response to a direct question as he got on a Capitol elevator. …

Reuters reports: New York Republicans on Wednesday called for the resignation of “disgraced” newly elected U.S. Representative George Santos, following revelations he fabricated much of his resume and life story during his campaign. They made the call in a news conference two days after a nonpartisan watchdog accused Santos of breaking campaign finance laws in a filing with the Federal …

The Daily Beast reports: Embattled Rep. George Santos took an almost certainly illegal donation from an Italian national and confessed smuggler of undocumented immigrants—who also happens to be the blood relative of some of his closest local supporters and campaign vendors. The gift from Rocco Oppedisano—expelled from the U.S. in January 2019, and who was subsequently intercepted piloting a yacht …

Politico reports: The GOP conference is now deliberating over how to handle a member who’s been publicly ridiculed as a fraudster, including whether Santos should receive committee assignments. Some members are openly pushing to sideline him until internal investigations can dig through his campaign finances. “I don’t have any historical precedent about what’s appropriate here. And I do think that …

“Well, you saw him seated last week, there were no challenges to that. This is something that’s being handled internally. Obviously, there were concerns about what we had heard. And so we’re going to have to sit down and talk to him about it. And that’s something that we’re going to deal with, just like there’s a lot of other …

The Insider reports: The House of Representatives Monday passed a new set of rules to govern the chamber that will severely weaken the ability of the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate members of Congress over suspicion of wrongdoing. “I think it’s fantastic,” Republican Rep. George Santos of New York said of the rules package, which passed by a 220-213 …

Mediaite reports: Controversial Rep. George Santos (R-NY) dodged reporters in the halls of the U.S. Capitol on Monday, in what has become a common scene for the embattled congressman. “You’re accused of fabricating almost every single part of your life. Why do you do it? Why do you deserve to represent the people of New York?” says ABC’s Congressional correspondent …

Homocon nutbag Jim Hoft writes at Gateway Pundit: Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA 14th District) said during an interview on Sunday that she believed Joe Biden was legitimately elected as president. She also distanced herself from the online group QAnon for getting her “sucked into” their conspiracy theories. Green made an appearance on the far left Fox News’ “MediaBuzz” on …

CNBC reports: A member of George Santos’ political team had a plan to raise money for the Republican congressman’s campaign: Impersonate the chief of staff of now House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Wealthy donors received calls and emails from a man who said he was Dan Meyer, McCarthy’s chief of staff, during the 2020 and 2022 election cycles, according to people …