Homocons

Semafor reports: If McCarthy can’t secure the gavel after the first ballot, House members will have to keep voting until they’ve picked somebody as speaker. One relatively ardent McCarthy supporter told Semafor that they would probably be willing to go up to 12 rounds of voting, which would likely last between 3 and 4 days. Meanwhile, a senior Republican staffer …

“Listen, his conduct is embarrassing and unbecoming, and it is certainly a distraction. There are multiple investigations as you said. I have said he should cooperate fully with those investigations. “His election has been certified, so he will be seated in this Congress. But ultimately, obviously, we will see what the investigations come back with. “There are numerous investigations at …

CNN reports: Congressman-elect George Santos of New York is scheduled to be sworn in to Congress on Tuesday as he faces mounting scrutiny and condemnation over lies about his biography and amid an investigation by federal prosecutors into his finances. All incoming members of the 118th Congress are scheduled to be sworn in following the vote for House speaker at …

The New York Times reports: When Representative-elect George Santos takes his seat in Congress on Tuesday, he will do so under the shadow of active investigations by federal and local prosecutors into potential criminal activity during his two congressional campaigns. But an older criminal case may be more pressing: Brazilian law enforcement authorities intend to revive fraud charges against Mr. …

The Albany Times-Union reports: Neither Stefanik’s office nor her campaign responded to a request for comment on Santos, who is the subject of multiple investigations into his background and — more perilously — the sources of his personal wealth and campaign funds. Progressives have resurfaced a May tweet from Stefanik in which she posed with Santos following a campaign fundraiser …

The New York Times reports: One who was close to Mr. Santos was Pedro Vilarva. Mr. Vilarva met Mr. Santos in 2014, when he was 18 and Mr. Santos was 26. Mr. Vilarva found him charming and sweet. They dated for a few months before Mr. Santos suggested they move in together. Mr. Vilarva said he felt on top of …

Mediaite reports: Voters of Rep.-elect George Santos (R-NY) expressed to CNN how they feel about him given the lies he told about his background, though they were split on whether he should resign. “I am completely betrayed,” said Santos voter Teodora Choolfaian. “George Santos is a fraud,” she added. “I no longer support him.” Regarding his false claims of being …

The Hill reports: Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) said on Sunday that Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) must take “huge steps” to regain public trust after Santos admitted to lying about his background on the campaign trail. But the Texas Republican, who is leaving Congress, also said Santos could be forgiven by the GOP for owning up to the false statements and …

“As far as oil, we can fix this. Bring back energy independence. Keystone XL pipeline. Stop creating limits for the permits already out there. “Allow our men and women who are there drilling responsibly with carbon capture technology that I helped develop and fundraise for. “In my career, I’ve had a very extensive role in gas and oil in this …

Gothamist reports: In a March 2020 video episode of the Empire State Conservatives Podcast — which has since been made private on YouTube — Santos tells the hosts that he “battled a brain tumor a couple of years ago.” “I had radiation done, which really, really lowers your immunity in general,” Santos said, recounting his experience with COVID-19 in the …

From the right wing site American Spectator: Everybody is wrong about George Santos. He’s not a villain, he’s a hero. Santos is, whether wittingly or otherwise, doing something Rush Limbaugh used to do to great effect: he’s illustrating absurdity by being absurd. Think of Santos as a performance artist. He’s like the NASCAR driver who, seeing a wreck in front …

Gothamist reports: Six years ago, Rep.-elect George Santos claimed to have been mugged on his way to pay $2,250 in back rent on his Queens apartment, according to court eviction records, but the NYPD has no record of the attack. Santos’ claim came in a sworn statement filed in connection with his threatened eviction from a Queens apartment. He said …

The New York Post reports: The 34-year-old Republican — who admitted earlier this week to lying about his work background, academic credentials and ancestry during his successful campaign for the House of Representatives — is offering supporters a bus trip to DC, lunch and a “Team Santos Tour” of the US Capitol’s grounds, while asking VIPs to chip in $500 …

The New York Post reports: Three months ago, Rep.-elect George Santos and his sister, Tiffany Lee Devolder Santos, packed their bags and left their two-year Queens rental in a bad state, The Post can report. The landlord and building owner of 151-47 12th Ave. in Whitestone told The Post the two always paid their rent on time, but left the …

The New York Times reports: The company was called Cleaner 123, and over the course of four months, it received nearly $11,000 from the campaign of George Santos, the representative-elect from New York who appears to have invented whole swaths of his life story. The expenditures were listed as “apartment rental for staff” on Mr. Santos’s campaign disclosure forms and …

“It’s a big black eye for the GOP. How did he loan himself $700,000 for a successful ’22 campaign, while he only claimed like making $55,000 last year? I’ll never forget, I was at lunch with him a couple years ago, and he told me he was worth between $14 and $22 million and that always stuck with me. “What …

The Hill reports: Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.), who has been facing increasing scrutiny after a series of false claims he made about himself on the campaign trail came to light, called President Biden a liar in a tweet. Santos tweeted in August 2021, ahead of his eventually winning the Republican nomination and the election to represent New York’s 3rd Congressional …

CNN reports: In appearances, and in an old campaign biography, Santos claimed his parents sent him to Horace Mann, an elite private school in the Bronx. “He began Horace Mann preparatory school in the Bronx, however, did not graduate from Horace Mann due to financial difficulties for his family,” his biography read in 2019. “He obtained a GED during his …

The Hill reports: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chairman Tom Emmer (Minn.) and House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (N.Y.) have not commented on the revelations surrounding Santos’s background and falsehoods. McCarthy did not answer questions about Santos in the Capitol last week, and House GOP leaders did …

The New York Times reports: Federal and local prosecutors are investigating whether Representative-elect George Santos committed any crimes involving his finances and lies about his background on the campaign trail. The federal investigation, which is being run by the U.S. attorney’s office in Brooklyn, is focused at least in part on his financial dealings. Questions remain about how Mr. Santos …