Fabulist says he will file ethics complaints against ex-colleagues and accuses others of affairs and missing votes due to hangovers

George Santos, the disgraced New York Republican who was expelled from the US House on Friday, spent his first hours as a former congressman railing against his former colleagues and saying he would file ethics complaints against four of them on Monday.

Santos told reporters after his expulsion he was done with Congress.

“Why would I want to stay here? To hell with this place,” he told reporters outside the US Capitol after the vote.

  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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    The funniest crime he did was write bad checks to the Amish for puppies. That’s some off-the-charts levels of dirtbaggery.

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      Honestly, the Amish run straight up puppy mills, so it’s kind of what they deserved.

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          The Amish have this reputation for being nice people who are just a little old timey, but their insular communities hide a multitude of horrible things. Women and children are routinely abused, physically and sexually, animal abuse is rampant, it’s just awful but people just see their nice furniture and barns and shit. Turns out, separating yourself from society and not having access to technology (oh, except the men who do have cell phones some of the time) is a great way do hide a lot of things and to keep members of the community from reporting it.

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          I guess, but people who run puppy mills are generally pretty awful people, so I can’t feel bad about them getting screwed over for a relatively small amount of money. I had a rescue who was used as a stud in a puppy mill for his first 7 years and seeing the condition he was in when we got him and the amount of work it took to get him to feel safe, I just do not care what happens to the people who run them. They should all be shut down, have all of their animals confiscated, and have to pay every dime they’ve ever made off dogs to animal rescues. A bad check is like, the smallest possible amount of karma.

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    Sounds like sour grapes to me. But I’m sure the real reason he’s so upset is because he got caught and has lost prime opportunities for grifting.

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    He’s gone now, why would we still give a shit what he has to say?

    The only other news I want to hear about the guy is how he’s getting locked up.

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          And even if everything he spilled was 100% true and verifiable, all it would do is make us feel righteous for always knowing those people were…well, those people. The ones that voted for them will never hear about it, and if they do, they won’t really care because its not about electing someone who shares your best values but about electing someone who justifies the parts of you society abhors.

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    Cry harder Santos report more people for ethics complaints

    The more people like him we can get out of Congress the better

    If you didn’t want to stay there why did you fight so hard to do so?

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    Some shitbags need to be put in particular situations where they can be useful, if not for the right reasons, then at least due to poor motivations such that others can benefit from their actions.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    George Santos, the disgraced New York Republican who was expelled from the US House on Friday, spent his first hours as a former congressman railing against his former colleagues and saying he would file ethics complaints against four of them on Monday.

    He wrote on X that he would file an ethics complaint against three fellow Republicans from New York – Mike Lawler, Nicole Malliotakis and Nick LaLota – who had long pushed to oust him from Congress.

    He also urged a Republican in Congress to have the “testicular fortitude” to move to expel Jamaal Bowman, a New York Democrat, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and paid a fine for setting off a fire alarm in a congressional office building.

    His expulsion came shortly after a report from the House ethics committee detailed how he spent campaign funds on luxury goods, cosmetics and an OnlyFans subscription.

    After being elected to Congress to represent Long Island and Queens last year, Santos quickly earned a reputation as a prolific liar.

    Among other things, he lied about working on Wall Street, that his mother died during 9/11, and that he was a volleyball star in college.


    The original article contains 375 words, the summary contains 194 words. Saved 48%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!

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        Dunno if it is evocative of actual toughness and determination though. How much fortitude can testicles have when just shifting the wrong way in bed can cause one to sack themselves and need to take a minute?