“Honey, If He Lied, He Has To Go”

[MyTeamIsOnTheFloor]

That was my grandmothers take on Nixon and Watergate.

It’s my take on Santos.

If he likes his election, he can’t keep it.

The GOP needs to find a way.

 

[UncleMark]

That was my grandmothers take on Nixon and Watergate.

It’s my take on Santos.

If he likes his election, he can’t keep it.

The GOP needs to find a way.

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The financial declarations are going to be hard to explain.

 

[Univee2]

That was my grandmothers take on Nixon and Watergate.

It’s my take on Santos.

If he likes his election, he can’t keep it.

The GOP needs to find a way.

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He’s a liar and a politician and stupid. Kick him out, along with all the other liars/politicians/stupids.

Won’t be anybody left.

Then we can get Buckley’s “first 2,000 in the Boston phone directory.” Could hardly be worse.

 

[mcmurtry66]

He’s a liar and a politician and stupid. Kick him out, along with all the other liars/politicians/stupids.

Won’t be anybody left.

Then we can get Buckley’s “first 2,000 in the Boston phone directory.” Could hardly be worse.

Sortition

 

[CO. Hoosier]

Sortition

Congress has authority to expel members. In the 20th century expulsion has only happened after criminal convictions. Do we want to start expulsions for conduct unbecoming? Could be a bad precedent even though seems justified here.

 

[IUCrazy2]

Nobody did any homework on the guy? What is the press for?

Lying is a bad look but I think the dude should stay until voted out. Let the voters in that district decide. We have a President currently serving that has misrepresented his bio on several occasions. Our politicians are full of manure, it is what it is.

 

[DANC]

That was my grandmothers take on Nixon and Watergate.

It’s my take on Santos.

If he likes his election, he can’t keep it.

The GOP needs to find a way.

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Who are we talking about? Blumenthal, who lied about being a Vietnam veteran?

 

[secondasky]

The financial declarations are going to be hard to explain.

nah, he just takes a cue from the liberals

 

[UncleMark]

Lying is a bad look but I think the dude should stay until voted out. Let the voters in that district decide. We have a President currently serving that has misrepresented his bio on several occasions. Our politicians are full of manure, it is what it is.

Biden's misrepresentations were well known and he was still elected. That doesn't appear to be the case with Santos.

 

[DANC]

Biden's misrepresentations were well known and he was still elected. That doesn't appear to be the case with Santos.

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[secondasky]

Biden's misrepresentations were well known and he was still elected. That doesn't appear to be the case with Santos.

Yea but that was Joe just being Joe

 

[DANC]

Yea but that was Joe just being Joe

What he's saying is, it's OK if a Democrat lies, silly.

 

[IUCrazy2]

Biden's misrepresentations were well known and he was still elected. That doesn't appear to be the case with Santos.

So then we remove if they lie and get away with it until after the election? If they lie and we find out, ok? And is the lies he was telling something that would make him unfit to serve for the seat (other than being a liar, which, as someone pointed out above, peace out to 95%+ of elected government).

Congress has their standards to seat someone and if they collectively want to toss him, whatever. You have to be really careful with the precedent you set here IMO.

 

[Univee2]

So then we remove if they lie and get away with it until after the election? If they lie and we find out, ok? And is the lies he was telling something that would make him unfit to serve for the seat (other than being a liar, which, as someone pointed out above, peace out to 95%+ of elected government).

Congress has their standards to seat someone and if they collectively want to toss him, whatever. You have to be really careful with the precedent you set here IMO.

If, say, Ted Kennedy kills a young woman, it’s all good, man.

What’s a lie or fifty?

 

[DANC]

So then we remove if they lie and get away with it until after the election? If they lie and we find out, ok? And is the lies he was telling something that would make him unfit to serve for the seat (other than being a liar, which, as someone pointed out above, peace out to 95%+ of elected government).

Congress has their standards to seat someone and if they collectively want to toss him, whatever. You have to be really careful with the precedent you set here IMO.

You mean like the precedent Harry Reid set when he changed the vote from 60 to a majority on federal court judge appointments? Which, in turn, encouraged McConnell to lower the vote to a simple majority for SC judges?

That hasn't worked too well for Democrats.

 

[DANC]

For the record, I think Santos should do the right thing and give up his Congressional seat.

But that's another one of those West Wing fantasies.

 

[Marvin the Martian]

So then we remove if they lie and get away with it until after the election? If they lie and we find out, ok? And is the lies he was telling something that would make him unfit to serve for the seat (other than being a liar, which, as someone pointed out above, peace out to 95%+ of elected government).

Congress has their standards to seat someone and if they collectively want to toss him, whatever. You have to be really careful with the precedent you set here IMO.

I don't think not seating him is a good option. He should be assigned the worst committees, committee on Congressional prom, committee on cleaning up Congressional dog poop, etc.

Is there ANY reason to trust him with anything sensitive, be it national security, business deals, etc?

 

[Joe_Hoopsier]

Yea but that was Joe just being Joe

Er'body knows it was because he stutters.

 

[UncleMark]

Congress has authority to expel members. In the 20th century expulsion has only happened after criminal convictions. Do we want to start expulsions for conduct unbecoming? Could be a bad precedent even though seems justified here.

Congress has their standards to seat someone and if they collectively want to toss him, whatever. You have to be really careful with the precedent you set here IMO.

It appears that refusing to Seat Santos in these particular circumstances would be breaking new ground.

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[Joe_Hoopsier]

I don't think not seating him is a good option. He should be assigned the worst committees, committee on Congressional prom, committee on cleaning up Congressional dog poop, etc.

Is there ANY reason to trust him with anything sensitive, be it national security, business deals, etc?

I agree with this. Once again, "we have no standing" to remove him. He was elected, somehow.

 

[IUCrazy2]

I don't think not seating him is a good option. He should be assigned the worst committees, committee on Congressional prom, committee on cleaning up Congressional dog poop, etc.

Is there ANY reason to trust him with anything sensitive, be it national security, business deals, etc?

Yeah, he is totally an untrustworthy flake. I am not defending the guy, just saying what he pulled would be really hard to pin down with a rule to throw out the next guy.

 

[UncleMark]

I don't think not seating him is a good option. He should be assigned the worst committees, committee on Congressional prom, committee on cleaning up Congressional dog poop, etc.

I agree with this. Once again, "we have no standing" to remove him. He was elected, somehow.

He'll only have as much influence as the Speaker allows. Let him join the Clown Caucus and hang out with his peers.

 

[Marvin the Martian]

He'll only have as much influence as the Speaker allows. Let him join the Clown Caucus and hang out with his peers.

They might demand he be chair of 2ays and means to get their votes for Speaker.

 

[UncleMark]

They might demand he be chair of ways and means to get their votes for Speaker.

ICBW, but I believe he's already said he supports McCarthy. I wonder what, if anything, McCarthy had to give up for that.