What's worse about this George Santos NY-03 fiasco?

[SKKY]

The fact that Republicans put this clown up in the first place, or that New York Democrats didn't do their due diligence and bring all this nonsense out to light in the first place? Seriously, I really don't know.

[ZonkerHarris]

1. This is on us and the NY political media. Mostly us.

[agingdem]

11. this is on the GOP...

St. George (George Santos?) was the perfect GOP token-everything: gay/Jewish (with Holocaust bonafides)/Hispanic/immigrant/educated/Wall Street/charitable/Republican...and because the GOP needed to prove they were an all inclusive big tent party, they embraced this "I'll be whatever you want me to be" fabulist...and now ol' Kevin McCarthy has a new kind of problem..the obscene screeching poop-throwing MAGA baboons...and.. George Santos, a shape shifting Russian tool...

[pwb]

2. Government is a joke to these young pukes.

We can put this clown out front as representing Republicans everywhere.

[bronxiteforever]

3. The fact that he appears to be a Russian agent

took substantial money from a major oligarch and supports Vlad the Invader and rapist. That is worse than anything I can think of.

[Midnight Writer]

5. This. Another Russian agent gaining power in the Republican Party.

Will they put him on the Intel Committee? Defense? Oversight? Budget? How many secrets will we give him to sell to his handlers?

[Cha]

8. EXACTLY.. it's a No brainer.

And Yes, Robert Zimmerman and campaign Should have dug deep into SAnto's glowing Ridiculous Claims but does Not compare to the Psychotic Siberian Candidate that slithered in. Now a Cautionary Tale.

Democrat who lost to George Santos calls on him to resign following NYT report

https://news.yahoo.com/rep-george-santos-nyt-investigation-democrat-resign-220033299.html

This is Not a "Both sides" thing.

[dalton99a]

26. +1

[Iggo]

7. The people that knew didn't scream about it loud enough and often enough.

Fetterman was on Oz’s ass all year, and we heard about it ever day.

Same should have been done with Santos.

[bronxiteforever]

10. +1

[Iggo]

13. Never said it was.

[Iggo]

19. What an excellent idea! Let me jot that down.

[Cha]

16. Exactly.. Robert Zimmerman's Tweet

down thread. This isn't running for Senator.. it's the NY 3 District.

Oh, I'll post it here.. TY

Link to tweet

[Meowmee]

25. Agree

He ran for this office twice. It should have been made known locally and nationally. Even if media would not report it you keep trying, and run tons of tv ads listing his numerous lies and frauds. One small local paper is not enough. Someone like this needs to be slammed non stop.

[Cha]

14. Robert Zimmerman's Tweet about Santos..

Link to tweet

[Upthevibe]

17. SKKY.........

Firstly, it's disgraceful that the guy got this far but we have to remember they literally have NO shame!

Having said that, whoever does opposition research dropped the ball on this one. I have NO idea how any of that works but I partially blame his opponent, Democratic candidate Robert Zimmerman.

[Genki Hikari]

27. The Democrats did their due diligence

Try to keep up, and stop hating on Democrats. They did nothing wrong here.

[SKKY]

36. Why is asking legitimate questions "hating on Democrats"...

...No one is hating on Democrats. We're just asking, given the depth of this clown's deception, how this wasn't a bigger story given the national focus on the NY midterms. That's all. No hating. So, take your 5th-grade shade somewhere else.

[lapucelle]

18. In August 2022, the DCCC published its 87 page oppo research book on George Santos.

It was posted online immediately following Santos's August 23 primary win and available to anyone who bothered to access it.

In addition, the DSCC issued a press release the same day that highlighted key findings of the oppo research team, including Santos's failure to file requisite financial disclosure documents, his multiple evictions, his ties to the Harbor City Capital ponzi scheme, and his unexplained post-2020 dramatic increase in personal wealth.

Both the Republican Party and the media careerists have been very busy this week pointing fingers at the Democratic Party, as if we are the ones responsible for the candidacy of George Santos and the failure to report (and further investigate) candidate Santos's shady background.

And for some reason, folks keep insisting that New York Democrats are to blame

https://dccc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/George-Santos-Research-Book.pdf
https://dccc.org/the-case-against-george-santos/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/opinion/george-santos-oppo-research-dccc.html

[lapucelle]

22. I worked the Nassau County congressional races.

In our talking points we made the case for Bob Zimmerman and warned voters about Santos's sketchy background.

One local newspaper covered the oppo research in depth. It wound up endorsing Zimmerman despite the fact that it has a long record of generally endorsing Republicans.

The Leader Told You So: US Rep-Elect George Santos is a Fraud - and Wanted Criminal

In a story first broken by the North Shore Leader over four months ago, the national media has suddenly discovered that US Congressman-elect George Santos (R-Queens / Nassau) - dubbed "George Scam-tos" by many local political observers - is a deepfake liar who has falsified his background, assets, and contacts. He is fact a wanted petty criminal in Brazil.

The New York Times published a lengthy expose on Santos this week detailing that virtually everything Santos has said, filed and published about himself is a lie.

Santos claims to be a "wealthy man" in corporate finance, who owns mansions in Oyster Bay and the Hamptons; was a graduate of Baruch College and attended New York University; lost four co-workers in the 2016 mass shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub massacre; has millions in cash assets - and even spoke at local Synagogues claiming he is Jewish. All lies.

Instead, Santos is a really just a petty criminal from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is currently wanted in Brazil on criminal charges of committing elder fraud and check forgery. He stole checkbooks from the elderly patients of his late mother - who was a home healthcare nurse - and forged the checks to steal merchandise, according to prosecutors in Brazil.

https://www.theleaderonline.com/single-post/the-leader-told-you-so-us-rep-elect-george-santos-is-a-fraud-and-wanted-criminal

https://www.theleaderonline.com/single-post/endorsement-robert-zimmerman-for-us-congress-ny3

https://www.theleaderonline.com/single-post/santos-filings-now-claim-net-worth-of-11-million

[Genki Hikari]

28. Getting real sick of the anti-Democrat "progressive" scumbags

Always ready to blame Democrats for every little thing, and 100% allergic to reality.

With "friends" like that, who needs enemies--or r thugs?

[betsuni]

33. +1

[Genki Hikari]

30. We keep telling the usual Democrat-bashers

That the oppo research WAS done, that the Democrat was bringing it up all the time, and still the big-time media (looking at YOU, NY SLIMEbagS) ignored it.

With "friends' like the Democrat-bashers, who needs enemies--or r thugs?

[betsuni]

32. +1

[betsuni]

34. +1

[SKKY]

37. "...available to anyone who bothered to access it."

"...issued a press release..." That all seems lazy to me. But, I have heard very recently that some media outlets weren't interested because none of them thought he had a chance of winning. I mean, how does this clown make it through the process? They're talking of extraditing him to Brazil because he's wanted on fraud charges there as well for Christ's sake. It boggles the imagination, which is why I asked the question. No hate, or bashing of Democrats. Just asking what I think are legitimate questions.

[yardwork]

41. So, the opposition research was done AND published and nobody noticed?

This is a huge problem. I'm sorry, but the Democratic Party needs to do more. We have to figure out a better way to communicate, since the media are letting us down.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

23. that Dems let this seat slip through their fingers

[Genki Hikari]

29. No, they didn't

Try to keep up.

[SKKY]

39. "Try to keep up."

This is what a 5th-grader thinks passes for shade when he can't think of anything else to say. Just curious, can you be any more snarky?

[lapucelle]

42. We worked very hard to try to retain that seat.

Do yo have any idea what an uphill battle it generally is to elect Democrats on Long Island?

Do you understand that two popular Democratic incumbents retired and that we were essentially defending open seats?

Are you aware that the Hobbs factor was largely absent in NY because Roe v Wade was codified into a state statute years ago?

Do you know how difficult it is to break through with a message when a consortium of superpacs spends tens of millions of dollars on continually running negative ads tying Democrats to apocryphal "radical socialists with a defund the police agenda"?

Do you know what it feels like to raise questions about a candidate's credentials with the press whose sole interest is flogging a CRIME! CRIME! CRIME! INFLATION! INFLATION! INFLATION! story line?

I began phone banking for Democrats as soon as the August primary was over. I trained phone bankers and canvassers for both the NY-3 and NY-4 races. We made the case for Bob Zimmerman and raised the questions about George Santos, one voter at a time.

Those higher up in the county party continually raised questions about Santos's background and new-found wealth with contacts in a largely disinterested press who had taken for granted that because Santos would never be elected, the story was a dead end.

That same press buried stories concerning a probe into Trump poster boy Lee Zeldin's illegal coordination with superpacs and failed to build on the leg work of a small local newspaper (The North Shore Leader) which characterized George Santos as a dishonest fabulist as early as September.

So actually no, we did not let that seat "slip through our fingers".

[betsuni]

31. "Why didn't Democrats stop ____ ?"

[ananda]

35. The Russian oligarch got what he paid for.

...

[Mr. Ected]

38. The worse thing is that he is still an acceptable candidate to them

At this point they would elect a robot programmed to vote the party line and to spew snark into every open microphone.

They are political vandals. Democrats represent the voice of the people and they are trying to remove us from the equation.

[SKKY]

40. I mean, that doesn't even surprise me. Republicans are gonna republican...

...plus, you gotta know McCarthy already has Santos' vote for Speaker. So, yea, the means (Whatever they happen to be) definitely justify the ends.

[LiberalFighter]

43. I wonder how much Maggie Haberman was in on it? She is chummy with TFG.

[SKKY]

44. I'm still not entirely convinced she was as friendly to them...

...as they think she was.