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RandySF

(58,876 posts)
Sat Dec 31, 2022, 10:43 AM Dec 2022

Santos plans 'questionable' fundraiser off swearing-in

Public backlash is not stopping Long Island and Queens Rep.-elect George Santos from trying to milk still-loyal supporters for money when he gets sworn into office on Jan. 3.

The 34-year-old Republican — who admitted earlier this week to lying about his professional 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 each to outdo the $100 paid by people with “attendee” status, according to an invitation obtained by The Post.

The brazen ask stunned members of both parties when it began circulating late Thursday and into Friday.

“George Santos, who never misses an opportunity to violate Congressional Ethics, is charging people for touring the US Capitol and attending his Congressional swearing-in,” Bronx Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres tweeted.



https://nypost.com/2022/12/30/rep-elect-george-santos-plans-fundraiser-at-u-s-capitol-during-swearing-in/

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Santos plans 'questionable' fundraiser off swearing-in (Original Post) RandySF Dec 2022 OP
This is a rising star in the Republican party Bettie Dec 2022 #1
He has learned from Trump and has surpassed him. :( patricia92243 Dec 2022 #2
Yup, this is exactly what I am thinking as well. He learned from the best, the orange piece of shit a kennedy Dec 2022 #3
Santos is a conman and will never leave voluntarily. Renew Deal Dec 2022 #4

Bettie

(16,110 posts)
1. This is a rising star in the Republican party
Sat Dec 31, 2022, 10:45 AM
Dec 2022

he is what they all aspire to be, a person who boldly lies about everything and probably gets away with it.

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