Friday, January 20, 2023

First He Invented the Wheel ...

We've seen this movie before, almost always with a hammered Republican in a starring role. Years ago, in anticipation of the Trump juggernaut, Rudy Giuliani dressed in drag; 45 was said to have motorboated Rudy. CNN reports today that another MAGA-ite, George Santos, has been accused of similar behavior.

Santos, an out gay man, allegedly performed as a drag queen in Brazil (He must have been very busy there, given not only this charge but those brought by the Brazilian government of fraud.) One acerbic response on Twitter to today's headline pretty well sums up Mr. Santos: You survived Pearl Harbor, invented the wheel, went to the moon 13 times, married Betsy Ross, parted the Red Sea, and you have 7 Super Bowl Rings.

Mr. Santos. on his government-paid-for and -maintained web site, appears to continue to fabricate his own history. Some of his Republican colleagues from Nassau County NY also question his veracity. Too bad Kevin didn't. The King of Rules put Mr. Santos on two standing committees in the House – the Small Business Committee and the Science, Space, and Technology Committee. Given Mr. Santos' propensity for distortion, the damage he could do in either of those settings is perturbing  ...

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