{"id":50387,"date":"2023-01-01T16:24:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T00:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=50387"},"modified":"2023-01-01T16:24:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T00:24:29","slug":"trump-worlds-biggest-liar-george-santos-hold-my-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2023\/01\/01\/trump-worlds-biggest-liar-george-santos-hold-my-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump: World\u2019s Biggest Liar! George Santos: \u201cHold My Beer\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last time I can recall a politician breakout as fast as this was Sarah Palin.\u00a0 And we all know how <em><u>THAT<\/u><\/em> ended!<\/p>\n<p>If I were going to do a background report on Santos, it would not be a matter of knowing where to start \u2013 it\u2019d be which <em>LIE<\/em> is the most outrageous to start with.<\/p>\n<p>SANTOS:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/12\/31\/george-santos-deception-house\/\">&#8220;To get down to the nit and gritty, I&#8217;m not a fraud. I&#8217;m not a criminal who defrauded the entire country and made up this fictional character and ran for Congress.\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But I decided to use his prevarications as a springboard to showcase how the internet has handled it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Pinocchio_Nose_Lalo_DK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Pinocchio_Nose_Lalo_DK.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Pinocchio_Nose_Lalo_DK-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Pinocchio_Nose_Lalo_DK-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Pinocchio_Nose_Lalo_DK-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Pinocchio_Nose_Lalo_DK-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Pinocchio_Nose_Lalo_DK-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Pinocchio_Nose_Lalo_DK-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>(I particularly got a kick out of the <\/i><strong>&#8220;Disinfo+&#8221;<\/strong><i>)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>One of the better summaries of Santos\u2019 <em>\u201cembellishments\u201d<\/em> (as he likes to call them) is this Tweet:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">George Santos pretended to be a gay Afro-Latino Ukrainian Brazilian Catholic Jew whose mother died on 9\/11, whose ancestors survived the Holocaust, whose employees died in the Pulse club mass shooting, and whose net worth rose by millions overnight.  <\/p>\n<p>Am I missing anything?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RitchieTorres\/status\/1608297200123011072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Or if you prefer a more literary approach, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/12\/29\/george-santos-mother-911-death\/?commentID=cc9eb6c6-ea78-44a4-8956-97767f40f451\">poem from a Comment in <em>WaPo<\/em><\/a> should work:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>My name is Santos,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>And I\u2019m a Jew,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A financial wizard,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>And a Catholic, too.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I\u2019m all that,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>And so much more,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A gay, a straight,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Who\u2019s keeping score?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It\u2019s not all lies,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I like to embellish,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Like topping a wiener,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>With pickle relish.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You know who likes me?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Kevin McCarthy!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(He even makes ME a little barfy)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I\u2019ll take my seat,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I may as well,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The GOP has gone to HELL!<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But not every Twitter poster has been unkind \u2013 some were actually quite sympathetic on learning of the death of his Mom \u2026 <strong><em>TWICE:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y0aR3VWEWJ\">pic.twitter.com\/Y0aR3VWEWJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Neil Kaplan &#8211; Voice Actor Dude Guy (@NeKap) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NeKap\/status\/1608323309229465601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sorry about your mom dying twice<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; jim manley (@jamespmanley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamespmanley\/status\/1608323838831644677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We all are scratching our heads about why the GQP is acting so upset by a con man winning an election. \u00a0Hell, the entire party has become one big grift that has stood by a liar, cheat, fraud and rapist for years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50389\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Liar_GOP-Prerequisite.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Liar_GOP-Prerequisite.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Liar_GOP-Prerequisite-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Liar_GOP-Prerequisite-150x101.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seems like Santos is a perfect fit for the party.\u00a0 Lord knows that unlike the colleges he <em><u>NEVER<\/u><\/em> attended, he has the actual sheepskin credentials from a well-qualified source:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Degree_Trump-U_LYING.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Degree_Trump-U_LYING.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Degree_Trump-U_LYING-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Degree_Trump-U_LYING-150x102.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps his best known whopper is where he claims he <em><u>NEVER<\/u><\/em> said he was \u201cJewish\u201d \u2013 but instead <strong><em>\u201cJew-<u>ISH<\/u>\u201d<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Professional liar George Santos \u2014 who said oops he meant to say he was Jew-ish, NOT Jewish, and lied about being the grandson of Holocaust survivors \u2014 beat Robert Zimmerman who\u2019s actually Jewish<\/p>\n<p>You really can\u2019t make this shit up<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lindy Li (@lindyli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lindyli\/status\/1607564825638408193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As a Public Service for Santos, I\u2019m going to provide an update:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Psychopath_ISH_dmhl_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Psychopath_ISH_dmhl_2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Psychopath_ISH_dmhl_2-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Psychopath_ISH_dmhl_2-150x86.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since time and space is limited, I\u2019ll just share a bit of what the memes are concerning Santos by way of books, TV and movie titles:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Movies_TV_GIF.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"704\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I would be remiss if I didn\u2019t include what has to be about the best example of irony I\u2019ve ever come across \u2013 courtesy of a Tweet from Santos a little over a year ago:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BIDEN IS A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; George Santos (@Santos4Congress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Santos4Congress\/status\/1432477835248259080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If Santos were actually capable of telling the truth, well \u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Dont-Tell-Truth_Happens.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Dont-Tell-Truth_Happens.jpg 555w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Dont-Tell-Truth_Happens-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Santos_Dont-Tell-Truth_Happens-118x150.jpg 118w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looks like Santos is going to be seated this Tuesday as the incoming republican representative from New York\u2019s 3<sup>rd<\/sup> District <em>(which is going to make for a tight schedule given that he has that eulogy to give for Pope Emeritus Benedict in Rome on Thursday)<\/em>.\u00a0 This, at least, proves Will Rogers, the folksy humorist from Oklahoma, was right:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azquotes.com\/quote\/1410588\">\u201cYou can\u2019t fool all of the people all of the time. \u00a0But it isn\u2019t necessary.\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last time I can recall a politician breakout as fast as this was Sarah Palin.\u00a0 And we all know how THAT ended! 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