Republicans Say the Darndest Things!

[soyleche]

[SteveWhite]

Not directly about a new darnedest thing, but related.

From Huffpost New York Paper Rips Rep. Elise Stefanik With George Santos 'Brain Surgeon' Dig | HuffPost Latest News

The editorial board of the Times Union urged Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) to call out serial liar Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), whom she wholeheartedly endorsed in the 2022 midterms.

Donald Trump-loving Stefanik is “at the top of the list of the complacent” House GOP leaders who’ve remained silent over the scandals engulfing Santos, the New York state newspaper’s board wrote in a damning opinion piece Wednesday.
…
“The prospect that Mr. Santos will contribute anything useful to either panel is about as poor as the odds that he will become a brain surgeon by spring. (Then again, he might claim to be one.),” it cracked.

“Now is the time for Ms. Stefanik — a frequent social-media scourge of any politician accused of wrongdoing who is not a member of her party — to show some of the integrity displayed by her state GOP colleagues,” it concluded.

[knoath]

According to Wikipedia, " The term doctor derives from Latin, meaning “teacher” or “instructor”", so I think Jill’s good. I’m guessing Megyn Kelly never got a doctoral degree.

[SteveWhite]

@knoath

I’m guessing Megyn Kelly never got a high school diploma.

IFYP

[dr_t_non-fan]

I guess he doesn’t wanna be a Canadian Idiot.

[soyleche]

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1619869216345100288?s=46&t=5pzL5LdTOoTWuIMY08H5Dw

JAMES COMER: We’re investigating the Biden family for influence peddling

CNN’S PAMELA BROWN: But why not investigate the Trump family for the same?

COMER: We have no evidence

BROWN: What evidence do you have for Biden?

COMER: That’s what we’re investigating

[SteveWhite]

:ohnos: Wrong thread for this, I’m afraid. Mods, move it if necessary.

Donors to Santos’s campaign are presumably Republicans. But these apparent Republicans aren’t saying anything. They apparently don’t exist.

from We Tried to Call the Top Donors to George Santos’ 2020 Campaign. Many Don’t Seem to Exist. – Mother Jones

In September 2020, George Santos’ congressional campaign reported that Victoria and Jonathan Regor had each contributed $2,800—the maximum amount—to his first bid for a House seat. Their listed address was 45 New Mexico Street in Jackson Township, New Jersey.

A search of various databases reveals no one in the United States named Victoria or Jonathan Regor. Moreover, there is nobody by any name living at 45 New Mexico Street in Jackson. That address doesn’t exist. There is a New Mexico Street in Jackson, but the numbers end in the 20s, according to Google Maps and a resident of the street.

Santos’ 2020 campaign finance reports also list a donor named Stephen Berger as a $2,500 donor and said he was a retiree who lived on Brandt Road in Brawley, California. But a spokesperson for William Brandt, a prominent rancher and Republican donor, tells Mother Jones that Brandt has lived at that address for at least 20 years and “neither he or his wife (the only other occupant [at the Brandt Road home]) have made any donations to George Santos. He does not know Stephen Berger nor has Stephen Berger ever lived at…Brandt Road.”

\textcolor{red}{\text{Since the article was pretty specific about those two, and others are listed in the campaign finance reports, this will presumably be cleared up very soon}}

[Rastiln]

I mean that’s the guy that covered up sexual assault, I don’t really listen to anything he says.

[PatientZombie]

@Rastiln

I mean that’s one of the the guys that covered up sexual assault, I don’t really listen to anything they says.

IFYP

[SteveWhite]

@Rastiln

I mean that’s the guy that covered up sexual assault, I don’t really listen to anything he says.

Some of the responses I didn’t post referred to that cover up. There’s just so much wrong about him.

[ArthurItas]

@knoath

I’m guessing Megyn Kelly never got a doctoral degree.

Kelly is getting roasted for this statement, but particularly since her father had the same doctorate degree as Jill Biden and of course he used the title Doctor.

[ArthurItas]

Wtf

[JFG]

:iatWTF:

How do these “Christian” nationalists not see the blasphemy? I thought this was the specific shit Jesus warned about.

[dr_t_non-fan]

Cool, an admitted idolater, fuck those Commandments. Those are for everyone else.

[Cooke]

Unbelievable that Don Jr. (or anyone) laps this up

[soyleche]

The part in christian end-times theology where a bunch of christians embrace the anti-christ always seemed far-fetched to me - but watching the Trump worship, we can see it in real time.

Note: I don’t think Trump is the anti-christ, but he seems like a good warm-up act. It’s really bizare to watch all of these christians not see it.

[soyleche]

@Cooke

Unbelievable that Don Jr. laps this up

That is one of the most believable things in the history of the world.

[dr_t_non-fan]

@Cooke

Unbelievable that Don Jr. (or anyone) laps this up

@soyleche

That is one of the most believable things in the history of the world.

Agreed. Like father, like son.

[Kenny]

Whatever with the idolatry and shit. I just want to know why they think that forward lean thing makes them look better. They literally look like they are in the midst of a rectal exam.

[soyleche]

They’ve constantly got dozens of peoples noses up their butts, so it kinda makes sense…