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Matt Ficke Dec 19, 2022

This story about a newly-elected Republican house member lying about basically every detail of his background is bonkers. Probably would have been a good idea for the Times to look into this before the election, though? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/nyregion/george-santos-ny-republicans.html

New York Republican George Santos’s Résumé Called Into Question

Mr. Santos, a Republican from New York, says he’s the “embodiment of the American dream.” But he seems to have misrepresented a number of his career highlights.

The New York Times

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@mattficke
We've gotten to the point where it doesn't matter what the real credentials are. It only matters what they say you are (to a surprisingly large amount of the voting population). We have Senators for states they don't even live in. We're past any sort of enforcement of rules.