Joaquin CastroDec 27, 2022
George Santos should resign as Congressman-elect. If he refuses, Congress should expel him. He should also be investigated by authorities.
Just about every aspect of his life appears to be a lie. We’ve seen people fudge their resume but this is total fabrication.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/26/nyregion/george-santos-interview.html
George Santos Admits to Lying About College and Work History

The congressman-elect confirmed The New York Times’s findings that he had not graduated from college or worked at two major Wall Street firms, as he had claimed.

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@Joaquincastrotx I thought politicians investigated their opponents. Seems like it would have been easy to uncover and publicize this info before he was voted into office.
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Show threadDiligence JonesDec 27, 2022

@suethepooh
Right!?

Apparently, the NY Dems thought they had it in the bag and *did nothing.*

Show threadErinPCDec 27, 2022
@suethepooh @Joaquincastrotx they DID investigate him! They had an 87 page oppo report which they shared with the media. But no one ever reported on it 😩
Show threadSueDec 27, 2022
@ErinPC @Joaquincastrotx holy hell, do we chalk this up to incompetence or malice?
Show threadErinPCDec 27, 2022

@suethepooh @Joaquincastrotx I mean it’s pretty outrageous that even in this Vanity Fair article they fail to acknowledge that the media should have done a better job of reporting on this. They call attention to gaps in the 87 page report as if THAT was the problem. 🙄

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/12/house-republicans-george-santos-democrats-ethics/amp

The Democrat Who Lost to George Santos Says Everyone Just Missed the “Anna Delvey Candidate”

A bombshell New York Times report exposing Republican Congressman-elect Santos as a possible fraudster has prompted a reckoning in the Democratic party. But Santos’s opponent says the allegations are old news, and a New York party official thinks it all came down to normal political headwinds.

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Show threadSueDec 27, 2022
@ErinPC @Joaquincastrotx thank you for sharing that link
Show threadErinPCDec 27, 2022

@suethepooh @Joaquincastrotx you’re welcome!

Here’s some more great info about the lack of coverage (due to layoffs in newsrooms) and gaps in oppo research (it wasn’t started until Aug just before election because that’s when they got results of the primary)

https://democracy.town/@TonyStark/109588189877732778

Tony Stark 🎄❄️ (@[email protected])

@MariaHill I’m going to share two stories here. One is an MSNBC article from the day after I posted about Santos and local news being decimated. George Santos’ win highlights the sad state of local news- https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/george-santos-win-highlights-sad-state-local-news-rcna62849 The second is an article written by someone with experience in opposition research. It’s probably important to understand it from the viewpoint of a person involved. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/opinion/george-santos-oppo-research-dccc.html?unlocked_article_code=HGRzFuf0IZvcc9f7QghsfTp8ukVd3oc_0sTyJTCOODbHR4PoKPVP9mO15VcgLrFCe_G28GcjlIM1TRylDCy1FoxfggWzPYqExtrTkMmqCXlO6bCtE-0qXR-DkDN6eOJVxWo0AGvZXs9SyjWi-Kbg82jvw4dsLjgStP6JFvFcPGyjFwnGrMBzlqdoZUlsLOCyKjIxMJ-VdNAOP2Rf-LJW5JKtTVPO6Az3Tm3nbj_D4HCVFkDMxj1Dx1b95x0-RsUqZdEBWEX-BjM4U8pu1igqazdy1UuGBsfGDktWXdgcqNo1ciQsea_LysJCO4fRP-YhZKOta6d3w2XwArVh0qtPKIoEbVJ0xuHHPsXk&smid=share-url

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Show threadErinPCDec 27, 2022
@suethepooh @Joaquincastrotx although I should clarify that a few articles *were* written about his lies before the election but they never received the level of attention/outrage they deserved or would have gotten if Santos had been a Dem.
Show threadDejiDec 28, 2022
@suethepooh @ErinPC @Joaquincastrotx Pay offs. No local media.
Show threadErinPCDec 28, 2022

@Deji @suethepooh @Joaquincastrotx

I don’t know about payoffs.

But here’s some more great info about the lack of coverage (yes due to layoffs in newsrooms) and gaps in oppo research (it wasn’t started until Aug just before election because that’s when they got results of the primary)

https://democracy.town/@TonyStark/109588189877732778

Tony Stark 🎄❄️ (@[email protected])

@MariaHill I’m going to share two stories here. One is an MSNBC article from the day after I posted about Santos and local news being decimated. George Santos’ win highlights the sad state of local news- https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/george-santos-win-highlights-sad-state-local-news-rcna62849 The second is an article written by someone with experience in opposition research. It’s probably important to understand it from the viewpoint of a person involved. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/opinion/george-santos-oppo-research-dccc.html?unlocked_article_code=HGRzFuf0IZvcc9f7QghsfTp8ukVd3oc_0sTyJTCOODbHR4PoKPVP9mO15VcgLrFCe_G28GcjlIM1TRylDCy1FoxfggWzPYqExtrTkMmqCXlO6bCtE-0qXR-DkDN6eOJVxWo0AGvZXs9SyjWi-Kbg82jvw4dsLjgStP6JFvFcPGyjFwnGrMBzlqdoZUlsLOCyKjIxMJ-VdNAOP2Rf-LJW5JKtTVPO6Az3Tm3nbj_D4HCVFkDMxj1Dx1b95x0-RsUqZdEBWEX-BjM4U8pu1igqazdy1UuGBsfGDktWXdgcqNo1ciQsea_LysJCO4fRP-YhZKOta6d3w2XwArVh0qtPKIoEbVJ0xuHHPsXk&smid=share-url

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