mtswDec 30, 2022
Seems like the salient thing about the Santos story is something no one is articulating out loud: in a normal situation, GOP would be happy to throw him overboard and eliminate the embarrassment but their razor-thin House majority forces them to defend every seat
Show threadmtswDec 30, 2022

Idk what McCarthy can really offer him at this point though considering how legally screwed he probably is

RT @pixelpusher220 - @mtsw it's more McCarthy's even thinner margin.  And with all that stuff hanging over Santos Kevin knows he can demand his vote

Show threadmtswDec 30, 2022

Maybe, but tbh the story seems like a huge embarrassment for the GOP that no one on their side is really willing to publicly defend

RT @neilasaurus - @mtsw nah they have completely lost all decency. It wouldn’t matter if hey had a large majority or were in the minority. The more corrupt and insane a person is the more they like him

Show threadAshton
@mtsw @neilasaurus the NY Post isn’t even bothering to defend him. They called him “liar elect” in a headline.
Dec 30, 2022 at 4:39amWeb
Show threadAshtonDec 30, 2022

@mtsw @neilasaurus my strong suspicion is that everyone aside from McCarthy knows this is only going to get worse, so they’re cutting bait early. Why bother wasting some credibility when the outcome is predictable and the stakes are low personally?

McCarthy is stuck though, as you said.