GOP can’t afford to ignore George Santos scandal

The GOP will suffer big time if it doesn’t bounce George Santos from office now. Neither the Republicans nor New York’s third congressional district have any idea who this man is. Santos has used more aliases than Donald Trump has used wives. Yeah, Trump lies all the time, but not to this degree. Santos has reportedly fabricated significantly large portions of his entire life, from his education, his background to his career path, even his religious ethnicity. The man previously stated that he’s a proud American Jew, only to later deny it and say, “Oh, well, I meant that I’m Jew-ish.” Who does that? 

Santos’ lies are right up there with former Congressperson Madison Cawthorn. Remember, he made up stories about how he became paraplegic with that 2014 car crash? Yeah. And just like Cawthorn, Santos clearly seems to have problems with what, money? Yeah, there’s a sketchy history there. 

Campaign spending is questionable. Also, just interactions with a law. Per the New York Times, Santos has an outstanding fraud charge against him in Brazil, and I’m sure more is going to emerge as Santos is under investigation under the federal level, state level and county. Why wait? And yeah, I know that these issues didn’t seem to become widely known about Santos until after he was elected to congress. But that does not absolve the GOP from doing what’s necessary here, which is getting him out now. Yet these Republicans in Congress, they’re doing nothing meaningful, because they don’t want to upset their very slim majority in the House. 

We know that Kevin McCarthy, who had originally uplifted Santos, yeah well, he surely didn’t want to upset his run for Speaker given all the pushback that he’s getting from MAGA members of congress. 

So instead of doing what is necessary here, which would mean forcing Santos out, the conservatives are doing what’s convenient. Yeah. And like keeping Madison Cawthorn around. Well, this delay will also cost the Republican Party in the end. But as it concerns Santos, it’s going to cost them to a greater extent. Allowing Santos to stay in office even for a short time is detrimental to the GOP as they try to rebuild their image of not being the party of criminals. 

Really, think about it. With all the skeletons that are coming out of Santos’ closet right now, there’s a good chance that the man has engaged in some suspect financial activity for which he could face charges. If he is indicted while he’s in office, and he refuses to resign, well, it would mean that our country would have to watch yet another public trial and takedown of a member of the Republican Party. 

And then what if Santos still refuses to resign? Well, the GOP would then have to swallow its pride and rally the Dems to make a move for ouster official, by way of impeachment and subsequent conviction. That would seem to me to be pretty distracting from the GOP’s bid to take the White House in 2024. And even though Santos is a new face on the right, well, his indictment and conviction would definitely seem to speak to what the future looks like for those who want to join the already-fractured GOP. 

Yeah, this is a lose-lose situation for Republicans. And I know I’m not opposed to the GOP digging their own grave and keeping Santos around. I am definitely wholeheartedly opposed to having yet another despicable con man in a position of power in our country. We already had one just serve a four-year term, and look what that got us.