Hope springs eternal... George Santos runs again!
March 8, 2024 1:34 PM Subscribe
George Santos announced last night, during the SOTU address, that he's running for Congress. His new target is NY 1 (Eastern Long Island).
Sadly, his website doesn't mention his new candidacy, but you can still donate, or buy some merch!
Sadly, his website doesn't mention his new candidacy, but you can still donate, or buy some merch!
No carpet bags in the merch for sale.
posted by Brian B. at 1:40 PM on March 8 [5 favorites]
posted by Brian B. at 1:40 PM on March 8 [5 favorites]
{Ques three stooges intro}
posted by clavdivs at 1:44 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]
posted by clavdivs at 1:44 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]
Remember how part of Santos' grift was to "lend his campaign money" and then pay himself back that "loan" out of campaign donations? I'm guessing that's why he's doing this. He'll be making a new "loan" for his new campaign.
posted by hippybear at 1:49 PM on March 8 [2 favorites]
posted by hippybear at 1:49 PM on March 8 [2 favorites]
It's always interesting me to contrast the effectiveness Santos' & Trump's grift.
posted by BrotherCaine at 1:55 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]
posted by BrotherCaine at 1:55 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]
Hope for the Hamptons!
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 1:57 PM on March 8 [5 favorites]
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 1:57 PM on March 8 [5 favorites]
Hmm.
At first I smacked my forehead and sighed when I saw this. But then I took a closer look at things and noticed something...
* His first term, he was running as a representative of NY's third district. That's a part of Long Island that's closer to the border with NYC and the demographic is mainly Long Island suburbanites.
* This time he's going for NY's 1st district. That's a bigger part of Long Island geographically - but it includes the tonier, classier Hamptons.
There are parts of NY 1 that are not gonna want to deal with this dude, and those parts are where the wealthiest people are from.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 2:02 PM on March 8 [3 favorites]
At first I smacked my forehead and sighed when I saw this. But then I took a closer look at things and noticed something...
* His first term, he was running as a representative of NY's third district. That's a part of Long Island that's closer to the border with NYC and the demographic is mainly Long Island suburbanites.
* This time he's going for NY's 1st district. That's a bigger part of Long Island geographically - but it includes the tonier, classier Hamptons.
There are parts of NY 1 that are not gonna want to deal with this dude, and those parts are where the wealthiest people are from.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 2:02 PM on March 8 [3 favorites]
Also, can you just DECLARE yourself on the ballot in NY state? Most places it takes a lot of signatures to prove enough interest to put you on the ballot.
I mean, I guess you can declare you're running and not end up on the ballot...
posted by hippybear at 2:04 PM on March 8 [3 favorites]
I mean, I guess you can declare you're running and not end up on the ballot...
posted by hippybear at 2:04 PM on March 8 [3 favorites]
I think most of us are completely over the idea of mixing politics and entertainment, and we want boring back.
But I think if we got rid of the MAGAs and just had this guy in Congress, it would be just the right balance.
posted by ocschwar at 2:06 PM on March 8 [9 favorites]
But I think if we got rid of the MAGAs and just had this guy in Congress, it would be just the right balance.
posted by ocschwar at 2:06 PM on March 8 [9 favorites]
I didn't say it, I declared it.
posted by Literaryhero at 2:06 PM on March 8 [8 favorites]
posted by Literaryhero at 2:06 PM on March 8 [8 favorites]
How did Santos get to attend the SOTU? I thought he was expelled from Congress. Did someone invite him or does expelled not mean what I think it means?
posted by jacquilynne at 2:09 PM on March 8 [6 favorites]
posted by jacquilynne at 2:09 PM on March 8 [6 favorites]
Wow, this guy has got some cojones.
posted by Kitteh at 2:11 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]
posted by Kitteh at 2:11 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]
Wow, this guy has got some cojones.
Don't worry, they're not real.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 2:18 PM on March 8 [25 favorites]
Don't worry, they're not real.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 2:18 PM on March 8 [25 favorites]
No shame in his game.
Which is kinda bad, because that’s how this system is supposed to work.
posted by torokunai at 2:23 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]
Which is kinda bad, because that’s how this system is supposed to work.
posted by torokunai at 2:23 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]
This is no surprise. It is now common knowledge that campaign funding is highly stealable thanks to dark money PACs. It's pretty much legalized fraud. All you have to do is always be running for something.
How did Santos get to attend the SOTU? I thought he was expelled from Congress. Did someone invite him or does expelled not mean what I think it means?
He was sitting next to a smirking Matt Gaetz so I think that's your answer.
posted by srboisvert at 2:24 PM on March 8 [6 favorites]
How did Santos get to attend the SOTU? I thought he was expelled from Congress. Did someone invite him or does expelled not mean what I think it means?
He was sitting next to a smirking Matt Gaetz so I think that's your answer.
posted by srboisvert at 2:24 PM on March 8 [6 favorites]
Santos as an as-yet-unconvicted former member of Congress has the privilege of being present on the House Floor and attending the State of the Union Address.
No shame in his game.
None whatsoever. In 2020 when he first ran (and lost) it took a while for his race to be officially called because of the number of mail-in ballots that needed to be counted. During the time that he was "leading" in the vote count, he went to Washington DC and attended new member orientation as though he was the winner of the race.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 2:33 PM on March 8 [6 favorites]
No shame in his game.
None whatsoever. In 2020 when he first ran (and lost) it took a while for his race to be officially called because of the number of mail-in ballots that needed to be counted. During the time that he was "leading" in the vote count, he went to Washington DC and attended new member orientation as though he was the winner of the race.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 2:33 PM on March 8 [6 favorites]
How did Santos get to attend the SOTU? I thought he was expelled from Congress. Did someone invite him or does expelled not mean what I think it means?
I’m no expert but my understanding is that past (on preview, unconvicted) members of Congress are at liberty to attend. There is perhaps some way around this that has not yet been enacted for Santos; for example, I think pre-1861 congressbeings who then sat in the CSA Congress probably would not have the freedom to attend one of Grant’s SOTU speeches, but this is mere conjecture on my part, that actual treason is weighted heavier than just being a fucking goof.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 2:33 PM on March 8
I’m no expert but my understanding is that past (on preview, unconvicted) members of Congress are at liberty to attend. There is perhaps some way around this that has not yet been enacted for Santos; for example, I think pre-1861 congressbeings who then sat in the CSA Congress probably would not have the freedom to attend one of Grant’s SOTU speeches, but this is mere conjecture on my part, that actual treason is weighted heavier than just being a fucking goof.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 2:33 PM on March 8
Energy vampire wins again.
posted by gwint at 2:35 PM on March 8 [8 favorites]
posted by gwint at 2:35 PM on March 8 [8 favorites]
Everything he does is about the grift. I kind of have to admire the sheer brazenness of it. He is so shameless and trashy he might one day even merit a chapter in Bad Gays, except that he has accomplished absolutely nothing that would be worth anyone talking about.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 2:37 PM on March 8 [5 favorites]
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 2:37 PM on March 8 [5 favorites]
FWIW, he'd be more qualified to Co-Chair the Republican National Committee than Lara Trump.
posted by milnak at 2:41 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]
posted by milnak at 2:41 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]
Those former congress people (usually love to) give great (access) tours of the House and Senate. They can take you down on the floor of both, and into seats when not in session. All the fun stuff - the bullet hole in that drawer in the House from when those Puerto Rican separatists shot (people) in the chamber. I think I would LOVE a behind the scenes tour from Santos, and it's an easy grift because you just hire him as a consultant. Since he can't not lie, I bet it would be a great tour!
posted by atomicstone at 2:46 PM on March 8 [4 favorites]
posted by atomicstone at 2:46 PM on March 8 [4 favorites]
atomicstone: Oh no. I'm currently planning a DC vacation for this summer with my mom and husband, and a George Santos Congressional Tour sounds just funny enough to be tempting. God dammit.
posted by May Kasahara at 3:20 PM on March 8 [7 favorites]
posted by May Kasahara at 3:20 PM on March 8 [7 favorites]
Bowen Yang needs to have someone to keep impersonating
posted by symbioid at 3:20 PM on March 8 [11 favorites]
posted by symbioid at 3:20 PM on March 8 [11 favorites]
He was sitting next to a smirking Matt Gaetz...
Is there any other kind? Plus he was someone to whom Matt could show pictures of his, ahem, NC17 girlfriends past and present....
posted by y2karl at 3:30 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]
Is there any other kind? Plus he was someone to whom Matt could show pictures of his, ahem, NC17 girlfriends past and present....
posted by y2karl at 3:30 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]
Ok I know he's a terrible person and should not be a member of our government, but I can't help but enjoy his camp villainy a little.
posted by emd3737 at 4:22 PM on March 8 [9 favorites]
posted by emd3737 at 4:22 PM on March 8 [9 favorites]
Everything he does is about the grift. I kind of have to admire the sheer brazenness of it. He is so shameless and trashy he might one day even merit a chapter in Bad Gays, except that he has accomplished absolutely nothing that would be worth anyone talking about.
It's wild how much you can apparently get away with by just not showing the slightest shame or remorse. It's "fake it until you make it" but in full roid-rage mode.
Wow, this guy has got some cojones.
Don't worry, they're not real.
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posted by Dip Flash at 4:43 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]
It's wild how much you can apparently get away with by just not showing the slightest shame or remorse. It's "fake it until you make it" but in full roid-rage mode.
Wow, this guy has got some cojones.
Don't worry, they're not real.
Introduced in 1995, the NeuticlesORIGINAL® is crafted from FDA medically approved polyprophylene- not plastic but resembling plastic in firmness. Its minimal price makes it affordable for any budget conscience pet owner. (All errors are [sic].)
posted by Dip Flash at 4:43 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]
He is so shameless and trashy he might one day even merit a chapter in Bad Gays
He already has an episode on the podcast.
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:44 PM on March 8 [3 favorites]
He already has an episode on the podcast.
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:44 PM on March 8 [3 favorites]
One of my friends in college had lost a testicle and had a replacement implant but his body didn't like it so he had to have it removed. It was a thing he talked about late at night after alcohol and with a lot of tears, it really was a burden to him to only have on testicle in his scrotum. I don't know if he ever got any resolution with that because I've been out of college for over 30 years and we've been out of touch.
posted by hippybear at 4:47 PM on March 8 [2 favorites]
posted by hippybear at 4:47 PM on March 8 [2 favorites]
NY1 is super conservative, despite having the Hamptons in it, but I doubt Santos would make it past the primary - that is assuming he gets enough signatures to get on the ballot.
posted by maggiemaggie at 5:22 PM on March 8
posted by maggiemaggie at 5:22 PM on March 8
Also, when he won NY3, none of this stuff was out. It was a bit of a scandal why no news media brought it up until after he won.
posted by maggiemaggie at 5:24 PM on March 8 [3 favorites]
posted by maggiemaggie at 5:24 PM on March 8 [3 favorites]
NY1 is super conservative, despite having the Hamptons in it, but I doubt Santos would make it past the primary - that is assuming he gets enough signatures to get on the ballot.
The grift doesn't require that he win, just that he stays in the game.
posted by Dip Flash at 5:55 PM on March 8
The grift doesn't require that he win, just that he stays in the game.
posted by Dip Flash at 5:55 PM on March 8
A local newspaper brought it up but nobody apparently paid attention, including large national newspapers headquartered not too far away.
posted by zenzenobia at 5:56 PM on March 8 [5 favorites]
posted by zenzenobia at 5:56 PM on March 8 [5 favorites]
NY1 is super conservative, despite having the Hamptons in it
Oh, I wasn't making an assumption about the Hamptons conservative-v-liberal status. I was making an assumption that the average snooty Hamptonite would find Santos too....gauche.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:57 PM on March 8 [4 favorites]
Oh, I wasn't making an assumption about the Hamptons conservative-v-liberal status. I was making an assumption that the average snooty Hamptonite would find Santos too....gauche.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:57 PM on March 8 [4 favorites]
This is Long Island we're talking about.
Except for Billy Joel. He can stay.
posted by schmod at 8:35 PM on March 8 [2 favorites]
Except for Billy Joel. He can stay.
posted by schmod at 8:35 PM on March 8 [2 favorites]
Doesn't he have a life-time full-pay stipend? As a former member of congress? I know, I know, that's not nearly enough when you're tasted the sweet sweetness of National-Level Grift. But still. Dude. They're gonna go changing laws you keep this up. Like campaign finance laws, just enough if at all -but even that would probably be enough to cause squealing in some quarters...
posted by From Bklyn at 1:48 AM on March 9
posted by From Bklyn at 1:48 AM on March 9
"George Santos may get to enjoy all sorts of exclusive, lawmakers-only perks — including the ability to walk onto the House floor — even though he's been expelled from Congress"
But no pension.
"Oh, I wasn't making an assumption about the Hamptons conservative-v-liberal status. I was making an assumption that the average snooty Hamptonite would find Santos too....gauche."
I'm doubtful that rich summer-people Hamptonites vote in NY 1. Their voting registration is probably Manhattan.
posted by Marky at 2:17 AM on March 9 [1 favorite]
But no pension.
"Oh, I wasn't making an assumption about the Hamptons conservative-v-liberal status. I was making an assumption that the average snooty Hamptonite would find Santos too....gauche."
I'm doubtful that rich summer-people Hamptonites vote in NY 1. Their voting registration is probably Manhattan.
posted by Marky at 2:17 AM on March 9 [1 favorite]
George Santos announced last night
Well he says a lot of things
posted by mazola at 7:18 AM on March 9 [6 favorites]
Well he says a lot of things
posted by mazola at 7:18 AM on March 9 [6 favorites]
Like other corrupt GOPers, he's figured out that campaign money can be misused. Grifters gonna grift. Anybody who contributes to his campaign is a fool.
posted by theora55 at 8:13 AM on March 9 [2 favorites]
posted by theora55 at 8:13 AM on March 9 [2 favorites]
Except for Billy Joel. He can stay.
"I'm movin out." -B. Joel
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 8:29 AM on March 9 [10 favorites]
"I'm movin out." -B. Joel
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 8:29 AM on March 9 [10 favorites]
I really love the theory that George's sister, Tiffany, is just him in a wig and dress (or, he is Tiffany in a suit and glasses). And she's also a scammer!
posted by atomicstone at 8:27 PM on March 10 [1 favorite]
posted by atomicstone at 8:27 PM on March 10 [1 favorite]
> This time he's going for NY's 1st district. That's a bigger part of Long Island geographically - but it includes the tonier, classier Hamptons.
okay but what if he ran tv ads that were just him gazing at a green light at the end of a dock
posted by bombastic lowercase pronouncements at 1:19 PM on March 11
okay but what if he ran tv ads that were just him gazing at a green light at the end of a dock
posted by bombastic lowercase pronouncements at 1:19 PM on March 11
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