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Maybe they should try proposing some popular ideas.
Selecting people for a job who are diametrically opposed to the basic functions of that job.  The traditional Republican way. >

We culturally just need to start being more strict with these kinds of things. It's absolutely ridiculous that stuff like this goes unpunished, and the defense is always like "Technically, there isn't specifically a rule that says dogs can't play basketball!". Fuck that, in older republics/democracies clearly violating the spirit of the law would get your hands nailed to a wall, even if it was technically legal to do so.
Hiring people to sabotage an officially created government position could easily be considered defrauding the US or any other number of charges. But we're too wussy to do that. >

Right? We get so caught up in the details and whether it' legal or not we lost sight of whether it's fucking OK or not in general >

Which is why hearing Kevin talking about George Santos is so infuriating. "Has he been charged with a crime? In America we have this little thing called innocent until proven guilty."
Two things, you smarmy piece of shit.
One, this isn't a court of law. You're speaker of the House of Representatives (at least in name), and you can expel him for any reason you can get 2/3 of the House to vote for. It's in this little thing called the Constitution. It's before the 2nd amendment though, so you may not have seen it. I think you can count on the Democrats to vote to expel.
And two, do you understand that you're saying it's ok to completely lie about (checks notes) EVERYTHING as long as nobody can charge you with a crime? Have some fucking standards.
But the truth is they need that seat, and they'd probably lose to the Democrats in a special election. So, like usual, they try to come up with some plausible sounding justification for doing whatever they want instead of being guided by morals and principles that could potentially lead to something that isn't to their advantage. >

McCarthy is probably just worried Santos is a better liar than him and is gonna steal his speaker of the house job 🤗 >

Wait, wasn't that already on Santos' resume; speaker of the house in 2024? >

His mother died while Speaker of the House; the mantle should pass to him. >

I’ve noticed that the COVID conspiracy nuts are hyper committed, especially now, to justifying their original reluctance. They can’t let it go. Most people have moved on with their lives, but these folks are stuck in time. >

They put so much of their identity into it, to let go of it is to let go of a part of themselves-or rather-to let go of it is to admit that something that they felt was so BIG and IMPORTANT actually wasn't, and they were wrong for making a big deal out of it. 
Like people who re-live the highschool or college sport days. It made them feel important at the time, and to move on is to implicitly admit that 1. it wasn't a big deal and 2. They haven't done anything meaningful to build their identity around since. >

They harp on that "See?  I told you so!" feeling they get whenever their corner issues are "justified".  Like when vaccinated people get Covid or some other natural ailment - as if heart attacks and aneurisms and the Flu didn't exist long before Covid and Covid vaccines, and as if vaccines are cures that no one could possibly have reactions to.  
Many are bitter because they lost out somehow (job, opportunity, etc.) from the mandates, and now any chance they can point out how they were right and everyone else was wrong, they do.  They stay grasping at straws and looking for some way, as you say, of "feeling important". >

It's obnoxious now, hearing the surge of "WE WERE RIGHT!!!" every time an athlete has a heart issue. Even though heart issues with athletes have been known since 1899, but the idiots who are brand new to the party think they're on to some secret, hidden trend. >

I know they are putting all their eggs in the baby boomer basket and getting control now, but I still can't help but think turning everyone educated against your party is going to have negative affects. The discrepancy in education levels and life expectancy between red and blue areas has exploded since the 2000 election and its stuff like this that's just going to make it worse. >

Leaves me concerned about what they're gonna try in the next few elections.  They know their time is running out, and it's obvious they're getting desperate.