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He should never have been given those committee positions in the first place. GOP didn't have to give him anything.
The con artist himself is doing more to hold himself accountable in any of his fellow republicans.
What a fucking world. >

He's probably just avoiding having to do any actual work. >

My thoughts exactly. He knows he's on his way out so there is no benefit in gaining influence on anyone by working on committees he doesn't care about anyway. Why waste his energy on that when he can get the same pay by napping on his office couch instead? >

Why would he be on his way out?  He’s going to parrot GOP talking points and vote in lockstep which is all they want. >

News articles are predicting federal charges on the mysterious nonexistent campaign donors. >

The same news that tells me Trump indictments are coming soon
Nothing will happen soon, if ever >

People can and have been charged with campaign finance violations, especially congressmen. >

Plus he doesn't have any tenure. Sure, claims like this against Pelosi and McConnell we'd all laugh at the thought of something happening, but this guy is fresh and has received backlash from the party. >

News Thursday: "Santos arrives for committee meeting". >

Why bother?
He gets paid the same whether he does anything or does nothing. 
He basically just volunteered himself to do nothing and get paid in full. >

Nah thats true but not true committee participation has tons of lucrqtive perks: insider trading, big companies owing you favors for helping, etc. His congressional pay is unchanged yes but nobody is in politics for their measly state given salary, they want powerful connections and the ability to insider trade with impunity. >

Still allowed to insider trade, still has access to the info, still not giving up his seat, he's just not sitting in it. >

Still allowed but doesn't have access to the information that would be available in say for example the intel committee when something pretty big like covid is on the horizon circa January 2020 that could effect slcertain stocks and shit. That's the important stuff and nobody is gonna leak that stuff to Santos cause nobody likes him they just need a warm body in his seat. >


say for example the intel committee

...he's not on that committee in the first place....
He's on the Small Business Committee (little to no opportunity for insider trading) and the Science/Space/Technology Committee (lots of opportunity, and not important, so more openly discussed).
So, nothing has really changed. >

Nobody wants to work anymore /s >

His old roommate is on record quoting Santos saying he only needs one term in congress and he'll get money and Healthcare for life 
What better way to do it than to be on no committees >

Five goddamn years and they get a pension...fucking insane. Republicans are going to need to increase the retirement age to 115 in order to pay for all these shitty politicians who breeze in/out of Congress on their way to lucrative lobbying firms. >

I'm confused about this part, will search later. Does the pension start from day one, and they can access after it after five years, or does it not even start until they've served five years?
Either way, they have to contribute to the pension themselves; it's not all taxpayer funded. Plus, won't be much in it five years from day one.
So, it isn't as bad as some people think it is. >

They are vested after 5 years in office.
But they can't pull from that pension until they are 62 years old or under other very specific circumstances (e.g., 20 years of office means they can take it around \~50 years old, etc.).
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But this stuff is just rich people icing on the cake. A nice little "F U" to the people who work, or have worked, for a living. The real money is in insider trading and bribes.  Check out all the money Santos made from completely fabricated donors.  Watch as Sinema went from \~$40,000 net worth to \~>$11 million in just a couple years... on a low six figure salary.
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Our system is inherently corrupt because capitalism is 100% about the concentration of wealth (power) into as few hands as possible.  Little wonder when that happens in government. >

Well I for one believe him! /s >

but his other aliases will >

Let me introduce you to my temporary replacement Seorge Gantos. >

Jorge Saints >

Because he doesn't plan on doing anything but collecting health insurance and a salary. >

Well, it does give him time to work on his twitter A-game so that he can stand out between all the other GQP'ers. >

What did Santos get for this "sacrifice"? Considering what McCarthy is willing to offer to be in power, it can't be good for any of us. >

The same thing MTG gives him.   Power >

I'm figuring his full resignation will happen within a week.  
I think he expected the media to squawk about him for a couple of weeks, find the next shiny new story to outrage people over, and move on.   A couple of months later and nobody is going to care where his mother died or about some bad check in Brazil.  
But the pressure has not let up.  In fact, it's getting worse as he is being pretty well used as an example of GOP hypocrisy, corruption, and thirst for power.   Instead of the issues he originally lied about getting lost in the news cycle and forgotten, new lies are being uncovered every day that expose him to even more legal issues -- issues that may not have even come up at all if he'd have resigned immediatly and let the whole thing blow over.  
I think at this point, he's a liability even by GOP standards, and I think even he's beginning to realize that sticking around is probably going to do him more harm than good.  This is probably his way of "compromising"; he's hoping that by stepping down from committees, there will be less of a spotlight on him and therefore less scrutiny, which he hoped would allow the whole thing to blow over.   Once he fully accepts that this is not going to go away, I think he'll step down and focus on how the fuck to get back to Brazil where being found guilty of a 10 year old case of check fraud is probably going to be easier for him to deal with than the laundry list of crimes he committed in the US. >

I’d question whether he’s doing any strategizing himself. Somebody with the required connections, influence, and financing decided they needed a puppet in Congress and are likely still calling the shots. >

Is he trying some sort of reverse-lying lie or, Idk... >

getting ready to quit? >

So he’ll do less work at the job he fraudulently obtained? >

He named himself after George Costanza. >


“The congressman is reserving his seats on his assigned committees until he has been properly cleared of both campaign and personal financial investigations,” said his spokeswoman, Naysa Woomer.

In other words, he will never be on a committee. >

If he said the sky was blue, I’d look up to check >

So he's not doing anything and still collecting a paycheck? Truly a model republican. >

He’s resigned-ish? >

It's a PR-ish move. >

lol being a US Representative is like a 10 hour a week job, and he's going to be doing even less than that, now. >

As if it was his idea. He knows investigations are not going to clear him. >

He’s gonna flee >

Or get extradited. >

He's a goner. May as well start up the "will he last longer than this head of lettuce?" timer. One thing crooked politicians have shown recently is not to show any shred of remorse. To be shameless. His concession will continue to chip away at him until he resigns. >

Seize his laptop and lock him up. >

They already took his laptop. Turns out the only things on there are Hunter Biden’s dick pics. >

And the deflection from the actions of those actually on the committees continues.... >

Republicans are easily fooled. If I told them “I worked for Trump after college” would I get elected l? >

The real insanity isn’t how they lie to voters and media, but how they lie to themselves. >

But can we trust him? >

McCarthy saw this coming weeks (months?) ago. 
This moment is why he was given those committee assignments, so they can be taken away from him as a pound of flesh and he can remain a voting member a bit longer. This was not voluntary, but rather by design. >

This dude has the perfect job. Salary, pension, benefits, no tasks, no responsibilities, no shame. >

This shit show really speaks on how pathetic the GOP and Kevin McCarthy is. They refuse to do a damn thing...Santos has to "volunteer". >

Someone check and see if his pants are on fire >

Has to focus on forming a defense against the current federal, state, and global investigations against him. >

Easier to hide from subpoenas when you aren’t at a scheduled committee meeting. >

Did he say this on the way into a committee meeting? >

Santos seems to underestimate how long this process might take. Reserving the seats means that the GOP loses a seat on each. It doesn't flip anything but somebody else could be doing that job. >

Interesting point, has McCarthy reacted to this yet? >

I thought McCarthy said he would have others fill in temporarily until the ethics committee investigation was finished >

But his mustached friend Anthony Devulder will >

And he fucking shouldn't. Hey, good job for doing the right thing after doing the wrong thing multiple times, George, if that is your real name. >

This fucker should have never been given committee assignments in the first place.  I don't get it.  It's one thing to pretend to wait to see if he "violated the law" before booting him out of Congress, but he openly admitted that he lied about a ton of stuff and his own financial filings are covered in obvious red flags.  How hard would it have been to just not give him any committee seats, and let him try to melt into the background as an extra Republican vote in Congress?
This goes beyond corruption, lack of ethics, etc.  This is just stupid. >

He won't resign, but he's going to step down from serving on committees until these issues concerning him are resolved. 
Now that's convenient, he's going to stay on as a Congressman and continue to make his salary, but not serve on any committees and actually do some actual work. 
Seems like this guy is in over his head and knows he will be exposed by his fellow congressmen as being truly unqualified if he spends any duration of time working on the committees. 
Even if this guy doesn't resign, he won't win reelection, and I'm willing to bet he won't even run.  He realizes the jig is up. >

Like we're supposed to believe anything this guy says?  
Seriously? >

$10 he backtracks on this before the end of the day. >

"george santos says" >

Roaches don't like coming into the light. >

What a good decent fellow. Glad to see morals like this in the modern GOP. We need more politicians like this/s >

He realizes that committees actually involve work and he didn’t sign up for that. >

he’s probably bored sitting through them anyway >

Right, but he’s a liar. So he needs to be barred. >

Good idea because: a) you're not qualified, b) you might be in jail soon anyway. >

Meanwhile, Georgia Soto (R) NY, will be filling in for him. >

Or ever, hopefully, if there is any justice in America. >

He thinks it’s because he’s a “distraction”. 
It’s really because he’s a disgrace. >

He doesnt care about committees or governing. Hes just there aiming for that sweet sweet pension. >

So, then, we can expect to see him serving on House committees. >

I can say with extreme certainty that I think his glasses are fake. There was a not one real thing about this dude and he sums up our current political state. >

I bElIeVe HiM. >

Could he finally see the train at the end of the tunnel? >

So, he's not going to do his job until they sort out all his lies. My god, people, run for office. >

He's going to show up in disguise. >

“Temporarily until everything settles down”
So he thinks this is just going to blow over? Nah, you need to be removed. >

Lol, and everyone believes him! >

Wonder what he’ll do after the jig is up. And it is up. >

He's said a lot of things... >

This is the most ethical thing George has ever done. >

Given his record... he's probably lying about that too. >

This seem more about coasting as much as possible than having a conscience.