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‘To hell with this place’: George Santos sharpens attacks after expulsion
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
George Santos, the disgraced New York Republican who was expelled from the US House on Friday, spent his first hours as a former congressman railing against his former colleagues and saying he would file ethics complaints against four of them on Monday.
He wrote on X that he would file an ethics complaint against three fellow Republicans from New York – Mike Lawler, Nicole Malliotakis and Nick LaLota – who had long pushed to oust him from Congress.
He also urged a Republican in Congress to have the “testicular fortitude” to move to expel Jamaal Bowman, a New York Democrat, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and paid a fine for setting off a fire alarm in a congressional office building.
His expulsion came shortly after a report from the House ethics committee detailed how he spent campaign funds on luxury goods, cosmetics and an OnlyFans subscription.
After being elected to Congress to represent Long Island and Queens last year, Santos quickly earned a reputation as a prolific liar.
Among other things, he lied about working on Wall Street, that his mother died during 9/11, and that he was a volleyball star in college.
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Have to admit “testicular fortitude” would be a great band name….
Dunno if it is evocative of actual toughness and determination though. How much fortitude can testicles have when just shifting the wrong way in bed can cause one to sack themselves and need to take a minute?