George Santos charged with defrauding campaign donors

[Susheel]

I am assuming that he would need to go through some documentation process when he stands for election. Since it is an election for House Representative, it would be considered federal. Isn't there some rule about lying in federal filings?

 

[smartcooky]

I am assuming that he would need to go through some documentation process when he stands for election. Since it is an election for House Representative, it would be considered federal. Isn't there some rule about lying in federal filings?

Meh! Mere process crime!

 

[varwoche]

"9/11 claimed my mother’s life" - George Santos

Complete fiction of course.

 

[TragicMonkey]

"9/11 claimed my mother’s life" - George Santos

Complete fiction of course.

What he meant was his mother really liked Cyndi Lauper's 1986 song "911" and listened to it on repeat several times.

Also he's not a fool, he's fool-ish. That makes all the difference!

 

[Donal]

The more I see about him, the more I question if he isn't just three raccoons in a trench coat.

"I admit, my real name is not George Santos. My real name is Vincent Adultman."

 

[Crossbow]

"9/11 claimed my mother’s life" - George Santos

Complete fiction of course.

Well, ...

In all fairness, George Santos was originally going say that "9/11 took my life, but since I love America so very much, then I decided to come back to life and run for office!".

And the real shame is that he did not use the original line because it would have been so much more honest than the several other lies that he subsequently used.

 

[Foster Zygote]

The guy's clearly a pathological liar. He'll go far in the modern Republican party.

 

[shemp]

The guy's clearly a pathological liar. He'll go far in the modern Republican party.

He'll be elected President in 2032!

 

[Bob001]

"9/11 claimed my mother’s life" - George Santos

Complete fiction of course.

Mom passed in 2016. Story here.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/29/george-santos-mother-911-death/

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

I must say I did find Tulsi Gabbard's questioning of his integrity funny.

 

[Beelzebuddy]

The guy's clearly a pathological liar. He'll go far in the modern Republican party.

But his lies are just lies. They aren't aggressive, bold as brass accusations that spit in the face of reality. There's no vranyo there.

 

[jimbob]

"9/11 claimed my mother’s life" - George Santos

Complete fiction of course.

 

[TragicMonkey]

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Duh! She died on 12/23 at 9:11 a.m.

 

[Bob001]

But his lies are just lies. They aren't aggressive, bold as brass accusations that spit in the face of reality. There's no vranyo there.

New word for me. Pretty useful:

Vranyo – “Pioneered by the Soviets and perfected by Putin, this is a special word in Russia which means telling a barefaced lie which you do not expect anyone to believe.” — The Sun, UK

“When I recently opened The New York Times and saw Vladimir Putin … walking out of the Black Sea with two nearly intact ancient amphorae in his hands, the vranyo alarm went off. … The smell of vranyo was so strong I had to put down the paper. … Putin was lying to us, we knew he was lying, he knew we knew he was lying, but he kept lying anyway, and we pretended to believe him.” — Elena Gorokhova in the New York Times, 2011

https://glossophilia.org/2018/09/vranyo-a-previously-untranslatable-russian-word/

 

[acbytesla]

I use to think that nobody could be more dishonest than Trump.

George Santos looks like he's giving Trump a run for his money.

Is there anything this guy didn’t lie about?

 

[dudalb]

“The Producers,” within which “Springtime for Hitler” is the “sure-fire flop.”

But they had the wrong play, the wrong director, and the wrong actor..where did they go right?

 

[dudalb]

I use to think that nobody could be more dishonest than Trump. George Santos looks like he's giving Trump a run for his money. Is there anything this guy didn’t lie about?

And he is not even a clever liar. His lie about his mother was so easily shown up.

 

[dudalb]

I am assuming that he would need to go through some documentation process when he stands for election. Since it is an election for House Representative, it would be considered federal. Isn't there some rule about lying in federal filings?

Only if the lies are about hings that could legallly disqualify you from running like age, place of birth, place of residence, etc.
None of Santos lies are of that sort.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

I use to think that nobody could be more dishonest than Trump.

George Santos looks like he's giving Trump a run for his money.

Is there anything this guy didn’t lie about?

Trump's lying is different. It's related to his pathologic narcissism. In Santos' case so far it looks like he has pathological lying as his main personality disorder as opposed to a symptom of another pathology.

Pathological liars tell compulsive lies without a clear motive. This type of lying is different than nonpathological lying, where the lie is often beneficial in some way.

Lying is a common feature of social interactions among humans. This behavior even occurs in some animals, such as monkeys.

Lies often lead to some benefit. For example, a person may lie to avoid social embarrassment. While some people lie more frequently than others, it is not typically a sign of a mental health condition.

Pathological lying is different. It may be a sign of an underlying mental health condition, such as a personality disorder.

In this article, we discuss pathological lying in more detail, including how to recognize it and how to cope with this behavior in others.

 

[Ladewig]

And he is not even a clever liar. His lie about his mother was so easily shown up.

As opposed to Trump saying something and the next day asserting that he never said it?

…….

ETA
Although I think I see your point. If it were me I’d say “a wounded vet, with tears in his eyes, came to me and said ‘Sir. You may have said untrue things, but we need you in Congress to save our country. If your embellishments are what is required to overcome the blatant Unconstitutional cheating of those Democrats, then we will accept your embellishments.’”