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zuul

(14,628 posts)
Tue Jan 17, 2023, 05:19 PM Jan 2023

George Santos (or whatever the f*ck his name is) won't get the committee assignments he hoped for

Manu Raju (@mkraju) - CNN

In addition to a seat on Financial Services, Rep. George Santos had hoped to get a spot on the House Foreign Affairs Committee — but he won’t get either, per GOP sources. Santos is still expected to sit on at least committee. Among committees left: science and small business.

2:49 PM · Jan 17, 2023


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Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
7. Maybe it's a misprint, and they are simply going to donate him to science
Tue Jan 17, 2023, 05:49 PM
Jan 2023

He could advance the science of psychology. Pretty sure he used to walk Pavlov's dog.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
5. Santos will take it and like it
Tue Jan 17, 2023, 05:31 PM
Jan 2023

He's the only person in the House with less clout than Squeaker McCarthy.

agingdem

(7,862 posts)
14. yes he does but so does every MAGA traitor that
Tue Jan 17, 2023, 06:08 PM
Jan 2023

conspired with Trump to overthrow the government of the United States...McCarthy, Greene, Gosar, Gaetz, Perry, Jordan, Lee, Johnson, Hawley and the list goes on and on...

Irish_Dem

(47,473 posts)
11. Exactly. The only explanation. ROI.
Tue Jan 17, 2023, 05:59 PM
Jan 2023

Santos wouldn't know one committee from the next if they fell on him.

dalton99a

(81,626 posts)
12. The REAL explanation is George has extensive experience negotiating complex peace treaties in WWII
Tue Jan 17, 2023, 06:06 PM
Jan 2023

and HUGE trillion-dollar trade deals with Zimbabwe and Kazakhstan

Irish_Dem

(47,473 posts)
15. Yes! And who can forget how he negotiated the Mars/Neptune conflict, then Jupiter/Ganymede war?
Tue Jan 17, 2023, 06:19 PM
Jan 2023

He did such a stellar job on both these projects.

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