Meet the real Jewish Republican of color being floated to replace George Santos, the fake one

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Mazi Melesa Pilip, a Nassau County legislator, meets with members of a business advocacy group in Melville, N.Y., Jan. 6, 2023. Pilip is one of two Republicans the Nassau County Party is considering running should Santos step down.

[DFW]

1. In one of the photos at the site

She is at a podium, surrounded by people who are mostly middle-aged frowning white men.

Yep, she's a Republican alright.

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2. The US Intelligence Community (USIC)

calls that Imagery Analysis (IMINT).

Congrats: You have a future at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

Thanks for the laugh, DFW!

[Behind the Aegis]

3. All kinds of heads are gonna explode.

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4. I think you are right.

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[SalamanderSleeps]

5. You would think that someone born in war torn Ethiopia would have had their fill of guns.

But nope - they are just stupid as regular Republicans.

[Beastly Boy]

6. That's her picture when she was a paratrooper in the Israeli Army.

Firearm training in IDF is compulsory, and carrying one off duty is common.

She doesn't seem to fit stereotypes, not in Ethiopia, not in Israel and certainly not in Great Neck, Long Island. I am curious to see how many Republican stereotypes she might manage to break in her political career.

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7. I happened to have been in Israel during Operation Solomon (the exodus plan

which airlifted Ethiopian Jews to Israel).

My friend's friend was an IDF pilot that flew those missions. They were all proud of their crusade and an Israeli wrote a song about their Ethiopian brethren.

Eventually the Ethiopians were treated like shit by their Israeli brethren:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32813056

That may explain how Ms Pilip ended up in the US.