McCarthy says Santos will be seated on committees

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: The Hill

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday said Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) will be seated on committees, after the embattled freshman lawmaker admitted to embellishing parts of his resume.

“He’ll get seated on committees,” McCarthy said in the Capitol when asked if he would be assigned to any panels.

The comments come after McCarthy last week said Santos should not be on any top House committees — including Appropriations, Ways and Means, Financial Services and Energy and Commerce — but left the door open to seating him on other panels.

Santos has been at the center of a controversy on Capitol Hill following revelations that he fabricated portions of his resume and biography. The freshman congressman admitted to embellishing some details but has said he has no plans to step down from Congress despite several calls for his resignation — including some from within the GOP.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mccarthy-says-santos-will-be-seated-on-committees/ar-AA16rPbY

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Flip flopper McCarthy

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217551208

[peppertree]

1. "Kevin, Kevin - can I be on Intelligence?"

"My Uncle Vlad really, really wants me to!"

[maxsolomon]

2. And why not?

"Sociopaths R Us"

[3auld6phart]

7. Unbelievable

The crap those asshole ‘pukes pull off.

[cilla4progress]

3. So

legit

[IronLionZion]

4. Do these people have background checks for certain committees like intel or defense?

Congresspeople don't need security clearances but they should have some sort of vetting before getting access to classified info.

[LenaBaby61]

10. REALLY THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[in2herbs]

24. From what I've read most if not all of the Biden docs have been "classified" not TS or other. So

why all the fluff over Biden having classified docs away from the WH when people like Santos can't pass a security check yet have access to classified or higher docs?

[LaMouffette]

5. Do House committee assignments require security clearances? Because you know that Santos

would not pass the background checks required for a security clearance, and God knows that President Biden will not grant him one like Traitor Trump did for Jared and Ivanka.

[IronLionZion]

11. No unfortunately

but I wish they had some sort of background checks. Many of them have some very sketchy secrets.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. Confirming IronLionZion

Here is an article about it -

When it comes to security clearances, rules for others don’t apply to Congress


By John M. Donnelly
Posted January 12, 2021 at 3:55pm

Lawmakers are privy to some of the country’s most sensitive information, from domestic terrorism threats to military operations overseas, regularly receiving briefings in secure rooms in the Capitol complex from federal and military officials with high-level clearances.

But in the wake of the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol, some are asking whether certain members of Congress, including Republican leaders of defense and intelligence panels, would meet even the minimum standards for a government official to hold a security clearance. “Being cleared requires allegiance to the U.S. Government and Constitution of the United States at a bare minimum,” Rep. Ruben Gallego, an Arizona Democrat who serves on the House Armed Services Committee and who fought with the Marine Corps in Iraq, said in a statement to CQ Roll Call.

Unlike officials at federal agencies, lawmakers do not have security clearances per se, experts said. Rather, members of Congress are by tradition deemed inherently trustworthy by dint of the offices they hold, although they are subject to punishment under the House ethics code for revealing classified information. The maximum penalty, which would require a two-thirds vote by the House, is expulsion.

Neither their fellow lawmakers nor any president could take that fundamental presumption of trustworthiness away from them. “If they remain Members, then they retain eligibility for access to classified information,” Steven Aftergood, a leading expert on government secrecy with the Federation of American Scientists, said in an email. “But if they engaged in constitutionally prohibited actions, then they should be expelled from Congress altogether.”

(snip)

https://rollcall.com/2021/01/12/when-it-comes-to-security-clearances-rules-for-others-dont-apply-to-congress/

[Lonestarblue]

34. We need some new rules and a nonpartisan arbiter of security checks.

If any elected member of Congress cannot pass a security check, their access to classified information should be denied.

[BumRushDaShow]

39. Trying to get Congress to regulate itself

is always a struggle. They have recently tried to modify the STOCK Act but whether that will see the light of day under the new GOP House, pretty much illustrates the difficulty.

[LaMouffette]

59. Thanks for the info, Bumrushdashow and IronZionLion! I think it's time to ditch tradition

and impose some background checks AND minimum qualifications on all candidates for federal office, especially the presidency, Congress, and the Supreme Court.

Traitor Trump's flaunting of tradition and his flagrant corruption show how dangerous it is to rely on assuming that elected officials are "inherently trustworthy by dint of the offices they hold."

[BumRushDaShow]

60. They have been trying for a long time

with bill after bill after bill after bill after bill after bill (ad nauseum) introduced and then tossed "into a Committee to die".

[Botany]

6. The man is a proven chaos agent most likely from Russia

and McCarthy is still going to seat him? Oh well McCarthy knew that Putin was behind Trump and still
did nothing and then voted to overturn the 2020 Presidential elections.

[mpcamb]

44. Liars, crooks and foriegn agents need representation too, right Kev?

[Botany]

51. Kevin along Scalise & Paul Ryan were well aware of Putin's work to install Trump in 2016

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/paul-ryan-keeps-it-family-kevin-mccarthy-russia-trump

[gab13by13]

8. We have a Republican House member from NY

calling for Santos' campaign stash to be frozen until the investigations are complete. He said it isn't fair if Santos uses the money that was misappropriated to him.

That Republican House member must realize how slow our DOJ is in investigating Republicans.

[SergeStorms]

36. We wouldn't want to give the appearance....

of picking on poor Mr. Santos (or whatever his name is). That might open the DOJ up to criticism, and we can't have that.

[bahboo]

9. a Profile in Cowardice....

[BumRushDaShow]

12. He's a "vote" among the "razor thin" GOP majority

having come from a blue district that after this fiasco, would likely go back to voting blue. So he will try to hold onto that criminal as long as he can.

It's time for the media to STOP their knee-jerk equivocating like they did for almost 4 years with 45 and call it what it is - outright LIES.

I.e., he "LIED about parts of his resume".

[SergeStorms]

40. Yes, an "embellishment" is....

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a slight exaggeration of someone's credentials, like saying "I graduated with a 3.8 GPA", when you actually graduated with a 3.6 GPA.

Saying you went to a college you never attended, graduated with a 3.8 GPA from the college you never attended, was on the championship volleyball team from the college you never attended, and had two imaginary knee replacements because of it, is a shit-ton more than an "embellishment"! It's a stream of bold faced lies!

Sorry, BumRushDaShow.......didnt mean to get any spit on your there. 😉

[BumRushDaShow]

41. EXACTLY!!!

Excellent illustration and

[CaptainTruth]

13. And when it's discovered that Santos is compromised...

...it will be yet another nail in the coffin of the GOP.

I just hope the damage to our country is not too great.

[hadEnuf]

48. Santos is already compromised. The Republicans simply do not care.

As a matter of fact, that's how they like it.

[aggiesal]

14. Not embellish parts, he made all of it up. ...

We don't really know his real name, or if he is a U.S. Citizen.

[machoneman]

30. Yes, is he a U.S. citizen. If not born here, did he lie as he applied for citizenship? If he did...

...he could be deported ASAP. Let's hope so.

[aggiesal]

43. Apparently, he told his former roommates that he was born in Brazil ...

And now Brazil wants him for possible crimes committed, so he bolted to the U.S.
In the oath of office, he swore that he was not taking the oath for evasion ...

... that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion ...

Yet, is he?

[ThoughtCriminal]

15. Since McCarthy agreed to lower the threshold

So that one member can force a vote to replace the Speaker, Santos can use that against him.

[aggiesal]

21. Right before the debate about the debt limit, a (D) should request for a removal from speakership ..

and watch the (R)'s play that out, all over again.

Only 1 member can force a vote to replace the Speaker.

[GreenWave]

26. I have thought about that.

There would be no speaker for days.

How does debt limit get solved though?

[aggiesal]

46. The next speaker might not have the agreements to withhold debt limit vote on the floor. n/t

[GreenWave]

52. By Jove this could work!

Democrats find six or so GOP who will vote to increase debt limit, overthrow McCarthy, vote in one of the GOP and when the crazies try to vote them out keep voting them back in!

[aggiesal]

56. That's how I see it. I would like to see a Speaker that is not beholding ...

to the MAGA wing of the GQP.

[lees1975]

17. One more confirmation of the fact that we can no longer trust Republicans

to act with integrity, or with anything. Liars.

The only silver lining in their dark cloud is that they are committing political suicide. Here comes the blue tsunami.

[bullimiami]

18. Really these republicans can just STFU about everything and anything.

[bluestarone]

19. YEP!

Our HOUSE destroys our country, with TFG's BLESSING! an NO ONE can stop them.

[Maeve]

20. Perfect for the Ethics committee!

[SeattleVet]

38. That was my first thought, too.

[LudwigPastorius]

22. Once you've wholeheartedly backed Trump,...

you're already in the sewer.

So, I guess Kevin sees no problem with promoting another turd.

[Bluethroughu]

23. Time for Democratic members to throw McCarthy out and do a 24 hour

Explanation of the lies this Santos has said and ask why the Republicans hate America so bad that they would allow a liar at best or spy at worst.

[RocRizzo55]

25. He will have a hard time serving them

When he is in prison in BRAZIL!!!!!

[IcyPeas]

27. George Santos, Hershel Walker, etc. etc.

McCarthy don't care. as long as they vote along their party lines they would put satan himself on a committee...

[SunSeeker]

28. Dude wouldn't pass a background check, but Kevin will seat him on committees.

Yeah, you're all about America First, right Kevin?

[turbinetree]

29. So they are going to put him on Intelligence...... curious minds want to know....

[patphil]

31. I would hope he isn't on the Intelligence or Ethics Committees.

He certainly doesn't have what it takes for either one of them.
Scratch the Oversight and Accountability Committee also.
In fact, It's hard to imagine Santos being qualified to serve on any of the committees.

[Quanto Magnus]

32. Why does everyone keep saying

'embellished' his resume????? Embellishing a resume is more like claiming you worked 10 years in some industry but 'only' worked 8 1/2 or 9 years....

He flat out lied about everything about himself that matters...

[Cha]

54. Agree! Fuck that Euphemism "Embellish"

Liar Sticky Fingers George is a GD Psychopathic Liar.

[RexLipton]

33. When did lying

become “embellishing details”?

[lastlib]

35. And our party made Al Franken resign.......... n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

37. Anthony Weiner also

[Bengus81]

45. Saved me from having to post it again

[Diraven]

42. And yet

He's perfectly happy to deny Omar, Schiff, and Swalwell committee assignments because reasons.

[SouthernDem4ever]

47. Most of his district is pissed and demanding he resign

so who is he there to serve, as if we didn't know? McCarthy doesn't deserve to be Speaker.

[yaesu]

49. Propaganda and disinformation committee along with the kiss putins ass committee. nt

[packman]

50. Of course he will, never any doubt

The Pinocchio Committee on Truth and Honesty

[GenThePerservering]

53. "Santos" is a pathological liar

and he is continuing to lie about everything - it's not just 'embellishments' on his resume. That's weasel talk from both Kevin and the MSM. He will definitely be a chaos agent, but I don't think it's going to go the way the gropers hope - instead he will be a continual distraction and embarrassment. Kevin is so desperate for that razor thin margin and to keep his vote, the he is, again, compromising his party. Good. They may get even less done than their usual do-nothing agenda.

[Emile]

55. Santos told me when he was Speaker of the House he had freshman

congressmen pay him for seats on committee's.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

57. Embattled Rep. Santos awarded seats on Science and Small Business committees

WASHINGTON — House Republicans awarded embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., seats on two House committees Tuesday, even as he faces federal, state and local investigations and fellow Republicans demand that he resign.

The GOP Steering Committee, which is led by Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California and doles out committee assignments, voted to give Santos slots on the Science, Space and Technology Committee and the Small Business Committee, which are two of the lower-profile panels on Capitol Hill.

Small Business Committee Chairman Roger Williams, R-Texas, confirmed Santos’ appointment to his panel. Two GOP sources said Santos would also serve on the Science committee.

"I don't agree with what [Santos] said, did and all. I don't agree with any of that, OK? It's wrong," Williams said in a phone interview Tuesday. "But at the same time, he's on the committee. We're gonna have rules to follow. He does represent about a million people in New York and a lot of Main Street issues."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/embattled-rep-santos-awarded-seats-010150119.html

[dalton99a]

58. "We're going to do some good stuff, and he'll be a part of it"

Very, very GOOD STUFF

[myohmy2]

61. why sure...

...santos is the idealized version of today's mainstream Republican every puke should be striving for and embracing...

...lying, cheating, stealing on a grand professional level makes pukes and their Party so special...

...when are we going to wake up...?

...republicans...