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George Santos pleads guilty to two counts in federal corruption case, faces years in prison
(www.usatoday.com)
We're so proud of our Republicans.
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The guy so corrupt even GOP didn't want him around.
The problem was he had too little money to play the game
Honestly, I just can't bring myself to hate him. He's so emblematic of the cartoonish insanity and corruption of his Party, all with such hilarious flair. I dunno
Flagrant corrupt. Big difference in the GOP.
Wonder if they'll go light on him given how many medals he just won in the Paris Olympics for team USA.
And for some reason he also got the Medal of Honor at the Paris Olympics.
- 23 federal counts
- 2 year minimum
- 6 to 8 years
Seems like they are already going light on him.
Prison volleyball team about to get LIT!
Shawshank redemption was the book he wrote when was a writer. I wonder if it was a taunt as to what he planned. Or a prediction?
No need for him to escape when he's got the powers of John Coffey.
Only 23 counts? Lightweight for a Republican.
He'll never become president at this rate
They really are sending us their best
"Aggravated identify theft" sounds like he literally ripped someone's face off
No more drugs for that man.
And I'm the count of having Superman's donated penis, how do you plead?
Santos: guilty your honor!
...and in regards to the wobble on Earth's orbit due to an unforseen force, what is your plea?
Santos: guilty, but that's because I wasn't used to carrying around Superman's super dong. I simply sat down on the toilet as usual and it happened. I'm a NASA scientist and did all the calculations and it's true, your honor, my enormous penis caused the wobble out of orbit.
W...what?
I concur that dude dropped a memetic hazard into the internet like the fucking chaos insurgency.
Party of Law and Order…. reenactments.
What is it about Republicans that turns them into criminals? Or do they just attract this kind of behavior?
Anti-intellectualism leads to people following charismatic, self-confident narcissists (a.k.a. confidence artists).
They don't turn into criminals, they attract.
He finally admitted he’s guilty-ish
Guillotines when
He'll take the slap on the wrist and get elected to Congress in the town next door.
Pretty sure he's going to get more than just a slap when he walks into Rikers.
Has he blamed the Deep State yet?
People who commit unemployment fraud are the lowest of the low.
It's pretty low, but if someone's legitimately struggling to get by, rather than just greedy, then I have a hard time getting mad about it
I dunno why, but I've just had a strong urge to refer to him as Greg from now on. It just feels right.
Way to go Greg. You did a great job fucking up your life.
Edit: apologies to people named Greg.
I’ve never known a Greg I liked.
Greg hacked my RuneScape account.
I know a cat named Greg. Actually he's kind of a dick
I know a guy named Dick, and he’s actually really nice guy. We have this thing that when we say goodbye, I go something like “Dude, you’re so awesome. I don’t know why your parents named you Dick.” He seems to love it, But maybe he’s just pretending. Dick is awesome.
Lol using this, thank you
Felonies?