# How was George Santos' resume not an election issue? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 27, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188 "2022-12-27T23:46:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/441 "2023-01-21T16:03:34Z")
That boy ain’t right. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/442 "2023-01-21T21:16:03Z")
He sure ain’t, no sirree bob. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/443 "2023-01-22T03:13:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I don’t know why he’s denying it. It’s a _truthful_ addition to his résumé. I know, right? Finally, something truly interesting about the guy. (Goldman Sachs? Yawn.) Seriously, a drag queen who worked at a call-in center? Why not? Own it, dear boy! ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/444 "2023-01-22T03:29:06Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Own it, dear boy! If he comes onto the House floor as Kitara Ravache, I’ll move to his district and vote for him in 2024. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/445 "2023-01-22T03:34:01Z")
Perhaps he can bring his husband-to-be: > **[George Santos Planned ‘Engagement Party’ With Man While Married to Woman](https://www.thedailybeast.com/george-santos-planned-engagement-party-with-man-while-married-to-uadla-vieira-santos?via=ios)** > > “Pedro and I have decided to join our toothbrushes!” read an invitation obtained by The Daily Beast. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/446 "2023-01-22T09:41:47Z")
Here’s a summary of what we know, if anyone wants to catch up. > **[‘We don’t know his real name’: George Santos’s unravelling web of lies](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/22/george-santos-lies-republican-party-future)** > > ‘Nobody even knows who this guy is,’ critics say, but he was still awarded with House panel assignments – showing the party ‘stands for nothing’ ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/447 "2023-01-22T09:42:33Z")
Bill Foster (an actual physicist) welcomes Santos to the Science Committee. The part about the Republicans putting him on the Science Committee is not a joke. The other committee is Small Business - that one makes much more sense given a typical Republican politician’s view of the grifting skills essential to success in a business enterprise. > ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/448 "2023-01-22T12:33:52Z")
That is a pretty cute way of announcing a party, admittedly. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/449 "2023-01-22T14:16:07Z")
> **[His dog was dying, and he needed help. He says he ended up swindled by George...](https://www.npr.org/2023/01/22/1150136390/george-santos-dog-gofundme-anthony-devolder)** > > Rich Osthoff told NPR that Santos — who went by Anthony Devolder — set up a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for the veteran's dog in 2016. Santos never delivered the cash. The dog died months later. There are not words… Stranger ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/450 "2023-01-22T14:30:00Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > There are not words… I have a few. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/451 "2023-01-22T16:23:27Z")
Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Kitara Ravache; they need one more member to form their own Squad. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/452 "2023-01-22T23:34:53Z")
Quite the character, this George Zardoz, claiming, about a dozen years ago, his drag queen dalliances, and then defensively half-assedly summing it up as [“Sue me for having a life.”](https://ca.yahoo.com/news/george-santos-finally-admits-drag-213540107.html) Well, too bad you can’t be sued for Trump-level lying, possibly. Classy. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/453 "2023-01-23T04:20:42Z")
He wasn’t giving the white power sign, he was trying to flick a booger. When they interviewed the guy whose scarf he stole, did they ask him about George’s propensity for lying? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/454 "2023-01-23T09:12:00Z")
I mean, he may be a good actor, but Fred Armison would be perfect: [![](http://t0.gstatic.com/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcTLxId9wNwlcDSPPSvsHezKGNFlJNSKN2WXZ6VbOjkilYH21VPs8bypznsaa6UYeVCduGsAW-CbEx_W5gs) ](http://t0.gstatic.com/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcTLxId9wNwlcDSPPSvsHezKGNFlJNSKN2WXZ6VbOjkilYH21VPs8bypznsaa6UYeVCduGsAW-CbEx_W5gs) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/455 "2023-01-23T10:20:39Z")
I’d choose Harvey Guillen. I can never forget I’m looking at Armison. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/456 "2023-01-23T13:42:06Z")
I think Harvey Guillen portrayed him in a bit on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last week. (SNL had Bowen Yang playing him.) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/457 "2023-01-23T13:43:46Z")
yeah, I saw it. He was pretty good and even slipped in the “A-OK” sign. I’d love for two impersonators to meet and to start accusing each other of lying. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/458 "2023-01-23T19:45:26Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I’d love for two impersonators to meet and to start accusing each other of lying. I think Harvey Guillen should just show up at Congress, claim he’s Santos, and start voting. Sure, Santos will dispute this but given his current credibility, I feel Guillen has a shot at this. How much difference is there really between Harvey Guillen pretending to be George Santos and George Santos pretending to be George Santos? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/459 "2023-01-23T19:50:21Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I think Harvey Guillen should just show up at Congress, claim he’s Santos, and start voting. So Dead Ringers but as a political comedy? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/460 "2023-01-24T15:19:50Z")
The latest Santos revelations. Somebody tried to kill him: > “We have already suffered an attempt on my life, an assassination attempt, a threatening letter, having to have the police, a police escort standing in front of our house.” - George Santos He was the victim of a crime that occurred on Fifth Avenue: > “In the middle of Fifth Avenue. And that wasn’t the worst of it. Nobody did anything, nobody did anything. The fear is real. It’s surreal what we live through here.” - George Santos Put the pieces together, people. > “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK? It’s, like, incredible.” - Donald Trump [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188.md?page=24)