# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/161 "2023-01-07T02:26:00Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@DSeid](#): > > > > As pathetic as this idiot is, would he really be so deranged as to flash a White Power sign? No matter what his true beliefs. > > That is an OK sign. > > Not a 'white power sign. Thank you for demonstrating how dog whistles work! ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/162 "2023-01-07T02:41:11Z")
Agreed that it is both and meaning is determined by context. Context of a schmuck who pretended to be Jewish to get votes? It looks like flashing as White Power, how it’s held, so on, but context seems inconsistent with that. ---
**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 7, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/163 "2023-01-07T02:45:25Z")
So this guy earlier claimed to be Jewish, and when caught in a lie, then claimed to be “Jew-ish”. And now he’s flashing white power signs? Is he just willing to do anything to appeal to everyone? ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/164 "2023-01-07T02:53:53Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > but context seems inconsistent with that. …the context here is that Santos is a lying liar who lies about everything, who is cozying up to the alt-right (who probably almost certainly helped fund him and win his seat) and would obviously do the most obvious bit of trolling out-in -the open. These are cartoon villains. Santos is an over-the-top cartoon villain. He is one-step-away from twilling his moustache. This is entirely consistent with everything else he has done. It would have been surprising that he _didn’t_ flash the white power symbol. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/165 "2023-01-07T03:00:04Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > He is one-step-away from twilling his moustache. That’s because when he tried he realized he had never grown one, only _claimed_ to. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/166 "2023-01-07T03:20:12Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > That’s because when he tried he realized he had never grown one, only _claimed_ to. …I mean, everything that Santos does is ridiculous. Everything. Nothing would surprise me. He could pull his pants down on the House Floor and dance the macarena and the only thing I would think would be “of course he did.” Because the man is just ridiculous. Of course, he flashed the white power sign. People largely stopped doing it over a year ago, so of course Santos would do that _now_. I wouldn’t expect anything less. ---
**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 7, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/167 "2023-01-07T03:38:33Z")
As with Trump, I am often appalled but rarely surprised. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/168 "2023-01-07T03:46:44Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Thank you for demonstrating how dog whistles work! Those are urban legends. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/169 "2023-01-07T04:05:40Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Those are urban legends. …what exactly is it do you consider an urban legend? ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/170 "2023-01-07T14:00:46Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Those are urban legends. [Citation Needed] ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/171 "2023-01-07T14:25:35Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@Babale](#): > > > > Thank you for demonstrating how dog whistles work! > > Those are urban legends. If you mean they are mostly intended for people in the sticks, then I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/172 "2023-01-07T14:56:35Z")
When a bunch of people say “Let’s say we’re using this gesture to mean this thing, so people think that’s what we mean by that gesture”, they are in fact using that gesture to mean that thing. That’s what “meaning” means. And whatever that is, it’s definitely not an “OK” sign. The “OK” sign is never shown at waist level, like that, while the similar “white supremacy” sign often is. ---
**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 7, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/173 "2023-01-07T16:42:42Z")
Santos isn’t a Nazi. He’s just saying he’s Nazi-ish. ---
**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 7, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/174 "2023-01-07T16:46:34Z")
FYI, [here](https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/09/18/ok-sign-white-power-symbol-or-just-right-wing-troll) is a webpage from the Southern Poverty Law Center on the white power sign, suggesting that sometimes they’re making the sign to “troll the libs” and sometimes to signal to like-minded individuals. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/175 "2023-01-07T18:44:29Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > He’s just saying he’s Nazi-ish. Too many syllables – his brain stops at two. Nazish. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/176 "2023-01-07T20:11:22Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > These are cartoon villains. Santos is an over-the-top cartoon villain. This isn’t villainous; it is literally (and in the old school meaning of the word) insane, seriously, not something a villain would do, more something someone with serious brain dysfunction would do. ---
**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 7, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/177 "2023-01-07T20:12:57Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Too many syllables – his brain stops at two. Nazish. Zish or Nazish; the eternal question. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/178 "2023-01-07T20:14:07Z")
“I didn’t say ‘Nazi’, I said ‘Not Z’.” ---
**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 7, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/179 "2023-01-07T20:20:06Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > > [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > > > These are cartoon villains. Santos is an over-the-top cartoon villain. > > This isn’t villainous; it is literally (and in the old school meaning of the word) insane, seriously, not something a villain would do, more something someone with serious brain dysfunction would do. At this point, I agree that Santos seems to have some sort of mental illness. Pathological liar, perhaps (though I am obviously not a medical professional)? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/180 "2023-01-07T20:30:13Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > FYI, [here](https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/09/18/ok-sign-white-power-symbol-or-just-right-wing-troll) is a webpage from the Southern Poverty Law Center on the white power sign, suggesting that sometimes they’re making the sign to “troll the libs” and sometimes to signal to like-minded individuals. Yes, and clearly here the intent is to troll the libs"… and it worked. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188.md?page=10)