• YeetPics@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    George Santos ousted from Congress after fabricating life story

    No no no, the fabricated life story happened first, he was ousted from congress after a fucking year of lying.

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      11 months ago

      But that’s what that sentence means.

      “… ousted from Congress after fabricating…” The key word here is “after”

      Edit: if it said he was ousted from Congress BEFORE fabricating his life story than your correction would be accurate.

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          11 months ago

          I’m not completely sure. But before I commented I was thinking it’s funny how many people up voted that comment.

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        Edit reply: if he got ousted when he first told the lies, that would have been more acceptable than waiting a full year. I hope you can understand the difference.

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        11 months ago

        My point is that it took a full year of hilariously obvious lies for any corrective action. In Congress (one of the administrative bodies of the country I live in) I’d prefer for liars and dishonest conmen to be excluded from taking part in governance.

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      11 months ago

      Don’t forget multiple felonies, including committing identity theft using information from donors.

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      And he wasnt even listed for being the most prolific liar in a building of liars… It was so those voting to expel him could show their donators that they think misappropriating funds isn’t cool, man