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☆ Disgraced former Congressman George Santos says he's bringing his drag queen alter ego 'out of the closet' on Cameo
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

George Santos will be making Cameo videos as his drag persona, Kitara Ravache, he said. After being expelled from Congress, Santos has used Cameo to earn money. AdvertisementDisgraced former Congressman George Santos announced on Monday that he is bringing his drag persona Kitara Ravache "out of the closet" for a limited time. AdvertisementRochard said that she had known Santos as a drag queen and that he'd competed in drag in a beauty pageant as Kitara Ravache in 2008. AdvertisementFollowing his expulsion from Congress, Santos turned to Cameo as a source of income.

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☆ George Santos crashing the State of the Union to announce a comeback campaign is what Congress deserves
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

George Santos crashed the State of the Union and announced a comeback bid for Congress. But with the way things in Washington have been going lately, it may be what Congress deserves. I have made several personal… — George Santos (@MrSantosNY) March 8, 2024It's the latest stunt for the scandal-plagued lawmaker, who never seemed to take the job of being a member of Congress all that seriously. Former Rep. George Santos seen on the House floor for #SOTU2024. Three members of Congress were censured, an increasingly meaningless rebuke that may have backhandedly delivered one of them a Senate seat.

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☆ House Republicans stand by their decision to oust George Santos even as it cost them a GOP seat: 'You have to have standards'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Several GOP lawmakers who voted to expel George Santos told Politico they stand by their votes. Last week, Democrat Tom Suozzi flipped Santos' former seat in a House special election. And even though Suozzi flipped the seat blue, the Republicans who backed Santos' ouster said they continue to stand behind their votes. Advertisement"I didn't shrink the Republican majority — George Santos shrunk it by his actions," Lawler told the outlet. Santos has criticized the New York Republicans who voted to remove him from Congress.

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The strategy of association was evident as Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York castigated Republicans in comments leading up to Santos' expulsion on Friday. “Look, House Republicans knew a lot about George Santos before he was elected. In May, all five of the Republicans voted to refer to the Ethics Committee a Democratic-sponsored resolution to expel Santos. Rep. Richard Hudson, chairman of the campaign arm for House Republicans, dismissed the threat of Santos tainting other Republicans. Ellie Dougherty, a spokesperson for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said New York Republicans spent months protecting Santos.

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☆ George Santos criticized gay marriage on his own wedding anniversary: 'It should have been a civil union'
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

George Santos sat down with a group of reporters the day before he was expelled. "I was an opposer of gay marriage," Santos said in response to a question about his relationships with more conservative House Republicans, according to audio obtained by Business Insider. AdvertisementIt just so happened to be the two-year anniversary of his own gay marriage to his husband, Matt. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/uoVTuVSTWp — George Santos (@MrSantosNY) November 30, 2023"I thought it should have been a civil union," said Santos, referring to the alternative to fully-recognized marriage that some proposed prior to the Supreme Court's legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015. "I'm not saying I oppose just gay marriage.

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☆ George Santos says he won't seek reelection to protect his family's privacy after House Ethics Committee finds he spent campaign cash on OnlyFans
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. George Santos announced on Thursday that he will not seek reelection in 2024. He did it shortly after the House Ethics Committee released a report on his conduct. The scandal-plagued congressman made the announcement in a lengthy post on X shortly after the House Ethics Committee released a damning report on his conduct. AdvertisementIf there was a single ounce of ETHICS in the “Ethics committee”, they would have not released this biased report. NEWS: House Ethics Chair Michael Guest will make motion to expel Santos at next pro forma, teeing up action when Congress returns from recess.

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WASHINGTON — George Santos, the 34-year-old New York Republican who's confessed to lying about part of his background, was sworn into the House early Saturday amid several investigations into his campaign and calls for him to resign. Santos officially took office when the new Congress was convened after Republicans finally elected Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as House speaker. And despite presenting himself as Jewish during his congressional campaigns, Santos told the Post, "I never claimed to be Jewish." Several House Democrats have criticized Santos, but none more than Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York, who's taken to trolling Santos on social media. Former Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, who recently retired from Congress, said Sunday that Santos should consider resigning.

☆ In California, 10% of Legislature now identifies as LGBTQ
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

People by and large are totally fine with LGBTQ people, they support us, they are accepting and willing to vote for LGBTQ candidates,” California state Sen. Scott Wiener, a member of the LGBTQ Caucus, said Monday. Meanwhile, the Legislature has not yet reached parity in gender or in race and ethnicity, according to statistics from the California State Library. New Hampshire and Vermont have each had more LGBTQ legislators, according to the institute, but their legislatures are bigger than California’s and so have not reached the 10% threshold. Alaska and South Dakota elected their first out LGBTQ legislators, and Montana and Minnesota elected their first transgender legislators, according to the Human Rights Campaign. By contrast, “as California’s Legislative LGBTQ Caucus has grown, the state has led the nation in passing groundbreaking legislation protecting LGBTQ+ civil rights,” said Equality California spokesperson Samuel Garrett-Pate.

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