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☆ Rep. George Santos barricaded himself in his district office as angry constituents stood outside demanding his resignation: reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. George Santos hid from constituents who tried to deliver a petition to him on Wednesday. A staffer told the group that Santos was in the building but added that he refused to meet with a "mob," according to the paper. Santos' office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Last week, they traveled to Capitol Hill to call for the expulsion of their congressman, according to The Jerusalem Post. In January, it emerged that constituents' calls to his office were being routed to another GOP congressman, as Newsday first reported.

“We see those as really strong opportunities to flip from Democrat to Republican,” McIntosh said. In West Virginia, McIntosh name checked two Republicans, Attorney General Patrick Morrissey and Rep. Alex Mooney, as possible candidates. Mooney has already announced his bid and Morrissey could run again after he fell short against Manchin as the party's 2018 nominee. Of Rosendale, another unsuccessful 2018 nominee who could run again (against Democratic Sen. Jon Tester), McIntosh said, “we know his record. She’s not really, as far as I can tell, an economic conservative.”The conservative group has already announced its endorsement of Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.

☆ Why the Right Turned Left
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-04 | by ( Barton Swaim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WashingtonOn the American right, from 1980 to 2016 the basic principles held: limited government, low taxation. There were departures, to be sure. “We have a responsibility that when somebody hurts, government has got to move,” George W. Bush said in 2003, shortly before signing into law a Medicare expansion passed by a GOP Congress. But the ideal toward which conservatives were striving—that remained.

☆ A former GOP congressman says many MAGA Republicans are secretly hoping for Trump's 'mortal demise'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Many MAGA Republicans are wishing for Trump's "mortal demise," a former GOP Rep. says. Peter Meijer told The Atlantic he has heard MAGA Republicans say: "I can't wait until this guy dies." Other Republicans told The Atlantic they think Trump's diet and age might hasten his death. Meijer did not say which Republicans told him they wished Trump was dead. "I thought it was kind of a morbid, dark joke at first," Coppins told CNN.

☆ George Santos had a reputation for lying as long ago as 2013, according to a man who met him for a Grindr date
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Brazilian man claims a friend advised him not to go on a Grindr date with George Santos in 2013. The friend warned him that Santos had a reputation in New York for being a compulsive liar. Insider has seen screenshots that show Santos and Hagapto regularly tagging each other in Facebook and Instagram posts from 2014. The friend, Flavio Azzari, also told Insider that he advised Hagapto against a meet-up. At the time of the Grindr date, Azzari and Hagapto said, Santos was claiming to be a TV reporter for the Brazilian media outlet Globo.

☆ A Florida GOP congressman sent his colleagues inert grenades as a welcome gift to the House
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Florida congressman Cory Mills gifted his colleagues inert grenades. The grenades, Mills said, were made for an MK19 grenade launcher. The letter to his colleagues assured them in a postscript that "these Florida manufactured 40mm grenades are inert." Mills' letter was posted to Twitter on Thursday by Daily Mail reporter Morgan Phillips. It's unclear how many grenades Mills gifted to his colleagues.

☆ A former Long Island GOP congressman says the 'lack of trust' in embattled Rep. George Santos is a 'prescription for disaster'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Former Rep. Peter King in a New York Times op-ed questioned the effectiveness of George Santos. How do committee members sit still for this guy in their midst?" "Except perhaps for a few ineffective congressional outliers, I can't imagine a member of either party working or cooperating with Mr. Santos," the former congressman wrote. "And when you don't have that, you're just faking your way through the workday — something Mr. Santos is apparently pretty good at." "As long as Mr. Santos remains in Congress, he is dead man walking and will be unable to get anything done for his constituents.

☆ Calls from George Santos' constituents were forwarded to a different GOP congressman's office
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Constituent calls to George Santos' local office were redirected to another GOP Congressman. A representative at Santos' office told Insider they don't know why the calls were being forwarded. GOP officials and Santos' constituents have called for him to resign amid his fabricated resume. A Facebook user posted on Wednesday that their call to Santos' constituent office in Douglaston, New York, was forwarded to the office of Nick LaLota in Huntington, New York. "Unfortunately, this is not George Santos' office — or fortunately, depending on your perspective," Adam Saccardi, LaLota's director of constituent services, told Newsday.

☆ Trump claimed credit, but a GOP congressman says the former president had 'no influence' over anti-McCarthy conservatives during the contentious vote for the House speakership
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Former President Trump has claimed credit for helping Kevin McCarthy win the House speakership. However, several ardent conservatives told ABC that Trump had no real impact during the process. "President Trump had no influence on the votes, myself or any of my colleagues," Rep. Bob Good said. However, Trump backed McCarthy's bid and claimed credit for helping get the GOP leader over the finish line. However, McCarthy personally thanked Trump immediately after winning the speakership, stating that no one "should doubt his influence."

☆ Democratic lawmakers seek House Ethics Committee probe into George Santos over financial disclosures
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Summer-Concepcion-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Summer Concepcion | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

“Given the revelations about his biography, as well as the public information pertaining to his financial disclosures, Mr. Santos has failed to uphold the integrity expected of members of the House of Representatives,” the complaint reads. Santos did not answer questions when he left his office later Tuesday. Santos voted for McCarthy in all of the rounds. Upon entering Congress, Santos did not appear to have received a warm welcome from most of his GOP colleagues. During the numerous speaker votes last week, Santos was often seen sitting by himself, except for one occasion when he was photographed chatting with far right lawmaker Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.

☆ Rep. Mike Rogers apologizes to Matt Gaetz for losing temper during chaotic speaker votes
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Julie-Tsirkin-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Julie Tsirkin | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Reps. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Mike Rogers, R-Ala., on Sunday publicly resolved their differences after tensions boiled over on the House floor late Friday night during the votes for House speaker. Rogers was physically restrained after he charged towards Gaetz. After Gaetz voted present in the 14th ballot, McCarthy approached Gaetz in the back of the chamber, where a tense exchange occurred, a number of Republican lawmakers crowding them. Rogers, the incoming chairman of the powerful Armed Services Committee, then walked over and appeared to lunge in the direction of Gaetz, but was physically restrained by Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., before storming away. McCarthy ultimately gained the votes to secure the speakership in the 15th ballot, when Gaetz and several other McCarthy opponents switched their votes to “present.”

☆ GOP Rep. Scott Perry, subject of Jan. 6 probes, declines to recuse himself from looking into those investigations
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Summer-Concepcion-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Summer Concepcion | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., pushed back Sunday when asked whether he would recuse himself from any House GOP investigation of federal probes into the events surrounding the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, despite being a subject of those investigations. Everybody in America is innocent until proven guilty,” Perry said in an interview on ABC's "This Week" with host George Stephanopoulos. Perry was pressed on whether any potential involvement in a new committee would pose a conflict of interest given that he was among those being investigated. “So, should everybody in Congress that disagrees with somebody be barred from doing the oversight and investigative powers that Congress has? Perry also came under scrutiny by the Jan. 6 committee, which referred him and three other House Republicans, including McCarthy, to the House Ethics Committee for defying the panel's subpoenas.

☆ Former DC Metropolitan Police Department officer Michael Fanone says it's 'disgraceful' that only one GOP congressman appeared at a Capitol Hill event commemorating January 6
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Michael Fanone blasted the scant GOP attendance at a Jan. 6 remembrance ceremony at the Capitol. Multiple outlets reported that Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick was the only GOP lawmaker at the Friday event. Law enforcement certainly doesn't like that, and I don't believe that all Republicans are sympathetic to the MAGA agenda." "As somebody who has previously supported Republican candidates, it's shameful," the former police officer told Tapper. After the Capitol ceremony, Fitzpatrick, a former FBI supervisory special agent, told Insider's Bryan Metzger of his desire to be at the solemn event.

Share this -Link copiedConservatives opposed to McCarthy seen huddling in chamber during third vote During the third ballot vote for speaker, several House Republicans who have opposed McCarthy to be speaker were seen huddling in the back of the chamber. McCarthy lost twice earlier in the day, with 19 conservatives casting their ballots for Rep. Jim Jordan, of Ohio, in the second round. Share this -Link copiedDemocrats mock Republicans over inability to elect House speaker Now in the minority, House Democrats appeared to enjoy the GOP divisions over electing a speaker Tuesday. Share this -Link copiedPelosi reacts to Republicans' struggling to elect GOP speaker As House Republicans struggled to elect their own speaker now that they have the majority, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., suggested the GOP is ruining Congress as an institution. Pelosi stepped down as the Democratic leader after serving as House speaker twice.

☆ America's democracy survived Trump in 2022. But what about 2023?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Tara Setmayer | Tara Setmayer Is A Resident Scholar At The University Of Virginia Center For Politics | A Senior Adviser At The Lincoln Project. She Is A Former Gop Congressional Communications Director. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

That led hundreds of election deniers to run for offices across the country in 2022. But in 2022, American democracy became an issue outside the political norm for voters’ consideration. But it wasn’t just the outcome of the election that signaled that our democracy was still holding on in 2022. Thankfully, the majority of them did, with the exception of professional election deniers like Kari Lake, who lost the Arizona governor’s race to Katie Hobbs. Not since the tumultuous political climate of the 1930s has American democracy faced such a perilous era.

☆ Incoming GOP congressman George Santos is under investigation for lying during his campaign, prosecutors said
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Representative-elect George Santos was accused of lying about his background during his campaign. Santos admitted to some of the fabrications but said he still plans to serve in Congress. The Republican district attorney in Nassau County said Wednesday they had opened an investigation. Santos admitted to some of the accusations but has insisted he still plans to serve in Congress. A representative for Santos did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

☆ Incoming GOP congressman George Santos reportedly lied about his employment, his education, losing four employees in the Pulse shooting, his residence, and his religious background
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

An incoming GOP congressman from Long Island has several gaps in his resume, according to news reports. Santos has begun to address the falsehoods in interviews with the New York Post and City & State New York. But representatives from the school told the Times they had no record of his enrollment, despite searching multiple variations of his name. Santos has said that he never claimed to be Jewish, just "Jew-ish," despite describing himself as a "proud American Jew" during his campaign. The Republican Jewish Coalition now says he lied to them.

☆ A Georgia GOP congressman who backed Trump's election lies voted in the wrong county, but his spokesman insists it wasn't a 'devious ploy'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A GOP Congressman in Georgia may have broken the state's voting law by casting ballots in the wrong county. Rep. Drew Ferguson voted in the county where he used to live during the 2022 election cycle. Ferguson has been an advocate against voter fraud since the 2020 election and backed Trump's election lies. "Congressman Ferguson resolved the issue, and proceeded to vote in Troup County for the primary, general, and run-off elections." "Congressman Ferguson is currently in the process of transitioning his residency to his new home in Pike County," the spokesman added.

☆ Biden invited the gay nephew of the GOP congresswoman who decried marriage equality to the White House to watch him sign it into law
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Andrew Hartzler said Monday he was invited to the White House to watch Biden sign the bill into law. On Monday, Andrew Hartzler, the nephew of GOP Rep. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri, posted a TikTok video of him attending the signing ceremony at the White House on December 13. "So I made a TikTok and it kind of bopped and then I got invited to the White House to watch President Biden sign the bill into law," he added. The TikTok video shows Hartzler walking around the White House during the ceremony, saying "Aunt Vicky, who?" Responding to his aunt's speech in a TikTok video, Hartzler said she was crying "because gay people like me can get married."

☆ Incoming GOP congressman George Santos appears to have lied about his job history, educational background, and even possibly his home address. But House Republicans have no incentive to stop him from
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A recent New York Times report details how Representative-elect George Santos misrepresented his past. The avenues the GOP can take to address Santos are few and unlikely. Santos' attorney, Joseph Murray, responded to the New York Times' allegations by attacking the publication and using a misattributed Winston Churchill quote. Schaub also noted that Republicans in Congress could deny Santos committee assignments, an action that could affect Santos' future reelection chances. "According to the New York Times story, none of those were verifiable.

☆ Private-equity firms are coming around to the idea of using more data in the investment process. It's still an uphill battle.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Take Blackstone, which recently expanded a data tool it originally built for its real-estate business to be used across its PE portfolio. As recently as just a few years ago, PE firms were just starting to warm to the idea of building out data-science teams. But that tech has been a hard sell for PE firms as well, until recently. Many PE firms are just now waking up to the possibilities of the public cloud. To be fair to PE firms, figuring out how to incorporate data analysis into the investing process is no easy task.

☆ Incoming GOP congressman reportedly lied about his employment history, where he went to college, losing four employees in the Pulse nightclub shooting, and possibly his residence
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An incoming GOP congressman from Long Island has several gaps in his resume, according to a NYT report. He appears to have lied about his employment history, his college degree, and possibly his residence. He also claimed to have lost four employees in the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting. And according to a New York Times investigation, he may have a historically large amount of questions to answer about his resume. But representatives from the school told the Times they had no record of his enrollment, despite searching multiple variations of his name.

☆ Trump's campaign rollout has been terrible and his hold on the GOP is weakening, outgoing Republican senator says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Outgoing GOP Sen. Pat Toomey says Trump's influence over the Republican Party is waning. Toomey also said it might have to do with Trump's "unbelievably terrible" 2024 campaign rollout. And frankly, his unbelievably terrible rollout of his election campaign is also not helping him," Toomey said on CNN on Sunday. The outgoing Republican senator added that he thought Trump's influence was already declining, albeit "not as quickly" as he hoped it would. He added that it is a sign of Trump's weakness that other Republican candidates are expressing an intention to run even after Trump announced his campaign.

☆ Incoming GOP congressman accused of lying about his employment history and where he went to college defends himself with a false Winston Churchill quote
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Charles R. Davis | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Long Island Republican George Santos has been accused of fabricating his biography. In a statement Monday night, Santos's attorney quoted Winston Churchill. The statement posted on George Santos' Twitter account attributes a Victor Hugo quote to Winston Churchill. It goes on to quote the former Conservative UK prime minister who led Britain during World War II: "As Winston Churchill famously stated, 'You have enemies? As a representative for the International Churchill Society told the fact-checking website: "Churchill never said it."

☆ A GOP congresswoman went viral for tearfully begging colleagues to vote against same-sex marriage bill. Her gay nephew slammed her in a TikTok response.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A GOP congresswoman wept as she spoke out against the bipartisan Respect for Marriage Act on Thursday. Her nephew, who is gay, responded to the viral moment in a TikTok video. On Thursday, the GOP congresswoman referred to the bill as "misguided" and "dangerous" and claimed it would be used to "drive people of faith out of the public square and silence anyone who dissents." The Respect for Marriage Act requires states to recognize any marriage made in another state and repeals the federal "Defense of Marriage Act" which previously defined marriage as between a man and a woman. "I was met with the same type of, 'I love you, but I don't accept you because you're gay,'" he said.

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