Sen. Mitt Romney abruptly approached him regarding the appointment of a divisive Republican legislator to committees, and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reacted with confidence, demonstrating that he wasn’t one to be easily caught off guard or exploited!
McCarthy went before the media this week to respond to Romney’s sharp criticism of Rep. George Santos, who has drawn criticism for not being completely truthful about his accomplishments and personality attributes. Following President Biden’s highly-watched State of the Union address, McCarthy was questioned by CNN whether he thought it was appropriate or inappropriate given what we now know about Santo’s personal story.
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“I didn’t expect that he’d be standing there trying to shake hands with every senator in the United States,” Romney told reporters while leaving the building. “That’s a given. And given the fact that he’s under ethics investigation, he should be sitting in the back row and staying quiet instead of parading in front of the president and the people coming into the room.”
“If you look at like he said, he says he knows that he embellished his record. Look, embellishing is saying you got an A when he had an A-minus. Lying is saying you graduated from a college you didn’t even attend. He shouldn’t be in Congress,” he continued. “And they’re going to go through the process and hopefully get him out but he shouldn’t be there.”
Romney complained that despite their dispute, McCarthy had decided to stick by Santos.
Senator Mitt Romney has been completely silent about the problems involving two well-known Democratic politicians. The Utah senator never demanded that Representative Eric Swalwell of California resign after it was revealed that he had a relationship with a reputed Chinese spy, and he also did not ask Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut to do the same after it was revealed that his claims of having served in Vietnam were false.
McCarthy did not take the bait when CNN questioned him about the Utah Republican’s remarks and instead replied, “Romney should be disappointed that Swalwell hasn’t resigned.”
During the midterm elections, Santos pulled off a shocking upset by flipping New York’s 3rd Congressional district in favor of the GOP, making it one of a small number of House seats to do so.
“Santos defeated Democratic Robert Zimmerman, who was vying to fill the Long Island seat after Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi announced he would be retiring to take a stab at New York governor. Suozzi came in a distant third in the Democratic primaries in the governor’s race, but Santos secured his place in Congress by running on cutting taxes, boosting border security, and rallying against cashless bail,” Fox News reported. “The Associated Press called the race shortly after 1:30 a.m. once the Republican held a lead of 54.2% of the vote over Zimmerman’s 45.8%, with 90% of the votes already counted. The Santos-Zimmerman race was the first time two openly gay men ran against each other in a congressional election.”
His falsehoods and fabrications have sparked a firestorm of debate and prompted the House Ethics Committee to launch an investigation. He has given his justifications for these issues in response to this uproar.
“With the ongoing attention surrounding both my personal and campaign financial investigations, I have submitted a request to Speaker McCarthy that I be temporarily recused from my committee assignments until I am cleared,” Santos said in a statement late last month. “This was a decision that I take very seriously.”
“The business of the 118th Congress must continue without media fanfare,” he continued. “It is important that I primarily focus on serving the constituents of New York’s Third Congressional District and providing federal level representation without distraction.”
“To my constituents, I remain committed to serving the district and delivering results for both New York’s Third Congressional District and for the American people,” Santos added.
The Daily Wire noted further:
Santos has already admitted that he fibbed about working for financial titans Goldman Sachs and Citigroup; he also admitted that he did not graduate from college. Furthermore, Santos admitted that he embellished some of the details of his personal life, his religion, and his sexuality.
The New York Times reported earlier this month that law enforcement officials in Brazil “intend to revive fraud charges” against Santos stemming from an incident in 2008 that involved a checkbook that was allegedly stolen.
