Serial liar George Santos got appointed to the Small Business Committee and the Space, Science, and Technology Committee because “protocol.” That was the only explanation Kevin McCarthy would give for his actions in seating, rather than censuring, George Santos today.
Everybody is trying to make the best of it, meaning that the Republicans are endeavoring to normalize this as much as possible.
One guy who isn’t buying it is former astronaut Scott Kelly.
Awesome to have former NASA astronaut and moon walker, Representative George Santos @Santos4Congress on the House Science Space and Technology Committee. To infinity and beyond! https://t.co/yjetzAwLl2
— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) January 17, 2023
If you don’t think Santos could do a lot of damage on those committees, look at this.
Some history… In 1967 an ambitious 34-year-old Illinois congressman on the Science and Astronautics Committee called for NASA administrator James Webb to be removed following the Apollo 204 tragedy. Had he been successful, JFK’s mandate wouldn’t have been met. pic.twitter.com/k65fPFQjmm
— Chasing The Moon: The Book (@ChasingMoonBk) January 17, 2023
Rumsfeld. He didn’t manage to destroy the moon program, but he did plenty of damage later on.
Former astronaut Kelly wasn’t the only one chiming in.
Maybe he can tell them about the time he invented the atom? pic.twitter.com/ZoJOvYbrs4
— SnarkTank (@TheSnarkTank99) January 17, 2023
This from a human rights activist.
It’s totally cool and not at all concerning that Santos will have access to US secrets as part of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee… https://t.co/8rLlEk4iRL
— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) January 17, 2023
Don’t forget, Santos says he has “been to Moscow many times.”
This from Rep. Don Beyer’s deputy chief of staff.
Flagging that Santos suggests he'd be a good fit for the House Science Committee. As the spox for a longtime member of that committee, I do think we could benefit from his experience as a former astronaut, biomedical researcher, and Nobel Prize-winning nuclear physicist https://t.co/8uVDltDa5g
— Aaron Fritschner (@Fritschner) January 12, 2023
This was much funnier to me as a joke than the reality of having this guy on our committee now feels. I am deservedly punished https://t.co/SNwbmfHpEQ
— Aaron Fritschner (@Fritschner) January 17, 2023
It is a joke and it’s not. The entire next two years will be one long joke — except they won’t. They will be part of the tragi/comedy that the GOP descended into when Trump came down the escalator. The escalator’s final stop is Hell itself and that’s where Trump is taking the GOP. They didn’t see it then, perhaps they still don’t see it. The normalization of Trump as a viable candidate atop the ticket of the Republican party is exactly how they got to where they are today.
All we can do is hope that he gets extradited to Brazil really soon, and is forced to resign in the disgrace he deserves.
I like that. Moonwalker. George Moonwalker. Has an almost Star Wars-esque quality. Well, if Star Wars was about a lying P.O.S. somehow getting elected to a legislative body that over the next two years will be the circus side show of the century.