As you know our convicted felon President commuted the sentence of convicted felon and former Congress Critter George Santos last Friday. Even if he’d been granted a full pardon the fact remains Santos would still be a convicted felon. In fact, two SCOTUS precedents affirm that acceptance of a pardon is a legal admission of guilt. So there’s that. As you also know House Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear-in/seat Arizona’s Adelita Grijalva (D) who won a special election to replace her father. If Santos were somehow appointed by some GOP Governor to fill a seat in Congress right now guess who would get sworn in and who would not?
Ah, you already know the answer. Grijalva will have to wait until…who the hell knows? Moses Mikey claims gollly gee, the House members are scattered to the four winds and the House itself is only ‘technically’ open in pro forma session. As such he can’t possibly even consider, much less proceed with swearing Grijalva in. He is so earnest when he says this and yet gives one helluva “Yertle” (Mitch McConnell – you’ve seen the turtle memes) when it’s pointed out he swore in TWO Republicans during a pro forma session. I’ve even seen reports that he’s considering not swearing in Grijalva even when the House finally returns.
However as HuffPost tells us he’d welcome back Georgie Porgie Santos tomorrow! Or later today. Hell, in a heartbeat. I wish I was joking, auditioning for a gig with The Onion but I’m not. As the lede from HuffPost says, Johnson confessed over the weekend he’d welcome back Santos with open arms. Fox’s Peter Doocy noted George Santos isn’t ruling out another run for Congress. What if somehow Santos did manage to win a seat somewhere? Doocy put the question to Johnson and he didn’t hesitate for a second:
Doocy: If George Santos is re-elected, would you welcome him back in the conference?
Johnson: Well, of course. I mean, that's our system pic.twitter.com/v21Hpp5UzC
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 19, 2025
Ah, Mikey went biblical on us. Hmmm. He seems to have left out stuff like the bible HE apparently reads condemning people like Santo who have “icky gay sex” to the fires of hell. In case you didn’t notice in his answer he made a point of saying he didn’t support kicking Santos out of Congress to begin with. You see, when it happened Johnson takes pains to point out the charges were mere ‘allegations’ that hadn’t been proven in court. You and I both know that if a Democrat had even half of what we knew about Santos in the public record but hadn’t yet been convicted Johnson would lead the charge to Expel them from the House! He’d deny that of course, which is when Moses Mikey would need to be reminded of that Commandment about not bearing false witness. Or in modern terms DON’T LIE!!!!
I got a kick out of Johnson’s last little bit there (actually it’s appalling) because yes, Jesus preached forgiveness for those who truly repented. But in Mikey’s Dominionist/Prosperity Gospel Bible the part in invisible ink that only those with special glasses can see says if someone’s a conservative/Republican they don’t have to actually repent. Just make a sincere enough sounding apology to convince enough non RWNJ “Christians” and you’re off the hook. And for damned sure it states that liberals/Democrats are never, ever ever EVER to be forgiven for anything (including and especially not totally worshiping Donald Trump as the new Jeebus!) much less given a second chance!
Well, as you might suspect the tweet with Doocy and Johnson got a wee bit of attention on Xitter. Mikey and Georgie don’t fare to well on that platform. If you want to have a few minutes of fun go to the Huffpost link and scroll down to see the responses. There are some good ones that will make you smile if not downright laugh I assure you.
My favorite one was sports related. As has been the case all but one year of my life since I was five years old (I’m in my late 60s now) my beloved Cubbies won’t be in the World Series. But it’s that time of year so the guy who tweeted “Of course we’d welcome him back. The Congressional baseball squad starts up in 3 months and who wouldn’t want a third baseman who hit .380 with 74 home runs for the Astros.” The only thing he left out was Georgie (George? Hmmmm. Babe Ruth’s given name was GEORGE Herman Ruth so you have to wonder, especially since he was a great pitcher early in his career) having sometimes filled in as a starting pitcher and thrown a perfect game (27 batters, 27 outs) multiple times.
I could go on all day with memes about all the great things Santos is “responsible” for but I don’t need to. If you’re reading this I’m sure several awesome accomplishments others have been credited for but were “actually Santos in disguise’ have popped into your head. What matters is some of the responses note Johnson’s hypocrisy because of his refusal to seat Grijalva. I wouldn’t be surprised if he hasn’t had House GOP counsel write an Executive Order for Trump to sign claiming FRAUD in that Special Election and declaring her win null and void. Then Johnson would cite THAT as a “legitimate’ reason not to seat her.
The fact Santos admits he’s like to be a Congress Critter again tells me he’s not the least bit remorseful. He’s only sorry he got caught, expelled from a high paying gig in Congress and then getting convicted and having to spend a few months (far less than the seven, or is it eight years he was sentenced to?) in prison. As for Johnson and way too many other GOPers if a Democrat who’d been convicted of a felony was to get elected (it wouldn’t happen because Democrats wouldn’t allow one on the ticket) and show up they would rightly be rejected. Not seated. However IOKIYAR (for those who’ve forgotten It’s OK If Your A Republican) is clearly alive and well.
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