CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 30, 2022
GEORGE SANTOS IS SCHEDULED TO BE SWORN IN NEXT TUESDAY AS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. PERHAPS YOU’VE HEARD ABOUT HIM.
SANTOS, WHO WAS ELECTED AS A REPUBLICAN, LIED ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND, INCLUDING WHERE HE WENT TO COLLEGE AND HIS MARITAL STATUS. HE WAS ONCE MARRIED TO A WOMAN, NOW HE’S MARRIED TO A MAN.
NOT TO ENGAGE IN MORAL EQUIVALENCY, BUT I FIND IT AMUSING THAT DEMOCRATS AND SOME EDITORIAL WRITERS SAY SANTOS SHOULD RESIGN. HAVE THEY FORGOTTEN OTHER POLITICIANS WHO LIED ABOUT THEIR BACKGROUNDS YET TOOK AND REMAIN IN OFFICE?
A BRIEF REMINDER: PRESIDENT BIDEN BOASTED ABOUT HIS ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS AND WAS GUILTY OF PLAGIARIZING SPEECHES. BILL CLINTON LIED ABOUT EXTRA MARITAL SEX. HILLARY CLINTON MADE UP A SNIPER ATTACK IN BOSNIA, SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN APOLOGIZED FOR CLAIMING SHE HAD NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE. SENATOR RICHARD BLUMENTHAL LIED ABOUT SERVING IN VIETNAM. SENATOR HARRY REID LIED ABOUT MITT ROMNEY NOT PAYING HIS TAXES. DONALD TRUMP LIED ABOUT MANY THINGS.
WHETHER SANTOS SHOULD RESIGN WILL BE UP TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, MEMBERS COULD REFUSE TO SEAT HIM, OR THE HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE COULD ACT AGAINST HIM. BUT IF LYING ABOUT ONE’S BACKGROUND AND LYING IN GENERAL IS REASON TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF CONGRESS WE WOULD HAVE A MUCH SMALLER HOUSE AND SENATE.
