George Santos, a GOP candidate in New York’s 3rd congressional district, reports that his fiancé was fired from his job as a pharmacist after the New York Times wrote up an article about the pair attending a New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago in Florida:
My fiancé & I had to leave our home this evening with our 4 dogs thanks to the @nytimes publishing of my Instagram showing me attending the #MarALago New Year’s Eve party. My fiancé a pharmacist who worked 12h/7days shifts for 9 months was fired! The violence against us is real.
— George Santos (@Santos4Congress) January 3, 2021
He also posted the photo from the party to his public Twitter account, calling it an “honor to spend New Year’s Eve at #MarALago with the Trump family”:
What an honor it was to spend New Year’s Eve at #MarALago with the Trump family. @realDonaldTrump was dearly missed, but he was there in spirit. #HappyNewYear2021 #patriots #USA #AmericaFirst #Bye2020 pic.twitter.com/djsg9XQuLX
— George Santos (@Santos4Congress) January 2, 2021
New York ordered people who traveled out of state to quarantine for up to 10 days, which may have played a role in what happened here:
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Santos also called out Gov. Andrew Cuomo upon landing back in New York for using the National Guard to enforce contact tracing:
The New York National Guard has been weaponized against us. They stand in 3 groups of 4 HARASSING us with his “trace core” NONSENSE inside @LGAairport Making it all very clear now, @NYGovCuomo is a dictator and must be stoped! #COVID19 #NY #Communist #stopCuomo
— George Santos (@Santos4Congress) January 2, 2021
He tweeted that he did not fill out the forms:
“I’m NEVER filling one of these out and urge everyone to do the same.”
I blew right by them. They followed me until they gave up. They don’t have the authority to arrest me, I did not commit a crime and I’m protected under the privacy laws that have yet to be overridden. I’m NEVER filling one of these out and urge everyone to do the same.
— George Santos (@Santos4Congress) January 3, 2021
Under these rules, how many Dem politicians should be fired? Gov. Gavin Newsom comes to mind:
Weird someone working 24/7 as a healthcare pro would attend an indoor event without a mask. Seems like a good reason to find a new profession
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) January 3, 2021
And we do wonder where Joe Lockhart’s anger is at Nancy Pelosi for letting a Covid-19 member onto the House floor yesterday just to make sure she had enough votes for Speaker:
The cult that is attacking me for attending a party… what about this pure act of #EVIL, She is currently #COVID19 positive! Where is the media outrage? @SpeakerPelosi you are desperate for that VP position aren’t you? https://t.co/81fTemxaUe
— George Santos (@Santos4Congress) January 3, 2021
Other blue-checks called him out for posting the photo in the first place:
Politician surprised that posting pictures on social media gets noticed. https://t.co/Z2s5XCXZ91
— toomas hendrik ilves (@IlvesToomas) January 3, 2021
The man is mad that someone saw a social media post that HE POSTED. https://t.co/5urKTZiVZt
— Cory Provost (@coryprovost) January 3, 2021
1. No one should face threats of violence as a result of their words or actions appearing in the newspaper.
2. It's not just teenagers who think what they publish on social media is not already public.https://t.co/lGgF0nXiov
— Anne Lutz Fernandez (@lutzfernandez) January 3, 2021
Santos, who was leading on election night, ended up losing to incumbent Dem Tom Suozzi once the absentee ballots were counted:
With 100% of precincts reporting, an openly gay son of Brazilian immigrants — Republican George Santos — leads a Democratic House incumbent in #NY03, 50.5% to 49%. Would be a GOP pickup.
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) November 5, 2020
The final total was Suozzi 55.9%, Santos 43.5%.
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