MSNBC host Katie Phang and her company had been brazenly amused as they analyzed statements from Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) about his looming expulsion from Congress.
Santos, the federally-indicted lawmaker who fabricated a lot of his background and allegedly used marketing campaign funds for Botox and luxurious objects, performed the sufferer in a three-hour interview with a conservative podcaster on Friday. He stated he expects to be expelled by his colleagues, however will put on it like a “badge of honor.”
“I used to be, as we joke round loads in my circles, we’re like ‘oh my god, you had been the ‘It woman.’ All people needed you,” Santos stated. “Till no one needed me.”
He additionally claimed Congress has “felons galore” and declared himself “the Mary Magdalene of United States Congress.”
On “The Katie Phang Show” Sunday, Phang learn excerpts from Santos’ “absurdly defiant” interview, asking for commentary from Jennifer Rubin, a conservative columnist for the Washington Publish, and Juanita Tolliver, an MSNBC political analyst and podcast host for the progressive Crooked Media community.
See their reactions to the quotes under:
After a bout of laughter, Tolliver stated she believes there’s “completely not” an opportunity Santos survives the vote for his expulsion, which is able to possible be held this week.
“I do query him ever being in ‘It woman.’ I don’t assume he ever checked that field inside the Republican Social gathering, he was merely the additional vote,” she stated, referring to the GOP’s slim majority within the Home.
“However the actuality is that George Santos has brought about much more disgrace to return to the Republican Social gathering than somebody like Marjorie Taylor Greene, and that’s actually, actually surprising,” she added.
Phang had additionally requested Rubin what it says in regards to the GOP that they’re in search of to oust Santos, however keen to maintain extremist Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).
“I believe it exhibits that it’s ideology and MAGA subservience above all,” Rubin stated. “It doesn’t matter what you’ve accomplished, as long as you’re a faithful MAGA particular person and pay homage to Donald Trump, you possibly can keep. Nonetheless, in case you’re a humiliation and type of non-supporter or a lukewarm supporter, or doing nothing for the trigger, off you go.”
The Republican chairman of the Home ethics committee, Rep. Michael Visitor (Miss.), filed a decision for Santos’ expulsion earlier this month after the discharge of a damning ethics committee report accusing the New York Republican of utilizing 1000’s of {dollars} of marketing campaign funds on private luxuries.
Santos can be the topic of a 23-count federal indictment for conspiracy, bank card fraud and different alleged crimes tied to misuse of marketing campaign funds and mendacity in reviews.
