MsConcerned's Manifesto

Tag: Lies

  • Room 1117 The Roy Cohn Monkey See Monkey Do

    What is a Resume?

    A resume (or “CV” outside of the US) is a formal document that provides an overview of your professional qualifications, including your relevant work experience, skills, education, and notable accomplishments. Usually paired with a cover letter, a resume helps you demonstrate your abilities and convince employers you’re qualified and hireable. If you’re applying for a job, you need at least a resume to be considered for the position.

    On a base level, a resume is made up of the following five parts:

    Contact details
Introduction
Educational background
Work history
Relevant skills

    Requirements to Become a Representative

    In my search regarding the requirements to become a representative one requirement stood out, one must have personal skills to get folks to vote – I wonder who Santos talked to considering not one person knew he was not Jewish.

    The final step to becoming a congressperson is launching your campaign. You will find your interpersonal skills especially useful during this stage, as they will enable you to build rapport with potential voters. Communication skills will also enable you to push your platform, promote your advocacy and forge stronger connections with your constituents


    Connections and relationships are key to running a successful campaign. According to Business Insider, this factor is causing many hopeful millennials to lose congressional races. In a blog post by hopeful House Member Erin Schrode, a 24-year-old activist from Northern California who hoped to be the youngest woman elected to the House, told readers a man told her after voting he would have voted for her instead of the incumbent–had he known who she was. Name recognition is an essential component of a successful campaign.

    Congress.Gov

    George Santos is already in the database as a representative, however, if you click [Read biography] see the next image – there is nothing posted, unlike other members…

    This is what the biography of a Jewish representative looks like…

    This is the biography of a Jewish Democratic Senator, who is truthfuland , concerned about his constituents and his office is responsive to homeless veterans in Connecticut, other members should mirror his behavior!

    List of Untruths

    It appears some folk are alarmed that George Santos lied on his resume if you will the lies so far are:

    • Graduating from Baruch College Santos claims that in 2010 he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics
    • Having Jewish grandparents This lie feels especially egregious. Santos says his grandparents survived the Holocaust as Ukrainian Jewish refugees from Belgium.
    • Losing employees in the Pulse nightclub shooting During an interview with WNYC while campaigning, Santos said “people that work for me” were impacted during the Pulse nightclub shooting;
    • Running an animal charity Friends of Pets is a charity that Santos claims he founded from 2013;
    • Santos has said he worked at the company as an associate asset manager within Citigroup’s real estate division.
    • Owning rental property Further playing into his purported real estate expertise, Santos claimed, as a landlord, he was hurt by Covid-19 related eviction protections;
    • The Devolder Organization Santos says Devolder is his “family’s firm” that managed $80 million in assets and described it as a capital introduction consulting company.
    • What’s most noteworthy about the Devolder story is the fact that Santos appears to have not provided any information about the company’s clients that would have contributed to his payout—a violation of federal law to disclose any compensation in excess of $5,000 from a single source.
    • And in an even shadier turn of events: Talking Points Memo found that Santos has filed documents to have Devolder reinstated. Why? That could be the million-dollar question.
    • Bonus-not-exactly-a-lie: Knowing about an alleged Ponzi scheme Santos actually worked as regional director of Harby City Capital, a Florida-based investment company that attracted investors through YouTube videos and guarantees of double-digit returns.

    What I find interesting is the republican members of the United States Congress were more interested in gaining one more seat than rejecting a liar running to represent George Santos stated. The GOP DID NOTHING, why should they – We The People could care less, how long did it take journalists to start calling Trump on his lies and ignorance, we watched a football player make a complete (no) we watched Black Leaders let an uninformed unqualified football player make a fool of himself running for office and his talking points were about vampires and goblins.

    Lies/Bad Behavior

    Why should anyone in Congress or We The People be concerned about the lies, the past president of the United States Donald Trump told approximately 7,643 lies each year he was in office. We The People have allowed a woman of Christain/Christain Nationalist Marjorie Taylor Greene (Queen of I Don’t Recall) harassing Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outside the House chamber like a 16-year-old jealous little girl on her abortion policies however Marjorie has no issue with adultery and if you ask her a question she immediately becomes childlike, fearful of authority and unable to take ownership of her behavior just like her president Trump.

    Just like his leader, Santos will do anything for a dollar not only is the liar accepted into Congress he asks the American People to pay from $100 – $500 to have the privilege of attending his swearing-in ceremony.

    References

    What is a resume? Definition and purpose. (2022, September 18). Resume Genius. https://resumegenius.com/blog/resume-help/what-is-a-resume

    Just a moment... (n.d.). Just a moment… https://www.congress.gov/members

    What is a resume? Definition and purpose. (2022, September 18). Resume Genius. https://resumegenius.com/blog/resume-help/what-is-a-resume

    (2021, January 24). The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/24/trumps-false-or-misleading-claims-total-30573-over-four-years/

  • The Debate and The Liar

    How many times have you watched a debate and folks running for office are lying and you know because you live in the state in which they are running, or you simply know the facts?

    Well did you know this about lying during a debate?

    Generally speaking, anything that a member of Congress says during a speech or debate in Congress is protected by the U.S. Constitution from lawsuits and criminal prosecution.

    This immunity is covered in Article I, Section 6, and is known as the “Speech and Debate Clause”.

    The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

    So a member of Congress can’t go to jail for lying during a debate in Congress. However, the Constitution does say: “…shall not be questioned in any other Place.” I read this to mean that a member of Congress can be punished (e.g. with expulsion) by his/her peers. The U.S. Supreme Court dove into this matter in Powell v. McCormack (1969).

    There is substantial case law elaborating on the Speech and Debate Clause. For example, in addition to the case noted above, Gravel v United States (1972) was another landmark case. It established that the clause’s protections can, under certain circumstances, apply to Congressional staffers. More cases are listed below.

    A useful and detailed commentary of the clause can be found in this document provided by Congress.gov (pdf; the relevant section starts at page 137).

    Here are some excerpts:

        The immunities of the Speech or Debate Clause were not written into the Constitution simply for the personal or private benefit of Members of Congress, but to protect the integrity of the legislative process by insuring the independence of individual legislators.

    The protection of this clause is not limited to words spoken in debate. Committee reports, resolutions, and the act of voting are equally covered, as are things generally done in a session of the House by one of its members in relation to the business before it.

    So long as legislators are acting in the sphere of legitimate legislative activity, they are protected not only from the consequence of litigation's results but also from the burden of defending themselves.

    The scope of the meaning of "legislative activity" has its limits. The heart of the clause is speech or debate in either House, and insofar as the clause is construed to reach other matters, they must be an integral part of the deliberative and communicative processes by which Members participate in committee and House proceedings with respect to the consideration and passage or rejection of proposed legislation or with respect to other matters which the Constitution places within the jurisdiction of either House.

    Immunity from civil suit, both in law and equity, and from criminal action based on the performance of legislative duties flows from a determination that a challenged act is within the definition of legislative activity, but the Court in the more recent cases appears to have narrowed the concept somewhat.
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