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(The Advocate)   Holy shiat - and you thought TFG hired the worst lawyers. Santos lawyer convicted of gang killing in 2007. And FYI even though Santos has given interviews in Portuguese he does not understand Portuguese   (advocate.com) divider line
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HighOnCraic
2023-02-03 8:40:31 PM  
After Folhasent questions to Santos's office in Portuguese, the paper got a response that said Santos does not understand the language. Santos has given interviews in Portuguese and is the son of Brazilians. The congressman did not respond to the questions when sent in English, even though he has claimed to be the author of the King James Bible and all of William Shakespeare's plays and sonnets.
 
NM Volunteer [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 8:41:20 PM  
He does, his staffers don't.  And politicians never do shiat, their staffers do it all.  The politicians just claim credit for it all.
 
BMFPitt
2023-02-03 8:44:47 PM  
And FYI even though Santos has given interviews in Portuguese he does not understand Portuguese

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Kumana Wanalaia
2023-02-03 8:46:07 PM  
Santos doesn't need a criminal lawyer, he needs a criminal lawyer
 
Weatherkiss [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 8:51:44 PM  

Kumana Wanalaia: Santos doesn't need a criminal lawyer, he needs a criminal lawyer


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Gough
2023-02-03 8:53:13 PM  
Let's see, you get sued and the other party's lawyer is a convicted murderer...how badly do you want to win your case?
 
Lady J [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 8:53:19 PM  
why is Santos facing fraud charges in Brazil?  where, actually, is he from?
I mean, i don't care about immigration, but you have to be an american citizen to be in government, right?
 
Weatherkiss [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 8:56:42 PM  

Lady J: why is Santos facing fraud charges in Brazil?  where, actually, is he from?
I mean, i don't care about immigration, but you have to be an american citizen to be in government, right?


You have to be an American citizen for at least 7 years before you can be eligible to be a House Representative.
 
I hereby demand that I be given a Fark account [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 8:58:15 PM  
ANGH
 
GooberK
2023-02-03 9:03:45 PM  
Oh, come on...

This is bullshiat. Right????

...right?
 
Hey Nurse! [OhFark]
2023-02-03 9:07:34 PM  
Started studying law in 2009. Claims to have won over 350 lawsuits. Hmmm. I'm thinking George isn't the only liar in Brazil.
 
Kalyco Jack
2023-02-03 9:08:02 PM  
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jlee4677 [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 9:13:52 PM  
This guy cannot be real, this has to be some avant garde performance artist making a movie or something. This is just too much to be believable.
 
iheartscotch
2023-02-03 9:15:09 PM  
I once mistook Portuguese for Castilian Spanish....mostly because I'd never heard Portuguese spoken before.

/ to be clear, I speak some Latin American Spanish
 
Sexy Jesus [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-02-03 9:17:27 PM  

Lady J: why is Santos facing fraud charges in Brazil?  where, actually, is he from?
I mean, i don't care about immigration, but you have to be an american citizen to be in government, right?


At this point I'm not even sure he's from Brazil. Or this planet. It's like some zany comedy where a space alien tries to blend in through mimicry, does everything just wrong enough and still ends up being President of Earth.
 
MikeyFuccon
2023-02-03 9:23:50 PM  

Lady J: why is Santos facing fraud charges in Brazil?  where, actually, is he from?
I mean, i don't care about immigration, but you have to be an american citizen to be in government, right?


He hasn't actually claimed he's not from Sweden. Yet.
 
Discordulator
2023-02-03 9:23:54 PM  

Weatherkiss: Lady J: why is Santos facing fraud charges in Brazil?  where, actually, is he from?
I mean, i don't care about immigration, but you have to be an american citizen to be in government, right?

You have to be an American citizen for at least 7 years before you can be eligible to be a House Representative.


Given how he's lied about damn near everything else, has anyone confirmed his citizenship?

All attempts to find out who is responsible for this have resulted in fingers pointed elsewhere.  There doesn't seem to be any investigation into candidate qualification, at any level, at any point.
 
I hereby demand that I be given a Fark account [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 9:26:26 PM  

Discordulator: Weatherkiss: Lady J: why is Santos facing fraud charges in Brazil?  where, actually, is he from?
I mean, i don't care about immigration, but you have to be an american citizen to be in government, right?

You have to be an American citizen for at least 7 years before you can be eligible to be a House Representative.

Given how he's lied about damn near everything else, has anyone confirmed his citizenship?

All attempts to find out who is responsible for this have resulted in fingers pointed elsewhere.  There doesn't seem to be any investigation into candidate qualification, at any level, at any point.


Doesn't matter.

The House has accepted him as a member, the only way he's out before the end of the term is death or the GQP expelling a member of the GQP.
 
Lady J [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 9:28:16 PM  

Sexy Jesus: Lady J: why is Santos facing fraud charges in Brazil?  where, actually, is he from?
I mean, i don't care about immigration, but you have to be an american citizen to be in government, right?

At this point I'm not even sure he's from Brazil. Or this planet. It's like some zany comedy where a space alien tries to blend in through mimicry, does everything just wrong enough and still ends up being President of Earth.


how the fark is he still in the mix?
don't get me wrong, our glorious leaders are a bunch of embarrassing losers and shiatbags, and this country is making one bad decision after another... but we have ways and means to block a Santos, and someone would.
 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 9:28:42 PM  
Has anyone checked his DNA to make sure he's really from this galaxy?
 
ricochet4
2023-02-03 9:29:14 PM  

Lady J: why is Santos facing fraud charges in Brazil?  where, actually, is he from?
I mean, i don't care about immigration, but you have to be an american citizen to be in government, right?


Supposedly Santos was born in the US to Brazilian immigrant parents, which would make him a US citizen by birth. I say "supposedly" because I haven't seen any independent sources for this information apart from Santos' own PR. He apparently spent his childhood in the US, moved to Brazil (where he was a drag queen and criminal), then moved back to the US
 
foo monkey
2023-02-03 9:31:05 PM  
Every time I think this guy can't look softer, we get a picture like this.  It's like he's two degrees from melting.  The Pillsbury Dough Boy this this guy looks squishy.  He's a Yankee Candle left too long in the window display.

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austerity101
2023-02-03 9:31:14 PM  

iheartscotch: I once mistook Portuguese for Castilian Spanish....mostly because I'd never heard Portuguese spoken before.

/ to be clear, I speak some Latin American Spanish


Portuguese has a more complex phonology than Spanish. As a result, Portuguese speakers can usually understand Spanish somewhat OK, but not at all the other way around.
 
Sexy Jesus [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-02-03 9:32:00 PM  

Lady J: Sexy Jesus: Lady J: why is Santos facing fraud charges in Brazil?  where, actually, is he from?
I mean, i don't care about immigration, but you have to be an american citizen to be in government, right?

At this point I'm not even sure he's from Brazil. Or this planet. It's like some zany comedy where a space alien tries to blend in through mimicry, does everything just wrong enough and still ends up being President of Earth.

how the fark is he still in the mix?
don't get me wrong, our glorious leaders are a bunch of embarrassing losers and shiatbags, and this country is making one bad decision after another... but we have ways and means to block a Santos, and someone would.


He's not the hero we need, he's the hero we deserve.
 
2wolves [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 9:32:14 PM  

I hereby demand that I be given a Fark account: The House has accepted him as a member, the only way he's out before the end of the term is death or the GQP expelling a member of the GQP.


You're saying that male bovine bestiality is the more likely.  If Santos is a bottom.
 
Ol' Derpy Bastard
2023-02-03 9:32:46 PM  
He's taken Jesse Pinkman's advice to heart.

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ricochet4
2023-02-03 9:33:00 PM  

Lady J: Sexy Jesus: Lady J: why is Santos facing fraud charges in Brazil?  where, actually, is he from?
I mean, i don't care about immigration, but you have to be an american citizen to be in government, right?

At this point I'm not even sure he's from Brazil. Or this planet. It's like some zany comedy where a space alien tries to blend in through mimicry, does everything just wrong enough and still ends up being President of Earth.

how the fark is he still in the mix?
don't get me wrong, our glorious leaders are a bunch of embarrassing losers and shiatbags, and this country is making one bad decision after another... but we have ways and means to block a Santos, and someone would.


He could be expelled from the House, but that would require Republican support. The prevailing wisdom is that any GOP candidate running in the special election to replace him would be blown out by voters angry about Santos, so House republicans don't want to do anything about the situation for fear of upsetting their majority
 
ReaverZ
2023-02-03 9:33:21 PM  

Lady J: why is Santos facing fraud charges in Brazil?  where, actually, is he from?
I mean, i don't care about immigration, but you have to be an american citizen to be in government, right?


he could have gotten citizenship later. I sit want to knowmidmhismname is actual George Santos
 
Aussie_As
2023-02-03 9:45:15 PM  
Nobody?

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Crocoduck
2023-02-03 9:46:45 PM  
In his defense, when vetting a lawyer, I don't think I'd think to ask the guy if he had ever conducted a gang execution.
 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 9:49:24 PM  

ReaverZ: Lady J: why is Santos facing fraud charges in Brazil?  where, actually, is he from?
I mean, i don't care about immigration, but you have to be an american citizen to be in government, right?

he could have gotten citizenship later. I sit want to knowmidmhismname is actual George Santos


Say that again in any human tongue.
 
greatgodyoshi [BareFark]
2023-02-03 9:51:04 PM  

iheartscotch: I once mistook Portuguese for Castilian Spanish....mostly because I'd never heard Portuguese spoken before.

/ to be clear, I speak some Latin American Spanish


Portuguese (Portugal, not Brazilian), to me, sounds like a cross between Spanish and something like Ukrainian or eastern European.
 
Mambo Bananapatch [BareFark]
2023-02-03 9:52:03 PM  
Just because a guy is a gang enforcer and executioner doesn't mean he can't be a good lawyer. Frankly I can see an upside to retaining a guy with that skill set.
 
TofuTheAlmighty [BareFark]
2023-02-03 9:57:20 PM  

Weatherkiss: Kumana Wanalaia: Santos doesn't need a criminal lawyer, he needs a criminal lawyer

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No way could Santos retain him - Saul Goodman has standards and appearances to keep
 
Discordulator
2023-02-03 9:58:48 PM  

I hereby demand that I be given a Fark account: Discordulator: Weatherkiss: Lady J: why is Santos facing fraud charges in Brazil?  where, actually, is he from?
I mean, i don't care about immigration, but you have to be an american citizen to be in government, right?

You have to be an American citizen for at least 7 years before you can be eligible to be a House Representative.

Given how he's lied about damn near everything else, has anyone confirmed his citizenship?

All attempts to find out who is responsible for this have resulted in fingers pointed elsewhere.  There doesn't seem to be any investigation into candidate qualification, at any level, at any point.

Doesn't matter.

The House has accepted him as a member, the only way he's out before the end of the term is death or the GQP expelling a member of the GQP.


I agree. Doesn't matter. Should matter, but doesn't matter.

Because there is no government body that investigates this BEFORE the election, either.
 
New Rising Sun
2023-02-03 10:08:54 PM  

greatgodyoshi: iheartscotch: I once mistook Portuguese for Castilian Spanish....mostly because I'd never heard Portuguese spoken before.

/ to be clear, I speak some Latin American Spanish

Portuguese (Portugal, not Brazilian), to me, sounds like a cross between Spanish and something like Ukrainian or eastern European.


You're not alone.  Euro Portuguese has got some middle and back of mouth sounds that are reminiscent of sounds you hear in some of the eastern european languages like Ukrainian...'sh' and 'zh' and an 'R' sound I can't think of how to write out but like if you were at the very start of hocking a lougie or maybe gargling water gently.

It really threw me for a loop the first time I heard it.
 
austerity101
2023-02-03 10:14:27 PM  
As someone with an Azorian background (mother is first-gen American-born), I'm getting a kick out of these takes on European Portuguese. You all aren't wrong--it's just very amusing. 🇵🇹
 
baron von doodle [OhFark]
2023-02-03 10:17:23 PM  

jlee4677: This guy cannot be real, this has to be some avant garde performance artist making a movie or something. This is just too much to be believable.


Mr. Borat Goes to Washington.
 
sotua
2023-02-03 10:18:29 PM  

New Rising Sun: greatgodyoshi: iheartscotch: I once mistook Portuguese for Castilian Spanish....mostly because I'd never heard Portuguese spoken before.

/ to be clear, I speak some Latin American Spanish

Portuguese (Portugal, not Brazilian), to me, sounds like a cross between Spanish and something like Ukrainian or eastern European.

You're not alone.  Euro Portuguese has got some middle and back of mouth sounds that are reminiscent of sounds you hear in some of the eastern european languages like Ukrainian...'sh' and 'zh' and an 'R' sound I can't think of how to write out but like if you were at the very start of hocking a lougie or maybe gargling water gently.

It really threw me for a loop the first time I heard it.


Brazilian Portuguese is best Portuguese.
 
The Irresponsible Captain [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 10:21:06 PM  

Weatherkiss: Lady J: why is Santos facing fraud charges in Brazil?  where, actually, is he from?
I mean, i don't care about immigration, but you have to be an american citizen to be in government, right?

You have to be an American citizen for at least 7 years before you can be eligible to be a House Representative.


Which brings us back to, is he a citizen? Is he really even George Santos?
 
nicholas m schumacher [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 10:29:01 PM  
The outlet reports that Vasconcelos is believed to have paid for the killing. He reportedly went to the mechanic's house with a few other men on the morning of December 3, 2004. Vasconcelos was in the Navy at the time, Folha reports.
After serving five years in prison, he was moved to house arrest in 2009. He started studying law around that time as well.
Last June, Vasconcelos was released.

I mean, it's certainly a strange story for this guy's background, but he's done his time and has a new job, so I wouldn't call him a bad lawyer for it.
 
Slypork
2023-02-03 10:31:59 PM  

jlee4677: This guy cannot be real, this has to be some avant garde performance artist making a movie or something. This is just too much to be believable.


Wait until it comes out that he's related to Andy Kaufman.
 
A Room Full of Angry Raccoons
2023-02-03 10:43:29 PM  

foo monkey: Every time I think this guy can't look softer, we get a picture like this.  It's like he's two degrees from melting.  The Pillsbury Dough Boy this this guy looks squishy.  He's a Yankee Candle left too long in the window display.

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I hope it's the stress of constant scrutiny, nothing funnier than an attention-seeker deciding that they're uncomfortable in the spotlight they've been basking in for so long.
 
Mikey1969 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 10:46:21 PM  

austerity101: iheartscotch: I once mistook Portuguese for Castilian Spanish....mostly because I'd never heard Portuguese spoken before.

/ to be clear, I speak some Latin American Spanish

Portuguese has a more complex phonology than Spanish. As a result, Portuguese speakers can usually understand Spanish somewhat OK, but not at all the other way around.


I tell my wife "If it sounds like Spanish, but doesn't quite seem right, it's probably Portuguese.".
 
Mikey1969 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 10:49:29 PM  
Way back in the olden times, when I worked at a timeshare resort, one of my friends had the weirdest conversation ever.

We had a guest who could understand English, but kot speak it. And my friend could understand Spanish (his language), but not speak it. So I sat there for 5 minutes and watched a person ask questions in one language and get answered in another. Worked wonderfully, but weird as shiat.
 
A Room Full of Angry Raccoons
2023-02-03 10:50:15 PM  

ricochet4: He could be expelled from the House, but that would require Republican support. The prevailing wisdom is that any GOP candidate running in the special election to replace him would be blown out by voters angry about Santos, so House republicans don't want to do anything about the situation for fear of upsetting their majority


Oh well... they elect shiat, they deserve shiat.

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nicholas m schumacher [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 10:52:48 PM  

Mikey1969: austerity101: iheartscotch: I once mistook Portuguese for Castilian Spanish....mostly because I'd never heard Portuguese spoken before.

/ to be clear, I speak some Latin American Spanish

Portuguese has a more complex phonology than Spanish. As a result, Portuguese speakers can usually understand Spanish somewhat OK, but not at all the other way around.

I tell my wife "If it sounds like Spanish, but doesn't quite seem right, it's probably Portuguese.".


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nicholas m schumacher [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 10:54:31 PM  

Mikey1969: Way back in the olden times, when I worked at a timeshare resort, one of my friends had the weirdest conversation ever.

We had a guest who could understand English, but kot speak it. And my friend could understand Spanish (his language), but not speak it. So I sat there for 5 minutes and watched a person ask questions in one language and get answered in another. Worked wonderfully, but weird as shiat.


What, you never saw a Star Wars movie before?
 
nyclon
2023-02-03 10:59:22 PM  

The Irresponsible Captain: Weatherkiss: Lady J: why is Santos facing fraud charges in Brazil?  where, actually, is he from?
I mean, i don't care about immigration, but you have to be an american citizen to be in government, right?

You have to be an American citizen for at least 7 years before you can be eligible to be a House Representative.

Which brings us back to, is he a citizen? Is he really even George Santos?


of course he's a citizen. He married and divorced a woman for $ so she could stay in the country.
 
nyclon
2023-02-03 11:02:51 PM  

austerity101: As someone with an Azorian background (mother is first-gen American-born), I'm getting a kick out of these takes on European Portuguese. You all aren't wrong--it's just very amusing. 🇵🇹


I saw a Brazilian comedian do a routine on how Portuguese sounds like a deaf person. speaking Castilian Spanish. iat was actually pretty funny. Ola!
 
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