When people ask me why I'm a Democrat, I always say that it's because the Democratic Party is the party of helping people. Rep. Jamie Raskin continues to prove me right, because when Republican Rep. George Santos sent out his "Dear Colleague" letter to "express his gratitude" to his fellow representatives for failing to muster the votes to expel him from the House, Raskin rose to the occasion.
Knowing that Santos' office had just suffered a terrible setback when his only available proofreader had to flee the building after (by Santos' telling) a rampaging bear burst out of the heating ducts, interrupting an in-office volleyball game that Santos was definitely winning, Raskin stepped in to give Santos' letter the editing the fabulist congressman’s remaining staff was unable to provide.
From Politico's Nicholas Wu:
We're not going to fault Santos for not knowing how to spell "principles," since those aren’t something that come up in the Santos office very often. It was probably a worse mistake for Santos to not date the letter, though. Without a date, how will future readers know which expulsion vote Santos is referring to here? It's pretty clear that there's going to be more than one!
Raskin had two helpful notes for Santos. "P.S. It's not shameful to resign" was the first. The second:
See there? That's why I'm a Democrat. Seeing a fellow member of Congress in distress, Raskin takes time out of his day to provide free proofreading, offer counseling, and give a few words of advice for the future. He's helping, and that's what Democrats do.
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Knowing that Santos' office had just suffered a terrible setback when his only available proofreader had to flee the building after (by Santos' telling) a rampaging bear burst out of the heating ducts, interrupting an in-office volleyball game that Santos was definitely winning, Raskin stepped in to give Santos' letter the editing the fabulist congressman’s remaining staff was unable to provide.
From Politico's Nicholas Wu:
We're not going to fault Santos for not knowing how to spell "principles," since those aren’t something that come up in the Santos office very often. It was probably a worse mistake for Santos to not date the letter, though. Without a date, how will future readers know which expulsion vote Santos is referring to here? It's pretty clear that there's going to be more than one!
Raskin had two helpful notes for Santos. "P.S. It's not shameful to resign" was the first. The second:
See there? That's why I'm a Democrat. Seeing a fellow member of Congress in distress, Raskin takes time out of his day to provide free proofreading, offer counseling, and give a few words of advice for the future. He's helping, and that's what Democrats do.
RELATED STORIES:
New York House Republicans pretend to get tough with fabulist Santos
Rep. Santos faces new charges he stole donor IDs, made unauthorized charges to their credit cards
Ex-treasurer for Rep. George Santos pleads guilty to conspiracy, tells of bogus loan and fake donors
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