GOP in Chaos as George Santos Scandal Gets Crazier, Greene and Boebert Fight: A Closer Look

-Well, the collapse of the Republican Party that began with the humiliating vote of the party president is getting

crazier

and

crazier

. Two members of Congress, Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene, reportedly got into a shouting match in a bathroom; serial liar George Santos faces calls from his own party to resign; and, just in time to calm things down, Donald Trump is preparing to rejoin Facebook and Twitter. To learn more about this, it's time for "A Closer Look." ♪♪ ♪♪ In November, Republicans had one of the worst results for an opposition party in decades, and after the results came in, everyone started turning against each other and, surprisingly, against Donald Trump. -Donald Trump kept saying: "We are going to win so much that we will get tired of winning." I'm tired of losing.

I mean, that's all he's ever done. -Look, I don't think he can win in November 24. -Trump is the past. -He is fading rapidly. He is a proven loser. He cost us the House in '18. He cost us the White House in '20. he cost us the Senate again and again. And I think we all know that and I think we're overcoming Trump. -First of all, it should be easy to overtake Trump, since he moves at the speed of a smoking glacier in the middle of a wind storm. Remember when he used to lumber around the debate stage like a zombie who forgot what he was supposed to do?

He was right in the middle of something. What... Oh, right. Eat brains! Even when he was president of the United States and actually had important places to be, he just wandered around slowly in circles, like a guy with a metal detector on the beach who then loses it. That's why... That's why you need the second metal detector. The metal detector detector. Trump is somehow extremely slow and also incapable of sitting still. At least, when Joe Biden finds himself wandering aimlessly, he stands still... ...trying to figure out what he was supposed to be doing. He just freezes like a possum turning on the motion sensor lights in the driveway. "Do you, uh, move the trash cans?" Alright, let's see here.

We're just starting our "Closer Look" and that's... Let's see, that's Trump at the debate, that's Trump wandering across the lawn, and that's Biden frozen on the stage. And, as we call it here on "Late Night", classic triple videos! Plus, it's a good thing Republicans have finally learned how to hurt Trump's feelings: just call him a proven loser. It's one thing to call him a loser. Anyone can do that. But "proven loser" is a good expression. It's like something they'd put in a bottle of Trump brand diet pills. That being said, the last person I want to hear from now is this guy, Paul Ryan.

You guys remember him, the guy who

look

s like Eddie Munster worked at the Heritage Foundation. He was speaker of the House for the first two years of Trump's presidency and happily joined forces with Trump when it was convenient for the Republican Party. Sorry, but you can't get rid of Trump now, you know? That's easy for you now. That's like taking Tom Brady off your fantasy team this week. You're not brave, friend. So Republicans are turning against Trump and declaring, unequivocally, that Trump is in the past, which means it's the perfect time for Trump to return to Facebook and Twitter. -Preparing a return to the White House, former President Donald Trump is preparing a return to his Facebook and Twitter accounts.

With access to his Twitter account restored, the Trump campaign is formally asking Facebook's parent company to unlock his account there after it was locked in response to the US Capitol riot two years ago. . -Trump's team is reportedly planning his return to Twitter and even working on what his first tweet will be. -That's right, Trump's staff is supposedly working on ideas for his first tweet. Did they forget how his tweets work? No matter how crazy they were, they were immediately lost in the story when he wrote the following tweet of his. "This tweet is the craziest I've ever read!

Wait. This new tweet is the craziest I've ever read! Wait." But I think it's great that Trump's team is sitting around brainstorming ideas for his first tweet. I hope they are really pulling all-nighters and taking weeks to craft the perfect message that will appeal to voters across the political spectrum, do extensive market research, test it with the public, rewrite it, proofread it, and then present it to Trump. , just so he can say: This is great, guys, but I'm going to follow up with... It's so... It's so sad that they had to give it a second "D." Now, if this is true, the timing of Trump's return couldn't be worse for the Republican Party, given that they are already at odds with each other, and Trump forcing himself back into the spotlight will only make things worse.

Trump is not the one he brings in to alleviate the situation. He would be a terrible hostage negotiator. I don't think you have the guts to kill them. Let go. It's my megaphone now. You brought me. The Republican Party's in

fight

ing has become so bad that even former allies are now bitter enemies, like Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene, who were once friends but were on opposite sides of the speaker

fight

. Boebert and Greene reportedly got into a heated argument in the Capitol bathroom while all the speaker vote drama was unfolding. -New details of a fight in the bathroom in the middle of the speakers' fight.

According to The Daily Beast, Marjorie Taylor Greene, once a staunch critic of Republican leadership, was on the brink of a fight amid the marathon voting. Greene reportedly yelled at her colleague and former friend Lauren Boebert, a McCarthy opponent, in a bathroom just off the House floor. -Well, I guess that answers the riddle 'What's worse than Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert fighting?' Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert fighting in an echoing room. Do you know who I am? Am?! Am?! Am?! Am?! Am?! Marjorie Taylor Greene strikes me as the kind of person who would wait in the bathroom until she heard someone talking about her and then kick the door open like a cowboy breaking into a tavern.

Oh, do you think I'm much? So, that's where we are now. The Republican Party is embroiled in a messy and very public civil war, and to make matters worse, they're also having to deal with the fallout from a truly dizzying

scandal

involving another of their disgraced members, a guy supposedly named George Santos. who was just elected from New York's 3rd District on Long Island. As you may have heard, Santos is a serial liar who has been caught making up virtually every detail of his life story. Every day we learn that something else about him was a lie, and now he faces growing calls from almost everyone, on all sides of the political spectrum, for him to resign. -It seems like every day we learn something more about the life of George Santos that simply isn't true.

Now, he's accused of stealing funds from a homeless veteran's dying dog and lying about his mother being a 9/11 survivor. -Santos has admitted... and... -There are an astonishing number of fantastic stories that George Santos has told over the years. He said he contracted a severe case of COVID early, even though he appeared on television four days later. He claims to be a "proud American Jew" whose parents fled Hitler, even though he is actually Catholic and has no Jewish ancestors, as far as we can deduce from the records. He said he owned 13 different properties, when he has never owned them. -This is the same George Santos who said that he worked at Goldman Sachs, which was a lie; him who said he worked at Citigroup, which he didn't, meaning that was a lie too.

He is the same George Santos who lied about the high school he attended in New York and the college he said he graduated from. He said he was Baruch College and graduated in economics and finance. He did not do it. Also allegedly stolen by George, according to these two men, was this Burberry scarf that George wore to a pro-Trump rally in Washington, D.C. -More questions are being raised about New York Congressman George Santos, including whether that is his real name. A former roommate of the freshman congressman had this to say: -I've always known him as Anthony Devolder.

I never knew him as George Santos. -That's right, George Santos lied about so many things, that we don't even know if his real name is George Santos, which, in a way, is not surprising. I mean, just

look

at him. He looks like he's wearing a shitty "The Americans" costume. His lies have been so numerous and fantastic that it is impossible to keep track of them. He even lied about being a college volleyball star, something the chairman of the Nassau County Republican Party revealed at a press conference last week, where he called on Santos to resign, prompting the other Republicans gathered behind him.

They would laugh at how absurd it was. -He told me, I remember specifically, I'm a bit of a sports fan, that he was a star on the volleyball team and that they won the league championship. What can I say? -You have to love New York politics. Even our leaders tackle damning

scandal

s as if they were doing a one-man show at Carolines. He told me that his mother was Italian, his father was Jewish, and that he was in therapy. What can I say? That's how ridiculous this scandal is. Even they can't help but laugh, and how can you not?

You claim to be a star volleyball player, at Baruch College no less? A public university in New York City, not exactly known for its volleyball program. It's a pretty incredible lie. Like I don't even see how that lie is designed to help you. "We need a candidate to run in the 3rd district." I only have the boy. Baruch College volleyball star. I can not lose! Also, I'm pretty sure he played quarterback with Sarah Lawrence. All of this has become a nightmare circus for Republicans. Santos cannot go anywhere in the capital without being surrounded by journalists who block his every move, ask him if he plans to resign and, each time, he ducks into an elevator to avoid questions. -Thank you so much guys. -Why don't you answer our questions, congressman? -Congressman, he seems to be dodging questions -Don't the American people deserve to know some answers? -about your finances and about your background. -Congressman, have you spoken with President McCarthy? -Does he plan to resign? -Congressman, what about committee assignments? -Excuse me.

Excuse me, please. -Do you think you are qualified? -Excuse me. -To serve in Congress? Are you going to give any statement soon? - -Guys, we're going to need a little... we need a little space here. -How is it possible that you can do your job with this whole terrible experience - the New York Republicans - hanging over your head? -They are calling you a disgrace. Won't you resign? -What is your answer? -Forgive me. -What is your answer? -Excuse me guys. -To the New York Republicans? -The congressman is trying to get into the elevator. Forgive us. -Man, what would this guy do without elevators?

He will have to live in one. When he comes in, he probably just presses all the buttons. I have offices on every floor. "Shut up, George!" Also, check out this move from the reporter who jumped in front of Santos before he could get into the elevator. She literally... She literally did a pick-and-roll on a member of Congress. And she remembers, he is an athlete! -This is what happens when you are a Trump party. You attract scammers like George Santos. They have failed in three consecutive elections. They spent a week humiliating themselves in the most chaotic speaker vote in a century.

Two of their craziest members got into a fight in a bathroom. Two others fought on the House floor. And yet another has lied about virtually every aspect of his life. And now, Trump is ready to return to Facebook and Twitter, which will only make things worse. Republicans are going to spend the next two years facing each other like they're on... -The volleyball team. -This has been "A

closer

look." ♪♪ ♪♪