It was all bad for Olympic skier Gus Schumacher to give his perspective as the committee considered the impact of climate change on the recreation industry. Schumacher tried to fend off what Kennedy asked which should have been a no brainer for this guy since he's up there sitting being asked as an expert of the left so the interrogation which began with a question about what carbon dioxide is was answered this way! 'I'm not a professional to talk about carbon dioxide so much.' Clearly this answer explains all the issues facing todays leftist idiots... I mean young people. But as John Kennedy demanded an explanation about the gas's role in climate change.
Member The House Democrats presented the young skier as an 'expert witness' as the Budget Committee considered the effect of climate change on the recreation industry But Schumacher, 23, struggled in a series of excruciating exchanges, claiming that the 0.04 percent of CO2 in the atmosphere was a 'huge part.' He also refused to explain his calls to abolish the police and claims that the war on drugs was designed to jail black people. The excruciating exchange continued with Schumacher insisting carbon dioxide is a 'huge part of our atmosphere', before Kennedy pointed out that it accounts for 0.04 percent. 'Well, okay. But, yeah. I don't know,' the skier admitted. Democrats invited US Olympic skier Gus Schumacher to the Budget Committee to answer questions on 'Recreation at Risk: The Nature of Climate Costs'
Democrats invited US Olympic skier Gus Schumacher to the Budget Committee to answer questions on 'Recreation at Risk: The Nature of Climate Costs' The 23-year-old said climate change has 'dramatically altered the conditions for winter sports' Introducing the hearing, Senator Whitehouse praised the quality of the 'highly credible witnesses' the committee had heard from. 'We have heard warnings from economists, scientists, medical professionals, insurance and investment executives, even a former Republican Senate Majority Leader. They warn of danger ahead.' But there was danger ahead for Schumacher as he tried to fend off Kennedy's interrogation which began with a question about what carbon dioxide is. 'I went to high school, but carbon dioxide is a gas,' the skier told him 'I'm not a professional to talk about carbon dioxide so much. But Kennedy demanded an explanation about the gas's role in climate change. 'Carbon dioxide is, what I see it as, you know, a gas that exists in our atmosphere,' Schumacher explained.
'Is it a major part of our atmosphere?' Kennedy asked innocently.
'It's a huge part of our atmosphere,' the skier insisted.
'It's a very small part of our atmosphere,' the Senator pointed out.
'Well, okay. But, yeah. I don't know. What are you asking specifically?' Schumacher replied.
But the skier slipped over in the face of questions from Republican Senator John Kennedy 'You said we need to reduce carbon emissions,' Kennedy reminded him, 'I'd like to know first if you know what it is.' Schumacher, who competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics, insisted he had seen 'climate change dramatically alter the conditions for winter sports,' during his decade or so on the slopes. Kennedy was keen to test his expertise on other issues he had weighed in on including a 2020 retweet claiming the 'war on drugs was intentionally created to incarcerate black people en masse'. 'Who intentionally created the 'war on drugs' to put black people in jail?' Kennedy demanded. Schumacher said he did not remember the tweet, adding: 'I'm here as an athlete giving you my story of what I've seen in my field.' The senator then asked about a tweet calling for the police to 'abolished' and replaced with a new service. 'You think we ought to abolish the police?' Kennedy asked.
'Should we do that before or after we get rid of fossil fuels?' 'I'm not going to address that,' the skier replied. Footage of the head-clutching exchange left viewers baffled as to why he had been invited with some suggesting he should stick to what he knows. 'I just like play in the snow and I like noticed the snow wasn't so snowy anymore,' tweeted one. 'It's sad this fella went to the Senate to speak about Carbon dioxide and it's effect on the environment and he has no clue,' added another. 'He thought it would be fun to go advise the Senate on an important issue. That fun ended at Senator John Kennedy,' wrote a third.
Schumacher (right) was invited to speak by Democrat Budget Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse (left) and appeared alongside Hilary Hutcheson, a fishing guide and outfitter from Montana And the young skier appeared unfazed about his mauling at the hands of the veteran senator Schumacher deleted the X account from which the senator quoted at Wednesday's hearing. And though some compared him to the gormless surfer Jeff Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemount High, the young Alaskan did not seem fazed by his mauling at the hands of the Republican Senator, insisting it had been a 'huge honor'. 'I don't pretend to be an expert, but I'm using my platform to elevate the issue!' he wrote on Facebook. 'I hope that my testimony has made an impact on public officials making policy decisions.'
OK So the New York Rep. George Santos was just expelled from the House Today Friday Dec 1st 2023 in a historic vote following a House Ethics Committee investigation into alleged fraud perpetrated by his campaign after months of scandals around the freshman Republican lawmaker. Following the release of the ethics report last month, Santos, 35, said he would not seek reelection to the Long Island-area seat he won in 2022. The congressman, however, said he would not resign because if he did, the “bullies” would win. “I will not stand by quietly,” Santos said on the House floor Thursday. “The people of the Third District of New York sent me here. If they want me out, they’re going to have to go silence those people and take the hard vote.”
There were 311 votes to remove Santos, with 114 voting against and two voting present. Santos grabbed his coat and left the floor before the vote had concluded. One hundred and five Republicans voted to boot Santos, and 112 voted for him to remain. Reps. Bobby Scott of Virginia and Nikema Williams of Georgia were the only two Democrats to vote against expelling Santos. When asked for his reaction following the result, Santos said, “It’s over. What reaction?” Asked if he would use his privileges as a former congressman to visit the House floor in the future, he replied, “To hell with this place.” There were reports Friday morning that Santos might survive, but in a letter to his colleagues, Ohio Republican Rep. Max Miller claimed that Santos had defrauded both Miller and his mother by charging campaign contributions to their personal credit cards. Rep. David Joyce told CNN that Miller’s message resulted in some GOP members voting against Santos.
Santos survived one expulsion attempt last month, as an effort pushed forth by other New York RINO Republicans fell short, with some legislators expressing concern about setting a precedent of removing a colleague from office before they’ve been formally convicted of a crime. Sound familiar? Seems like these NY losers in charge love to hurt people who have not been convicted of any crime but don't go after real criminals anymore. Remember when the Asians in NY were getting punched, and they blamed "White people" and it turned out it was all done by crazy mostly homeless BLACK people in NY. The NY people in charge don't care about facts, trials, and innocent til proven guilty in a court of law.
So while he's not even been on trial or convicted a number of votes were expected to flip against him after the congressional report found he had spent campaign money on things like Botox, luxury shopping and the adult content website OnlyFans. Which begs the question why isn't there a trial first before you say he's guilty? Funny how the gay loving left is against him because he's a gay republican! I thought the left loved all gay people the same? lol Guess not... Just like they do to Black and Latino minorities they don't care about anyone but claim they do just to get votes and stay in power.
Following the vote, Santos’s seat will be immediately vacated and the already slim Republican majority under House Speaker Mike Johnson will narrow further. A special election to fill his seat in the competitive district will likely happen within three months. Johnson and other members of GOP leadership, including Steve Scalise and Elise Stefanik, voted against the expulsion. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul posted to social media that she was "prepared to undertake the solemn responsibility of filling the vacancy in New York’s 3rd District. Yeah cause that crazy freak is sane, and cares about NY. (I'm being sarcastic here...)
The people of Long Island deserve nothing less,” presumably a reference to formally scheduling the special election. Marcus Dunn, Santos's chief of staff, told reporters that there will be staff in the office to handle constituent services like passports and immigration. That personnel will report to the House clerk. Dunn added that someone will come by to take down Santos’s name outside his former office.
Before Santos was even sworn in, a steady stream of media reports began last December revealing that he had misled voters about nearly every aspect of his life during the campaign. Included in the lies put forth by Santos are his religion (he said he was Jewish and his grandparents had escaped the Holocaust before saying he was Catholic but “Jew-ish”), his educational background (he lied about attending both New York University and Baruch College, saying he was a star volleyball player at the latter), his employment history (he said he worked at Goldman Sachs when he had not) and the death of his mother (Santos said she had died in the Sept. 11 attacks, but she died in 2016 and was not in the United States on 9/11). The North Shore Leader, a Long Island outlet, reported during the campaign that Santos had filed his disclosure 20 months late and with an “inexplicable” rise in his net worth to $11 million.
Santos has also been alleged to have stolen money from a GoFundMe that was meant to help the dying dog of a military service member and was accused of writing bad checks to dog breeders in Pennsylvania, charges that were eventually dropped. One job he actually did have was with Harbor City Capital, which has been accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of operating a Ponzi scheme. Santos also said that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema told him to hang in there during the 2022 State of the Union address, which the Arizona senator’s office told Yahoo News was a lie. In May, Santos was charged with 13 counts that included wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and lying to the House of Representatives. Santos pleaded not guilty and called it a “witch hunt.”
In October, the Justice Department charged him with 23 counts tied to campaign fraud, putting forth allegations of “stealing people’s identities and making charges on his own donors’ credit cards without their authorization, lying to the FEC and, by extension, the public about the financial state of his campaign. Santos falsely inflated the campaign’s reported receipts with nonexistent loans and contributions that were either fabricated or stolen.” That trial is set for next year. Again sound familiar?
