It’s not a straightforward time for Rep George Santos to be posting photos of his canine on the web.
Mr Santos, who’s accused of mendacity about his background and is underneath federal investigation over his monetary dealings, was accused of stealing dogs in Pennsylvania’s Amish County in 2017 after he bought dogs from numerous breeders with unhealthy checks.
After allegedly making out unhealthy checks totaling $15,125 for “puppies,” Mr Santos held an adoption occasion at a pet retailer in Staten Island. Politico reported that he was finally in a position to get the theft cost dismissed and his document expunged by claiming that somebody had stolen his checkbook.
Mr Santos can be accused of stealing $3,000 from a GoFundMe drive meant to fund lifesaving surgical procedure for a service canine. So, when Mr Santos posted an {photograph} of his personal canine in a cone on Twitter on Monday, individuals weren’t so charitable of their commentary.
“As cruel as these cones can be they are for the best,” Mr Santos wrote. “My four legged lamp aka Aurora is recovering from her surgery. 9 years strong!”
“I’d consider sitting out tweeting about dogs’ health issues,” the journalist Aaron Rupar replied.
Plenty of different replies got here flooding in. Some informed Mr Santos that even he deserves a canine’s love whereas different individuals mentioned that they’d somewhat have the canine representing them in Congress. Mr Santos has resisted all requires him to resign his seat within the House regardless of the myriad allegations and investigations he’s going through.
The New York Times on Monday that Mr Santos’ congressional marketing campaign didn’t account for greater than $365,000 in spending — an unusually excessive quantity for congressional candidates. Mr Santos’ employees declined to touch upon the story; the identical day, the congressman posted his tweet.
“You forgot to put a GoFundMe up to steal from,” Nancy Lee Grahn wrote in response to the tweet.
Mr Santos, a Republican, represents a New York district in Congress. He’s additionally going through allegations of legal exercise in Brazil.
