Sons of Trumpism

Created
Sat, 18/02/2023 - 01:00
Updated
Sat, 18/02/2023 - 01:00
Yes, he’s a Republican. You had to ask? For ye have the poor always with you, Jesus said. Now, maybe COVID. And Trumpism? It won’t be going away anytime soon. Even if he does. Jesus taught that we should love our neighbors. Trump taught disciples they could lie shamelessly and get away with it. The lesson took. Freshman Rep. George Santos (R) of New York may have lied to voters about 95 percent of his resume. The hammer is yet to come down for that. Meantime, he holds a seat in Congress. Freshman Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R) of Florida variously described herself as Middle Eastern, Jewish or Eastern European when she served at Whiteman Air Force Base in Warrensburg, Mo., per friends’ accounts to the Washington Post. She did not at that time identify as Hispanic, they say. Her last name then was Mayerhofer. A Christian, Luna told Jewish Insider in November that she was “raised as a Messianic Jew by her father.” Also, “I am also a small fraction Ashkenazi.” Except three members of her extended family told the Post her father was Catholic. Her late grandfather, Heinrich Mayerhofer, relatives said, served in the Wehrmacht as a teenager. The conservative congresswoman’s resume may not be so much fabricated as liberally padded. Which brings us to freshman Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee. He’s now receiving scrutiny from a Nashville TV station: If you believe Middle Tennessee’s newest congressman, he’s not only a businessman, he’s also an economist, a nationally recognized…