Posted on 12/15/2023 3:03:05 AM PST by cotton1706
George Santos was a constant headache for Republicans, starting when he was exposed as a con man shortly after winning a Long Island Congressional seat a year ago.
That continued until this month, when he was expelled from the House after publication of a searing ethics report.
But the mood among local Republicans is likely to shift now that they’ve found what appears to be a dream candidate for the Feb. 13 special election to succeed Santos.
Mazi Melesa Pilip, 44, is a two-term member of the Nassau County Legislature whose life comes out of central casting.
She was born in a poor village in Ethiopia where no house had running water.
She left for Israel at age 12 as a refugee in a program that rescued 14,000 black Jews living under an oppressive dictatorship.
At age 18, she signed up as a paratrooper in the Israel Defense Force.
After completing her service she earned a master’s degree in diplomacy and security from Tel Aviv University.
While there she married a fellow Jewish student whose family had emigrated to Israel from Ukraine and in 2005 came with him to the United States, where he completed his medical studies to become a cardiologist.
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The squad ain’t gonna like her....
An antidote for AOC.
I don’t really care about someone’s ethnic background. Getting rid of Santos was a bone head move even for the Republican Party , it should have been up to the voters to get rid of him (or at least wait till he had a fair trial).
As if there wasn’t enough Mossad influence in Congress already...
The move to dump Santos began under the leadership of SOTH McCarthy! All republicans ought to be heaping praise on Matt Gaetz right about now.......
New York Republicans choose Mazi Melesa Pilip to run for George Santos’ seat
Tried picture.
Hello anyway
Larry
couldn’t they have found an American to run?
The Santos expulsion would be a bit more palatable if the standard was applied to Democrats as well. New Jersey Democratic Sen. Menendez has been indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges. Serious stuff. Yet he still sits in the Senate.
And now a word from John Fetterman (of all people):
“Senator Menendez needs to go, and if you are going to expel Santos, how can you allow somebody like Menendez to remain in the Senate?”
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/01/fetterman-menendez-santos-expulsion-00129697
Another dual citizen, joy.
they are already calling her a Mazi...
This woman has seven children. Inspiring background. A real momma bear.
Ok...any skeletons in her closets...or her husband’s?
Any canidate Mudoch’s NY Post pushes, I don’t want.
Santos should not have been removed without a conviction.
Israel/Ukraine connection? Talk about perfect timing.
Along with the never-happy foot stompers, some of which are posting to this thread.
Never mind that, she’s an enrolled Democrat.
“...(or at least wait till he had a fair trial).”
Agreed.
From the get-go, Santos was scum. There’s no doubt (from my limited reading) that he’s guilty of a number of the crimes he committed.
Having said all that, the House GOP should have waited ‘til he was at least found guilty by a jury of his peers. THEN the House would have had sufficient grounds for expulsion.
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