EXCLUSIVE: Ritchie Torres and Dan Goldman have made a sport out of tormenting George Santos.
As New Yorkers, they are particularly frustrated that Santos has been a distraction and embarrassment for the state’s delegation in Congress.
From Washington to New York, a number of operatives have been chattering about how the two Democrats have harnessed the seemingly inexhaustible power of the Santos scandal cycle to afford themselves an expanded platform. “What they're doing is what smart politicians do,” the operative said. “They look at the news cycle, see what it’s giving them, and figure out how to relate and build some capital for themselves off that news cycle.”
But pressure campaigns can work in ways that are hard to quantify, and it’s true that the two Democrats have employed creative and headline-grabbing methods of keeping consistent scrutiny on Santos, McCarthy, and GOP leadership.
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