The Government Gays of It All (George Santos and Senate Twink)
This week I am deep diving into two pieces of Gay Government news because these girls just cannot keep themselves out of Poppington!
The George Santos of It All Part ???
I’ve written extensively about George Santos in my short tenure of this new iteration of Poppington. He is a former Republican House Representative for New York. He was ousted for ethical violations, which essentially come down to allegations of mismanaging funds and fraud. He’s also known to lie about himself, claiming to have degrees from schools he never attended, that his mother died in 911, and so much more.
Most recently, George Santos was interviewed by Ziwe. True heads remember back in the day when I recapped Ziwe’s Instagram Live versions of Baited before they became a Showtime show and the Big Cultural Phenomenon that they have grown to be.
In this interview, Ziwe was as pointed and intentional as ever. She asked George Santos about his time as a drag queen—which he insists was for ONE day only when he was eighteen. She asked him if he knew who Harvey Milk or James Baldwin were and he didn’t. He said Marsha P. Johnson was very respectable when asked about her.
Santos was very playful with Ziwe, even joking that he would need her signature later when they discussed her autographing a copy of her book for him. He was also so completely himself it was scary. He continued to lie, denying that he’d ever said his mother died in 911 (which is something we have recorded evidence of) or that his grandparents survived the Holocaust. When confronted further about this and questioned if politicians should use terror for political gain, he said, “that’s what politicians do…Look at all these politicians. They’re hacks. They’re not doing anything other than lying to you. If a politician’s mouth is moving on Capitol Hill, they’re lying.” He then made the distinction that he’s not a politician, just a former public servant who worked in the government.
Santos called out several politicians, Republican and Democrat alike, for also being thieves and fraudsters, saying “if you were to put them under the same scrutiny I was put under, you would vacate the whole building.” Who’s a fraud in his eyes? Kevin McCarthy, Lindsay Graham, Bob “Gold Bar” Menendez, and Dan Goldman (who apparently owes $180,000 worth of rent according to Santos.
He clarified the holding the baby incident, saying that when he said the baby wasn’t his yet, he just meant that he wasn’t a parent yet. He does, however, hope to one day have a kid and raise them to be “better than him,” which is actually really sweet???
And the most iconic moment? When Ziwe asked Santos how to get him to go away. His response was simple, “when you stop inviting me to stuff.” And he is so right. We’ve given him the attention he craves and we’ve inflated his celebrity and notoriety. We’re in a prison of our own design. (Sure, I did this with my tens of readers).
I can only really give a highlights reel, so take a look for yourself below.
The Senate Twink of it All
And now for even more deranged news, a Senate staffer for Senator Ben Cardin was exposed from his Insta Close Friends as having filmed gay sex in the Senate Hearing Room.
The image that set it all ablaze is below. I tried to figure out how to make it hideable for like forty minutes and was unsuccessful. Sorry :(
The twink in question is Aidan Maese-Czarposki. He was a legislative aide, which I’m told is quite a low-level position. I pride myself on knowing very little about DC, so I’ll take my source’s word for it.
The image has been screenshotted to hell, so for those who can’t make out the text, it reads “In this very room: Sonia Sotomayor had her confirmation hearing; James comey testified on Russian interference in the 2016 elections; Aidan got some thick German sausage & a jager sauce finish.”
I mean…this is tough stuff. On the one hand, damn man you can’t do that at any job, let alone your literal government job. On the other hand…if you could do this and face no consequences, tell me you wouldn’t. Lie to me.
But of course, we don’t live in a world where this has no consequences. Senate twink was unceremoniously doxxed, with people sharing the following screenshots of his Venmo history. (As I type this I wonder if I, too, am part of the problem…oh well! Something for the therapist).
There was pretty immediate outrage to it. And then there was backlash to the backlash, with people saying dragging the twink for this was slutshaming. I’m not sure that it is slutshaming to say someone should maybe not post about them having sex at their restricted access job site, but it’s certainly heartless to bring up any person’s Venmo history.
In all of this, there was near radio silence about the top, the “German sausage” haver. And then gay Twitter got to work and identified him pretty readily. His name is Georg Gauger, a staffer for the German Government studying at the Elliot School of International Affairs (at George Washington). (Note: I have half a mind to call up an acquaintance who recently graduated from the same program as him to see if I have one degree of separation from Senate Top).
Senate Twink has been rather quiet since all of this went down, even through his firing, in which it was revealed that his social media habits were known to be iffy at best and that staff had even asked him to tone it down.
Georg Gauger, has sort of embraced his identity as Senate Top. That’s actually his name on Twitter currently. He did recently post a meme about getting deported, so I hope that’s just a meme and not a reflection of his current situation.
The whole thing is just soooooo. Like, everyone is acting like this is some horrific violation. But the thing is. The entire US government is built on characters who profit off of unwell behavior. If it’s not a staffer having sex, it’s a Representative talking about “Jewish lasers,” or a literal insurrection, or someone testifying about the existence of aliens, or the sitting president falling, or a former president showing up to give a speech at the wrong Four Seasons. Our government is so unserious. Like, let the twink live.
And of all people to be self-righteous about it, of course it’s our queen George Santos.
Like be serious, Georgie! You are a disgrace and you have the gall to call him a messy bottom!
Oh and btw, Ziwe has started following Senate Twink on Twitter. So maybe she’ll interview him too!
I’m trying to gather my thoughts around the political circus and I just can’t do it. This is exhausting. And what a shame that gay people had to get dragged into it like this.
Anyway, I’ll subscribe to Senate Twink and/or Senate Top’s OFs if they ever make ‘em. And for better or for worse, I’m keeping my finger on the George Santos pulse. And I’m trying to make sense of it all. The political theater sure ain’t Broadway, I’ll tell ya that.