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Miles Archer

(20,574 posts)
Sat Oct 18, 2025, 10:20 PM Saturday

How pathetic is it that a guy like Ari Fleischer ends up being the voice of the Republican party's "conscience?"

I haven't had my nose glued to the news all day, so maybe there is a sitting member of Congress who called Trump's commuting of Santos' sentence bogus. If it happened, I didn't see it. But I DID see THIS from Ari Fleischer:

Trump just made a huge mistake in releasing a Republican from prison, according to former George W. Bush administration White House press secretary Ari Fleischer.

Fleischer, a Fox News contributor who served as press secretary under then-President George W. Bush from January 2001 to July 2003, chimed in over the weekend after learning that Trump commuted the sentence of disgraced ex-GOP representative George Santos. Santos not only was found to have lied to voters about his background, but also to have committed wire fraud and other felonies.

"Why? This is a mistake," Fleischer wrote on social media over the weekend. "Wire fraud and identity theft are serious crimes."

Fleischer then added, "There is nothing about Santos that suggests he deserves this, especially after serving only three months."

https://www.rawstory.com/fox-news-2674212106/
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How pathetic is it that a guy like Ari Fleischer ends up being the voice of the Republican party's "conscience?" (Original Post) Miles Archer Saturday OP
Seems like Ari hasn't been paying attention. spanone Saturday #1
At this point, what WON'T Trump do? Haggard Celine Saturday #2
Ari flyswatter UpInArms Saturday #3

Haggard Celine

(17,494 posts)
2. At this point, what WON'T Trump do?
Sat Oct 18, 2025, 10:43 PM
Saturday

He seems like he's sticking his toe in the water right now, but I think he will only escalate until he's stopped.

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