If George Santos Were a Black Man…

…He wouldn’t have gotten past the ‘competent’ vetting and scrutiny of the Democratic Party in NY…

“In politics, opposition research (also called oppo research) is the practice of collecting information on a political opponent or other adversary that can be used to discredit or otherwise weaken them. The information can include biographical, legal, criminal, medical, educational, or financial history or activities, as well as prior media coverage, or the voting record of a politician. Opposition research can also entail using “trackers” to follow an individual and record their activities or political speeches.[1]

The research is usually conducted in the time period between announcement of intent to run and the actual election; however political parties maintain long-term databases that can cover several decades. The practice is both a tactical maneuver and a cost-saving measure.[2] The term is frequently used to refer not just to the collection of information but also how it is utilized, as a component of negative campaigning.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_research

Apparently, competent opposition research is nonexistent in the NY Democratic Party infrastructure.

However, white privilege seems to have  a free hand and appears to be running rampant among those who ought to have exposed Santos for what he is before he was able to perpetrate an electoral fraud by lying about who and what he is…

A black man could never have gotten past the vetting and the scrutiny that would have been reflexively heaped on him from the very outset…

As far as I’m concerned, the NY Democrats blew a golden opportunity and are possibly more to blame for the Santos debacle than their Republican counterparts.

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