This will see him gone long before the FEC catches up with him

off to the abatoir

Congenital liar Santos stole GoFundMe money from a dying dog

Yesterday there was a report by Patch about what may be the lowest of lows for George Santos. It’s the story of Richard Osthoff, a disabled veteran who was living on the street in New Jersey with his service dog Sapphire. The dog had been given to him by a veteran’s charity group. In 2016, Osthoff discovered that Sapphire had a growing tumor which would cost $3,000 to remove surgically. Osthoff didn’t have the money but was given a tip that there was a charity that could help.

His name was Anthony Devolder, and his pet charity was called Friends of Pets United, the vet tech told him.

Anthony Devolder is one of the names that Long Island Rep. George Santos used for years before entering politics in 2020…

After Santos set up the GoFundMe page in early May 2016, he became hard to contact, Osthoff said.

“I only talked to him two or three times on the phone,” Osthoff said, guessing that over half of the donations came from people he knew. On June 30, 2016, he posted on Facebook: “We made the goal, and then some.”

And that’s when things changed. Santos told Osthoff that he would need to bring Sapphire to a veterinarian in Queens. He did that but when he arrived the office told him they couldn’t operate. And after that he only had one more conversation with Santos/Devolder by text.

On Nov. 13, 2016, in texts Osthoff showed Patch, he urged Santos to let him take Sapphire to another vet, saying “My dog is going to die because of god knows what.”

Santos replied, “Remember it is our credibility that got GoFundme […] to contribute. We are audited like every 501c3 and we are with the highest standards of integrity.”

I know whenever I think of George Santos I think of the highest standards of integrity. Of course this was another lie. Santos’ charity was not registered as a nonprofit so he wasn’t being audited by anyone.

Osthoff had Sapphire euthanized in January 2017, 8 months after the GoFundMe had raised money for her surgery. Osthoff raised the money for the euthanasia by panhandling. As for Santos, he disappeared and the money with him. The GoFundMe page is long gone and doesn’t appear in the Internet Archive.

Over the years, I’ve observed that acts of cruelty against animals stir up far more public opprobrium and hatred than even the worst cases of child abuse, let alone bad acts against adults. Santos’ lies about who he is, what he’s accomplished, and who funded his campaign will be as nothing compared to this, and his new constituents will soon be howling for his blood.