Please Stop Paying George Santos for Clout

This holiday season, why not give that special someone something truly timeless: a recording of a disgraced congressman performing for your ironic viewing pleasure. Thanks to the magic of Cameo, a video platform that allows users to pay celebrities for custom messages, and the indefatigable American spirit of grift, you can commission a 30-second video of the recently expelled Representative George Santos telling you to “let the haters hate.” It costs $500.

Since joining Cameo a week ago, Santos—just the sixth person in history to be expelled from the House of Representatives—has made six figures recording these videos, far outearning his congressional salary. They’re frequently ridiculous. In one, he; in another, he’s along to Taylor Swift. ’s campaign Santos for a video to post to his social-media accounts. The late-night host Jimmy Kimmel a series last week called “Will Santos Say It?” People are it all up: “Turned out two videos in about 10 minutes in different locations with different outfits,” reads one review on Santos’s Cameo page. “George Santos is the hardest working man in America.”