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Screenshots Live Forever, as Santos Is Now Finding Out

Patch.com unearths old social media posts, comments, including one that jokes about Hitler

(Newser) - George Santos has identified as a "Latino Jew," "clearly Catholic," and, famously, "Jew-ish," but whatever he actually is wouldn't excuse what the Anti-Defamation League is calling "deeply offensive" social media remarks he apparently made that have recently been unearthed. Former friends and...

GOP Senator Comes Up With Colorful Insult for Santos

John Kennedy calls fellow Republican a 'bunny boiler,' a reference to 1987's 'Fatal Attraction'

(Newser) - Rep. George Santos has been rather busy since the 118th Congress convened on Jan. 3, though not all with duties related to his new role as a US congressman. He's mainly been playing defense against his ever-evolving laundry list of lies , the barbs of late-night comedians , and allegations of...

George Santos: Actually, That $625K Wasn't Personal Funds

More questions swirling around campaign financing

(Newser) - The latest issue regarding George Santos to have come under scrutiny: What's the origin of the more than $700,000 loaned to the campaign of the newly elected GOP congressman from New York? In filings with the Federal Election Commission from April 2022 and later in 2022, the Santos...

Santos Reacts to Late-Night Impersonations of Him

NY congressman especially didn't seem to like Jon Lovitz's impersonation on Fallon's show

(Newser) - Late night has definitely been going to town on George Santos , the rookie New York congressman who's played fast and loose with several facts both before, during, and after his campaign for the US House of Representatives. Comedian Bowen Yang channeled Santos on Saturday Night Live over the weekend,...

SNL Has a Lot of Fun With George Santos

Show mocks new congressman in the cold open as well as on Weekend Update

(Newser) - It didn't take long for Saturday Night Live to go after truth-challenged congressman George Santos. With cast member Bowen Yang portraying the Long Island Republican, the show mocked his lies in both the cold open and later during Weekend Update.
  • Cold open: Yang as Santos appeared as a sideline
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Veteran of Congress: No Way Santos Can Function


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A GOP Veteran of Congress Says Santos Has to Go

Former Rep. Peter King says the serial fabricator cannot possibly be effective in the House

(Newser) - Lots of people think George Santos ought to resign from Congress because of the seemingly unending series of deceptions attributed to him (the latest involves a dying dog ). One person who might have better perspective than most is Peter King, who served in Congress for nearly three decades and...

Veteran Says Santos Scammed GoFundMe for His Dying Dog

'NYT' says Santos lied about mother being in New York on 9/11

(Newser) - In one of the more shocking allegations yet against Rep. George Santos, a disabled veteran in New Jersey says Santos set up a GoFundMe fundraiser for his dying service dog—but never turned over the $3,000 it raised. Richard Osthoff tells Patch.com that he was homeless and living...

Greene, Other Right-Wing GOPers Picked for Committees

Greene will sit on Oversight, Homeland Security panels if OKed; Gosar, Santos also selected for seats

(Newser) - It's been noted that Marjorie Taylor Greene is vying for more of a power position within the Republican Party, and it looks like she just made some headway. The Hill reports the Georgia congresswoman was selected Tuesday by the GOP-led House Steering Committee to sit on the Homeland Security...

McCarthy Says Santos Will Be Seated on Committees

He says concerns about embattled lawmaker will go through House ethics process

(Newser) - Rep. George Santos will be seated on House committees despite being entangled in numerous controversies, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy confirmed Tuesday. "We will be done with all committees today—he will get seated on committees," McCarthy said of the freshman Republican lawmaker, per the Guardian . Santos, who has...

Santos' Troubles Now Take On a Russian Twist

Link emerges between NY congressman and CEO Andrew Intrater, cousin of sanctioned oligarch

(Newser) - George Santos has been under the microscope ever since reports began emerging about his various fabrications, and the most recent development won't ease pressure on the freshman New York congressman. A week after a watchdog group filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Santos, claiming multiple...

George Santos Reveals What It Will Take for Him to Resign

He'll only do so if the same 142K people who voted for him tell him to go

(Newser) - As the George Santos story just continues to get wilder , the just-sworn-in congressman from New York finally offered to resign, under very specific circumstances. The representative initially told NBC News Thursday, "if 142 people ask for me to resign, I will resign." But his fellow Republican lawmaker, Matt...

Santos: I Was Volleyball Star at School I Didn't Attend

Beleaguered congressman made the claim to Nassau County GOP as a candidate

(Newser) - George Santos didn't just lie about attending Baruch College—he made himself an elite student and a fictional volleyball star there. The New York Times has more details on the new New York congressman's web of lies , including a copy of the two-page resume he submitted to the...

NY Republicans Urge Santos to Step Down

McCarthy says Santos won't be seated on any top committees

(Newser) - Republican leaders in Long Island say they no longer want to be associated with Rep. George Santos. A group of senior Republicans from the state urged Santos to step down Wednesday, saying he ran a campaign based on lies, Reuters reports. "He’s disgraced the House of Representatives, and...

Santos Accused of Multiple Campaign Finance Violations

Watchdog group says he appears to have concealed true source of campaign funds

(Newser) - People familiar with the Rep. George Santos saga will not be surprised to learn that he is being accused of lying extensively about his campaign finances. A complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission on Monday by an ethics watchdog group accuses the freshman Republican lawmaker of a long list...

George Santos Issues a Memorable Line

'You can't make this crap up' GOP lawmaker-elect accused of lying says as House votes on speaker

(Newser) - Despite calls from Democrats (and even some Republicans ) for Rep.-elect George Santos to consider resigning his new post after accusations he's lied about his career and personal life, the embattled GOP lawmaker showed up Tuesday for the first convening of the 118th Congress, with the House gathered...

C-SPAN Showing Us What We Normally Can't See

Network has been able to capture the goings-on all throughout the House chamber, a rarity

(Newser) - C-SPAN generally makes for pretty dull viewing, except for the wonkiest of political fans. But the ongoing Kevin McCarthy speakership votes in the House have changed that dramatically, if temporarily. As New York magazine puts it, what viewers are seeing amounts to "C-SPAN gone wild." Or as CNN...

Lawmaker: It's Killing Me That a 'Con Man' Gets My Seat

Tom Suozzi wonders how George Santos will be able to function in Congress

(Newser) - Lots of people are unhappy that George Santos, who has been caught lying about nearly every aspect of his background, is being sworn into Congress on Tuesday. That includes fellow Republicans, notes Politico . But one person in particular has more reason than most to vent—Democrat Tom Suozzi, the New...

Brazil Gives George Santos Bad News

It's reopening the fraud case against him

(Newser) - On the eve of George Santos getting sworn in to Congress despite the massive controversy swirling around him, more bad news for the representative-elect. Santos, who is already being investigated by both local and federal prosecutors after questions were raised about alleged lies he told while campaigning, will now also...

'Nobody Can Verify' Santos' Claims on Mom's 9/11 Death

She died in 2016 and there's no evidence she ever applied for compensation

(Newser) - Some are now questioning whether George Santos exaggerated—or possibly outright lied—about the death of his own mother. In a tweet Wednesday, journalist Yashar Ali drew attention to two tweets from Santos in 2021, one that said 9/11 claimed his mother's life and another that reflected on the...

Prosecutors Open Investigation of Santos' 'Stunning' Lies

'If a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute it,' says Nassau County DA

(Newser) - US Rep.-elect George Santos of New York was under investigation by Long Island prosecutors on Wednesday after revelations surfaced that the now-embattled Republican lied about his heritage, education, and professional pedigree as he campaigned for office. Despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office, Santos has shown...

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