{"id":135429,"date":"2022-12-29T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=135429"},"modified":"2022-12-28T20:15:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T01:15:04","slug":"congressman-elect-lies-about-well-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=135429","title":{"rendered":"Congressman-elect lies about..well everything"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Congressman-elect George Santos (R-NY)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is stolen valor adjacent. He didn’t so much steal any military valor, but he’s certainly stolen a lot from the suffering of the Jewish People.<\/p>\n

George Santos, a Republican out of Long Island, won an upset victory against an incumbent Democrat. Of course, nobody in the media looked into any of his claims until well\u00a0after\u00a0<\/em>it would have done something to affect the electorate. Namely that he lied about his education, his work history, his heritage, and probably everything else too.<\/p>\n

Breitbart<\/a> has several reports on the matter;<\/p>\n

The New York Times examined the narrative Santos, 34, presented to voters during his successful campaign for a congressional district that straddles the north shore suburbs of Long Island and a sliver of Queens.<\/p>\n

The Times uncovered records in Brazil that show Santos was the subject of a criminal investigation there in 2008 over allegations that he used stolen checks to buy items at an clothing shop in the city of Niteroi. At the time, Santos would have been 19. The Times quoted local prosecutors as saying the case was dormant because Santos had never appeared in court.<\/p>\n

Santos continued to deny that he was being sought by authorities in South America.<\/p>\n

Democrats pounced, calling Santos a serial fabulist and demanded he voluntarily not take office.<\/p>\n

In an interview with the New York Post earlier this week, Santos apologized for his fabrications but downplayed them as \u201csins\u201d over embellishing his resume, adding that \u201cwe do stupid things in life.\u201d<\/p>\n

He admitted to lying about working for Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, as well as having earned a degree in finance and economics from Baruch College in New York.<\/p>\n

Beyond his resume, Santos invented a life story that has also come under question, including claims that his grandparents \u201cfled Jewish persecution in Ukraine, settled in Belgium, and again fled persecution during WWII.\u201d<\/p>\n

During his campaign, he referred to himself as \u201ca proud American Jew.\u201d<\/p>\n

He backtracked on that claim, saying he never intended to claim Jewish heritage, which would have likely raised his appeal among his district\u2019s significant ranks of Jewish voters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am Catholic,\u201d he told the Post. \u201cBecause I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was \u2018Jew-ish.\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And here<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Rep.-elect George Santos, R-N.Y., admitted Monday that he lied about his job experience and college education during his successful campaign for a seat in the U.S. House.<\/p>\n

In an interview with the New York Post, Santos said: \u201cMy sins here are embellishing my resume. I\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also told the newspaper: \u201cI campaigned talking about the people\u2019s concerns, not my resume\u201d and added, \u201cI intend to deliver on the promises I made during the campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

The New York Times raised questions last week about the life story that Santos, 34, had presented during his campaign.<\/p>\n

The Queens resident had said he had obtained a degree from Baruch College in New York, but the school said that couldn\u2019t be confirmed.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Santos acknowledged: \u201cI didn\u2019t graduate from any institution of higher learning. I\u2019m embarrassed and sorry for having embellished my resume.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI own up to that. \u2026 We do stupid things in life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Santos had also said he had worked for Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, but neither company could find any records verifying that.<\/p>\n

Santos told the Post he had \u201cnever worked directly\u201d for either financial firm, saying he had used a \u201cpoor choice of words.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sounds like he’ll fit in perfectly in D.C. None of them ever tell it straight and truthful either. Another article I can’t find immediately said he had a dog and cat charity that may or may not have been legit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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