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| Incoming GOP House Rep Apparently Fabricated His Life Story |
| 2022-12-21 |
| [ZERO] Incoming Republican New York Congressman George Santos appears to have presented voters and the public at large with a personal history that's positively riddled with falsehoods, according to a damning exposé from The New York Times. For starters, Santos claimed that he earned degrees in economics and finance from Baruch College and New York University. However, when the Times inquired, neither school was able to locate any record of this attendance. After securing his degrees, he supposedly became "an associate asset manager" in Citigroup's real estate division, according to a biography on his campaign website. A Citi spokeswoman not only told the Times that Citi couldn't confirm he'd worked there, but that his claimed job title wasn't familiar either -- and Citi sold its asset management division in 2005. His shiny campaign resumé also included a claimed stint at Goldman Sachs. If you've picked up on the pattern, you've already guessed -- correctly -- that Goldman Sachs couldn't find any record of his employment. Santos said he was the founder and leader of "Friends of Pets United," a supposed tax-exempt organization. While the Times found some traces of the organization on Facebook, the IRS found no indication it held tax-exempt status, and neither New York nor New Jersey officials could find records of such a registered charity. It just keeps gets better: Friends of Pets United held a joint $50-a-head fundraiser, but the event's beneficiary says she never received a dime -- just excuses from Santos on why the money wasn't coming through. During the same period as the purported pet philanthropy, Santos was the subject of an eviction suit, where was accused of owing $2,250 in rent. Two years later -- in 2017 -- he was again the target of an eviction claim, this time allegedly owing more than $10,000. Eviction was ordered, and Santos was fined more than $12,000. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #17 So few self made men like Santos these days. |
| Posted by: Whusoger Shavish7113 2022-12-21 21:46 |
| #16 I noticed here in L.I that there were a few dem candidates whose signs said "Common Sense Democrat". or something along those lines. |
| Posted by: Omiting Theting7288 2022-12-21 19:17 |
| #15 I noticed here in L.I that there were a few dem candidates whose signs said "Common Sense Democrat". or something along those lines. |
| Posted by: Omiting Theting7288 2022-12-21 19:17 |
| #14 The fact all these lefty papers missed the boat is the biggest clue this guy is a plant. If he was a real republican, the papers would have been giving him daily anal probes. The fact they are acting "surprised" tells me that this is planned and they are just pretending to now have noticed. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2022-12-21 18:24 |
| #13 Interesting the NY Times didn't dig this up prior to election day. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2022-12-21 17:00 |
| #12 From his Wikipedia Article: " He has described himself at various points as a nonobservant Jew and as a Catholic.[1] The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) reported in December 2022 that regarding Santos's Jewish background, "there's little to suggest truth beyond his own past comments"; while Santos has said that he shares his "mother's Jewish background beliefs", the JTA reported that his mother's online obituary had no reference to "any Jewish background", and that his mother's first name and surname, Fatima Devolder, commonly have Catholic origins.[26][c]" Phew! Even though he claims to be one of ours, I guess he ain't. |
| Posted by: Penguin_of_the_Desert 2022-12-21 12:49 |
| #11 A rebuttal for the "Voting is the answer." crowd. |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2022-12-21 10:50 |
| #10 Fabricating his entire background = the perfect Democrat candidate. Silentbrick's got this guy dead to rights. |
| Posted by: Raj 2022-12-21 10:50 |
| #9 False flag operation? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2022-12-21 10:47 |
| #8 Hey. It works for Brandon! |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2022-12-21 09:27 |
| #7 He strove for a seat in the House of Lies. He should excel there. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-12-21 09:22 |
| #6 I'm not buying it. His fabrications HAD to be known. He got a pass because he loves farm animals. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-12-21 08:41 |
| #5 amazing that his opponent didn't do minimal opposition research fun fact: in that election (district in Long Island and part of Queens), both candidates were self identified as gay |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2022-12-21 08:35 |
| #4 George’s grandparents fled Jewish persecution in Ukraine, settled in Belgium, and again fled persecution during WWII. They were able to settle in Brazil, where his mother was born. His father, who comes from Angolan roots, was also born in Brazil. Both his mother and father legally immigrated to the United States in search of the American dream, where they began their new lives on the foundations of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. |
| Posted by: Omiting Theting7288 2022-12-21 08:28 |
| #3 He sounds like he may be an upgrade over my actual Congressman. I like the fact that he doesn’t take no for an answer. Instead he just totally fabricates a yes condition. Based on that alone he ought to be up for the chairmanship of several committees. I can see him getting bi-partisan support to chair Ethics from jump street. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-12-21 05:05 |
| #2 How much you wanna bet that in three months he switches parties cause he's a plant? |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2022-12-21 04:25 |
| #1 He'll be in good company in Washington. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-12-21 02:12 |