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Rep.-elect Santos is now lying about which lies he told, and the big questions aren't going away [1]
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Date: 2022-12-28
Speaking to the aforementioned RJC after the elections, he really leaned in:
x "Shabbat Shalom. My name is George Santos." Lee Zeldin "really paved way for all of us in NY...Lee has served as inspiration, as friend & a leader for the Jewish folks in Congress...for all of us in this room, at one point being just 2 members. Now we're going to be 3"
11/19/2022 pic.twitter.com/Xn8Ws3D7bL — Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) December 27, 2022
Santos also claimed his grandparents were Holocaust survivors, which is both gross and unambiguously a lie. No wonder the RJC is saying “He deceived us and misrepresented his heritage” and “will not be welcome at any future RJC event.”
This particular Santos lie is entirely debunked at this point. There are still big questions about some of the others, and the biggest one remains just how a guy whose claims about significant assets and personal wealth all turn out to be lies was able to lend his campaign up to $700,000. One possibility, raised by Democratic campaign operative Chris Walsh in a Twitter thread digging into Santos’ FEC filings, is that … he didn’t. That his official federal campaign filings are full of lies, too.
x 🧵Being the person that I am (weird), I decided to my time off to dive into George Santos' FEC reports to get a better understanding of how he spent his $$$, especially the $700k that he "loaned the campaigned." Note I don't think he actually did. Here is what I found: — Chris Walsh (@chriswalsh1754) December 28, 2022
Walsh’s discoveries include broad strokes like the campaign spending more on fundraising than advertising and specific eyebrow-raising expenditures like these:
x 286 Uber and 123 Delta transactions are just insane. The Ubers were in addition to several expenses for owning a car. Also, how many flights is that?!?! Again, moving on. — Chris Walsh (@chriswalsh1754) December 28, 2022
x "Here are some of my favorite expenditures:
1. He spent over $5,500 on clothes
2. Almost $2k on what I can only imagine are Mets tickets
3. Bro paid for a Clear airport pass with campaign funds
4. A lunch at Bergdorf Goodman???
5. $2.5k at Fogo De Chao, in Orlando..." pic.twitter.com/FfUjipXS3p — Chris Walsh (@chriswalsh1754) December 28, 2022
If the FEC was worth a damn, it would be digging into this right now.
Here’s how bad Santos is at telling the truth or getting people to continue overlooking his lies: He made Tulsi Gabbard look good.
x "These are blatant lies and it draws into question how your constituents and the American people can believe anything you may say on the floor of the House -- Tulsi Gabbard actually did an impressive job grilling George Santos, who was clearly flustered pic.twitter.com/o5Ps6CdWKf — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 28, 2022
The really special thing here, though, is that none of this is likely to matter a bit. It would take a lot of Republican votes to kick Santos out of the House, and they will not do that as long as they need him to maintain their majority.
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