Rep. George Santos apparently can't stop lying: here's 8 lies he spouted

Newly elected Rep. George Santos (R-Lawn Guyland) has done it all and been it all, and almost all have been lies. Here's a short list of his lies:

1. He lied about where he went to high school. He claimed he attended Horace Mann School in the Bronx during his first year of high school but had to leave the private academy due to his immigrant parents by which he explained, "my parents fell on hard times, which was something that would later become known as the depression of 2008. The thing is, a spokesperson for the school said there was zero evidence he ever attended in the first place. In reality, he got a GED later on. 

2. He said he obtained a degree in economics and finance from Baruch College in New York in 2010, meaning that he would have made it through a 4-year degree program in just 2 years if he actually graduated from Horace Mann in 2008. But alas, there is no record of Santos being in the class of 2010, and no record of him being a "star" volleyball player on the Baruch team. He also said he spent some time at New York University but the school could not corroborate his story, which he later admitted to being a lie and never actually graduated any institution of higher learning. 

3. He never worked for Goldman Sachs or Citigroup as he claimed. 

4. He never funded an animal charity but his campaign bio said he ran a foundation called Friends of Pets United, which rescued 2,500 canine and feline critters between 2013 and 2018. Nah. There were no IRS records or even a social media account for the organization in either New York or New Jersey where he said it operated. And The Times reported that the organization did hold one fundraiser with a rescue group in New Jersey in 2017 and Santos charged $50 entry. But the group that held the event said it never received any funds and that Santos made up a few excuses for why he did not have the money. 

5. Santos became the first openly gay non-incumbent Republican elected to Congress. His campaign bio talks about his husband with whom he lives with on Long Island with their four dogs. But he never campaigned with his "husband," and believe it or not, even the Daily Beast could not find a marriage record in New York, but in 2019, Santos did indeed end a marriage in Queens, but it was to a woman. So he lied about being gay. 

6. He claimed the September 11, 2001 attacks "claimed [my] mother's life." But on December 23, 2021, he claimed it was the fifth anniversary of his mother's death and this was confirmed by her obituary. He said that his mother "was in her office in the South Tower on September 11" and "passed away a few years later when she lost her battle to cancer." Fifteen years = a few years? Also, there is no record his mother suffered from the well-documented health problems associated with the toxic debris that followed the attacks nor was there any evidence she was at the World Trade Center on 9/11. 

7. His grandmother was not his Bube. She was not Jewish nor fled the Nazis in WW2. According to genealogy records reviewed by CNN and the Forward, grandma never made it there. Indeed, there is no sign of Jewish nor Ukrainian heritage nor indication of any name changes along the way from the war. But the Santos name is common among Catholics from Brazil, where his parents were from.

8. He told WNYC in an interview that he "lost four employees" in the Pulse nightclub shooting in 2016. Again, none of the 49 dead at the Orlando club worked at any of the companies he pretended to work for as mentioned in his bios.

Santos is now being investigated by the Nassau County DA's office and the New York State Attorney General's office, as well as federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York. They are, in part, planning to look into his finances, including his unusual financial disclosures and the loans be made himself while running for the House.

Soon after being sworn in, Campaign Legal Center, a non-profit, also filed an official complaint with the Federal Election Commission, claiming Santos illegally used campaign funds for personal expenses like his rent.

Meanwhile, in beautiful Brazil, officials there are reopening a case against Santos regarding his alleged fraudulent checks from 2008 and intend to seek a formal response. If he does not hire a local defense attorney, he could be tried in absentia; if found guilty, he could face up to five years in prison.

If the GOP doesn't ditch this guy, the Party may very well be embarrassed by him in the future.

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