George Santos told Brazilian media that he survived an assassination attempt, MSNBC reports

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Business Insider


Hannah Getahun and Matthew Loh Jan 24, 2023, 12:22 AM

NY Rep. George Santos claimed to Brazilian media that he was the victim of an attempted murder.

On the podcast Radio Novela Apresenta, he also said he was mugged in broad daylight on Fifth Avenue.

Santos said he was robbed of his briefcase, watch, and shoes, but did not provide a police report.

Embattled New York Rep. George Santos told Brazilian media in December that he was the victim of a series of crimes, including an assassination attempt and a mugging on Fifth Avenue.

In a clip uncovered by the "Rachel Maddow Show" on MSNBC, Santos tells the podcast Radio Novela Apresenta that his home was vandalized in January of 2021 simply because he was a Republican.

"I'm going to a New Year's Eve party with my husband. We go back to our house, it was vandalized because we were at a Republican Party in Florida in December 2020," Santos told the hosts, according to the Rachel Maddow Show translation. "So that's it. I've experienced vandalism."

Santos then makes another claim: Someone tried to take his life.

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/george-santos-brazilian-media-assassination-attempt-2023-1

[live love laugh]

1. "Embattled" where? Coddled is more like it.

[Mr. Evil]

2. What gives me the impression

that this fact-free colostomy brain used to watch a lot of Bill O'Reilly?

[Solly Mack]

3. And he said he needed and got police protection.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

4. he made similar claims in US

[mwb970]

5. This guy is a one-man screenplay generator.

He missed his calling. With creativity like this he should be in the arts. Not the Congress.

[Harker]

29. He might yet sell his story (stories) to a publisher or film production company.

If there's an advantageous angle anywhere, he'll exploit it.

[KS Toronado]

6. He can provide a police report for proof

he'll just go type one up himself.

[SouthernDem4ever]

20. There is one but it shows he was the victim of a Brazilian wax

This jackass is in charge of making laws for our country?

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Exclusive: Rep. Santos describes assassination attempt, mugging in new video - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017799670

Rachel Maddow shares exclusive video from Republican Rep. George Santos recording an interview with Brazilian podcast Rádio Novelo Apresenta in which he describes being the subject of an assassination attempt and a mugging, and explains his disdain for lying, at least in the context of immigration. - Aired on 01/23/2023.

[Ray Bruns]

17. Was this before or after landing on the moon to discover a cure for cancer?

[Rhiannon12866]

19. He really is getting more bizarre by the day...

[Rebl2]

24. Yep

[AZLD4Candidate]

8. New Flash: George Santos has Superman powers. . .can leap tall responsibility in a single jump

Fights for truth (?), justice (?), and the American way (???????????????????)

[frogmarch]

9. The mugger even stole his shoes!

[ancianita]

10. Trying to set up sympathy in Brazil in case he gets deported, maybe.

Definitely a one man manipulator of media perception. It's almost as if he is an AI generated character in a dystopian game.

[yonder]

11. FWIW, of all the lies he's been inventing lately,

I suppose this could have a kernel of truth, at least by his perception:

He might consider a simple jostle or shove on the subway to be an attempted mugging or getting his finger slammed in a cab door an assassination attempt.

Right? I mean we are talking George Santos here.

[ancianita]

12. So, is he inventing his lies? or believing his lies?

I say he's a liar for hire.

[yonder]

13. Good question. I suppose it has to be created before believed?

Whether created out of thin air or grandly modified from something that actually does happen, something is getting traction for him.

A DU'er today posted something that crossed my mind a few weeks ago: Maybe he's actually pranking folks? For whatever reason, he may be pulling off some monster Jon Lovitz/Andy Kaufman stunt. Punking the public because of some reward somewhere? Keeping the spotlight off the House and its intentions?

Or maybe he can't help himself because of some disorder, in which case he needs to be evaluated and treated.

More likely IMO, he's found a way in his life to defraud people and until now has been successful by flying below the radar and out of the spotlight.

I gotta say I'm just throwing spitballs because I've never seen anything like this unless they're nuts or comedians.

[ancianita]

15. Good look at the possibilities here.

I think we're all throwing spitballs. But here's the thing. We really have seen this before -- look at the groomed delusions that trumcult carry, that FL man himself carries around.

It's collective insanity, and there's no mass therapy for it, just arresting what's criminal, correcting the public's perceptions of these people, and inviting everyone who's sane to get on with the future.

Reminding people to give up this bullshit cover for politics, and help our descendants have a livable future.

[harun]

25. His job is to make the rest of the GOP look better.

[ancianita]

26. And doing a piss poor sophomoric liars' job of it, isn't he. Do you think they think he

makes them look better? I'd say no. To them he's just a tool.

[Turbineguy]

14. He exists to make trump look like an honest man.

We all have our role in life.

[dalton99a]

16. Santos' assassin shouted "Sic semper tyrannis!" Santos replied "Et tu, Bro?"

Thank God Santos was unharmed

[TheRickles]

28. LOL! The situation isn't funny, but your comment certainly is.

[SouthernDem4ever]

18. Hey Kevin, you embarrassed yet?

You should be for not expelling this idiot from your party.

[dembotoz]

21. he should avoid tall buildings

eventually kevins useful idiot will stop being useful

his life actually in some danger might be the first honest thing he said

[Al Gorhythm]

22. Reminds me of Roger Stones auto crash

"Stone claimed it was the second attempt on his life in the past six months. Stone previously claimed he was poisoned with polonium and became ill but recovered."

Birds of a feather.

[PatrickforB]

23. This guy is just like a Trump mini-me. He just opens his mouth, and lies.

What amazes me is that a majority in his district voted him in just because he's Republican without even thinking about what a dirtbag he actually is.

[moose65]

27. Good grief!

If your house is vandalized and you arrive home AFTER the crime, how do you know it was because of your political beliefs? Burglars don't usually leave behind a written motive, do they?

These Republicans are perpetual victims.

[IronLionZion]

30. Character assassination

in his own mind. Alternative facts are the norm for today's GOP

[FakeNoose]

32. Well he did that to himself

Nobody held a gun to his head and told him to lie.

I think the way to get him kicked out of the House is to demand that he prove that he's really "George Santos." The voters of New York elected "George Santos" and there's no proof that it's his real name. He should at least show his U.S. Passport (a current one) and prove that he's a US citizen and that's his real name.

The first clue: he probably can't do it.

[Javaman]

31. I bet! any pea shooter is a lethal weapon around him. LOL nt