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nightwing1240

(1,996 posts)
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 07:48 AM Dec 2022

George Santos breaks silence amid mounting allegations he misrepresented his rsum [View all]

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The Times report, published on Monday, found that Santos may have misled voters about his college graduation, his criminal and employment history, his family-owned business, his animal rescue charity and his relationship with four victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla.

Joseph Murray, an attorney for Santos, released a statement saying his client “represents the kind of progress that the Left is so threatened by — a gay, Latino, first-generation American and Republican who won a Biden district in overwhelming fashion by showing everyday voters that there is a better option than the broken promises and failed policies of the Democratic Party.

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The statement — which ended with a quote erroneously attributed to Winston Churchill — did not directly address the allegations that appeared in the story in the Times.

Meanwhile, the Daily Beast reported Thursday that Santos, who was celebrated by the GOP as the first openly gay non-incumbent Republican elected to Congress, “appears to be the subject of a previously unacknowledged Sept. 2019 divorce with a woman in Queens County, New York.”

Less than two weeks after his divorce was finalized, he filed the official paperwork to launch his unsuccessful 2020 congressional campaign, the Daily Beast said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/george-santos-breaks-silence-allegations-misrepresented-biography-resume-205645344.html
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Damn, has this idiot lied about his sexual orientation too? Talk about a real loser.

*edited to include link

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