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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

1/20/23 Weekly Roundup: Santos Steals Money from Disabled Veteran, CNN Defends MLK Statue, Men Cutting Back Work Hours, CSPAN Full Time Control of House Cameras, Single Woke Democratic Female Voting Bloc, James Li On World Economic Forum

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

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Society & Culture, Government, News, Politics, Philosophy

4.310.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Krystal and Saagar bring the news!

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0:25.1

Well just as we got the news that Republicans did indeed decide to seat George Santos on committees,

0:30.1

we are also learning courtesy of patch.com allegations that he took money that was intended

0:37.0

to help a disabled veteran whose dog was deadly ill and has since passed away.

0:43.8

The veteran has told patch basically that what happened was he had a sapphire, this puppy

0:50.1

who was in need, the dog who was in need of a $3,000 surgery.

0:53.9

The vet tack pulled him aside and said, hey, I know this guy who can help you.

0:58.4

The guy turned out to be by the name of one of George Santos' aliases.

1:04.2

Santos allegedly took the $3,000 close to the account and never gave that money to the

1:09.4

disabled veteran in question.

1:11.7

The dog, as I mentioned earlier, passed away, Ryan.

1:16.5

Anytime somebody gets caught in a cycle of bad press, some folks will try to throw everything

1:20.2

at the wall and see what sticks.

1:24.6

Former college roommate, whatever.

1:26.8

This has been blown up into a huge media story.

1:29.4

I think it's newsworthy for sure.

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