George Santos: Snatch Me If You Can with Jon Lovett and Monét X Change | 37

The Big Flop

Wondery

Society & Culture, Comedy, Business

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

US Congressman George Santos was an inspiring embodiment of the American dream. A son of immigrants who worked his way through the finest universities, rose through the ranks of Wall Street and started his own successful business before winning an election. Only catch? Almost none of it was true. Santos lied, schemed and embezzled his way into Congress until the world caught on and his career vanished in a haze of Hermès garments and Only Fans subscriptions.

Monét X Change (RuPaul's Drag Race) and Jon Lovett (Pod Save America, Lovett or Leave It) join Misha to gab about the talented Mr. Santos.

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0:00.0	Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to the Big Flop early and ad-free.
0:05.3	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:14.6	Welcome to the 2023 State of the Union address.
0:23.7	Joe Biden is about to deliver his second State of the Union speech,
0:27.8	and as usual, there will be plenty of quips to warm up the audience of senators and representatives.
0:45.7	But the real joke tonight is freshman congressperson George Santos, duly elected by New York's third district.
0:47.4	George, who's been caught lying about everything from his family's background to his own
0:53.7	financial situation and even his
0:56.6	collegiate volleyball career is currently ignoring calls for resignation. He's been labeled by some
1:04.7	as a con artist, a fake, a fabulous. But this hasn't kept him away from tonight's event. As Biden makes his way to the podium
1:14.4	shaking hands with supporters, George stands creepily close to the president. This way, everyone on TV
1:23.9	will see how important George is, the ultimate publicity stunt.
1:30.3	But then, Republican Tisk-Tisker, Mitt Romney, decides to pipe up.
1:36.2	Romney tells George, you shouldn't be here, and later calls him a sick puppy.
1:42.9	Bam! That'll shame him.
1:45.9	George dashes off a tweet.
1:48.2	Hey, at Mitt Romney,
1:50.2	just a reminder that you will never be president.
1:54.9	Maybe so, but soon, George will be one of the only representatives
1:59.7	to ever get expelled from the United States Congress.
2:09.6	My name is George Santos. Only in this country can the little boy born in a basement apartment
2:16.4	in Jackson Heights, Queens,
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