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The George Santos scandal.

Tangle

Isaac Saul

International News, Politics, Election, Nonpartisan, Us Politics, Local News, News Commentary, Biden, Us Senate, Independent, Us News, Congress, Trump, News, Us House Of Representatives

4.8672 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Rep. George Santos (R-NY). In the November election, Santos flipped New York's 3rd District red, defeating Democrat Robert Zimmerman. But the newly elected member of the House is now facing increasing pressure to resign after revelations that much of what Santos told the public about his life was untrue or cannot be verified. Plus, a question about the word "woke" and what it really means.

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Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tangle podcast, the place we get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking without all that hysterical nonsense you find everywhere else.

1:02.2

I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we're going to be talking about George Santos, the newly elected Republican congressman who, I guess you could say he's making

1:14.0

a name for himself with some lies, some fibs, some fabrications on his resume.

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Before we jump into his story, though, I have two things I want to say. First of all,

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