The many lies of George Santos

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🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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George Santos is supposed to become a member of Congress this week. We still have no idea who he is. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Serena Solin, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The question recurs upon the election of a speaker.
0:04.8	Representative Kevin McCarthy continued his bid to be speaker of the House today.
0:09.4	He still hasn't gotten the 218 Republican votes that he needs.
0:13.4	Sure.
0:14.4	It looks messy, but democracy is messy.
0:17.4	Democracy is messy.
0:19.4	Spy, by design.
0:22.0	It's an embarrassment for the Republican Party.
0:24.0	This is the first time such thing has happened in 100 years.
0:27.7	And it has overshadowed another arguably historic embarrassment.
0:31.7	Do you feel like you're qualified to serve in this Congress right now?
0:35.2	That of Congressman-elect George Santos of New York.
0:38.4	You can say to reassure your constituents that you'll be...
0:40.8	A man who lied about his education, work history, religion, real estate holdings, charitable
0:46.2	giving, Hawaiian vacation, and about his mom.
0:49.9	But the election of a fabulous tells us about America in 2023 coming up on today's
0:54.9	late.
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