Who is George Santos, anyway?
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 19 January 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Who is George Santos, and why does it seem as though everyone on Capitol Hill is talking about him? Today, we have the story of the embattled lawmaker and why some voters in his district want him removed from his seat.
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Freshman Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) has an interesting biography, littered with untruths. He claimed he had worked for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. He said the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks claimed his mother’s life. And he mentioned that four of his employees died in the 2016 Pulse nightclub massacre. These were just a few of the claims Santos made that were discovered to be fabrications.
Post reporter Camila DeChalus spent time with Santos’s constituents in New York’s 3rd Congressional District. Some voters said they wanted him gone from his seat in the House. DeChalus breaks down how that might — or might not — happen.
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| 0:17.1 | Right now, it seems like there's still a lot to discover about Congressman George Santos. |
| 0:23.3 | So George Santos is a Republican lawmaker who represents the New York Third District, |
| 0:29.2 | which comprises of some parts of Long Island and Queens. |
| 0:34.2 | Camila DeShallas has been covering the Congressman. She says George Santos won his seat because |
| 0:39.6 | on the campaign trail, he ticked several boxes for voters. When he was running for office, |
| 0:45.0 | he really boasted about his background on finance and he told people that he was an openly |
| 0:52.8 | gay Republican going out and wanting to really represent people in this district. |
| 0:57.6 | And that really allured people. I mean, he had a lot of people in the Republican Party really backing |
| 1:02.0 | his run for office and then also residents that really rallied behind him just given his background. |
| 1:08.3 | All of this made George Santos feel like a unicorn in the Republican Party. |
| 1:12.9 | But a lot of the things he told people on the campaign trail have unraveled pretty quickly. |
| 1:19.1 | When he ran for office, he said that he was businessman, that he worked for a city group in Goldman Sachs. |
| 1:25.2 | And he listed off a number of his achievements and even a charity that he started to help animals. |
| 1:30.7 | And it was revealed after he was elected into office that a lot of the things that he said he did |
| 1:37.6 | was not true. |
| 1:41.6 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports. I'm Elahe Izadi. It's Thursday, |
| 1:48.2 | January 19th. Today, the talented Mr. Santos and his many fabrications. |
| 1:58.0 | Camila talks with my co-hosts, Smart Team Powers, about these scandals. They are causing big |
| 2:02.8 | problems for people in Congress and for the people in the district, Santos represents. |
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