George Santos is set to be sworn into Congress this afternoon amid roiling controversy regarding a string of falsehoods and fabrications he told about himself to propel his congressional campaign. Here's a list of lies, who's investigating and more.
that it wanted to endorse a Republican but instead picked his opponent Robert Zimmerman. It went on to call Santos “bizarre, unprincipled and sketchy” and dubbed him “Scam-tos.” But their reporting went largely unnoticed. Following all the revelations about Santos, the publication ran another op-ed titledChristina Greer, an associate professor of political science at Fordham University, said the situation makes everyone look bad.
“It’s embarrassing for the Republicans, but it’s also embarrassing for the Democrats. I think there should be questions about New York state Democratic leadership across the board,” Greer said. “At what level or levels did this ball get dropped?” In an interview with Jay Jacobs, the head of New York state’s Democratic Party, Jacobs defended the party’s handling of the congressional race, saying oppositional research had dug up some inconsistencies about Santos’ involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots., said the research had raised some concerns about Santos’ biography, but wasn’t able to paint the full picture that the Times had.
“Opposition researchers are not investigative journalists, they’re not private eyes,” he told Gothamist. “A campaign can’t hire a genealogist and dispatch people to go to Brazil.” Zimmerman said his campaign had a hard time convincing national outlets that the race was competitive and merited further scrutiny.
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