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Is George Santos Capable of Ever Telling the Truth?

It sure doesn’t look like it.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readFeb 10, 2023
George Satos via Alex Brandon/AP

Here’s the thing…it’s in the nature of an American politician to lie, right? They all do it, and we know that. Even the ones you genuinely like are going to lie to you about something, big or small. The reality is we’re living in a political climate that has been designed by the donor class to incentivize people who are comfortable with that to succeed.

But…New York Representative George Santos has obviously taken it to an entirely different level.

Where do you even begin? The lies about his high school background? Is it the lies about his college background? The lies about his work experience? The lies about his family history? The lies about his race? The lie that he lost four employees in the Pulse Nightclub shooting?

It’s gotten so bad, that 78% of his voters want him to resign.

Ben Kamisar with NBC News writes:

“The vast majority of voters in a new poll of embattled New York Republican Rep. George Santos’ district want the congressman to resign amid the litany of scandals and revelations he misled voters about his biography.

Seventy-eight percent of voters in the state’s 3rd Congressional district want Santos’ resignation (including 89% of Democrats…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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