The American People Are Too Dumb To Understand My Real Story

Every clip in this thread is truly just bonkers.

Santos says the lies in his résumé — which he calls “embellishments” — are “debatable” and he *would* explain it but it would “go over the heads of the American people.” https://t.co/WxzwxE8j2f

— Gabe Fleisher (@WakeUp2Politics) December 28, 2022

"These are blatant lies and it draws into question how your constituents and the American people can believe anything you may say on the floor of the House -- Tulsi Gabbard actually did an impressive job grilling George Santos, who was clearly flustered pic.twitter.com/o5Ps6CdWKf

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 28, 2022

I’m seriously wondering if, even in this House, he’ll be allowed to be sworn in. MTG is backing him,

Marjorie Taylor Greene falsely claimed George Santos is the “first openly gay Republican elected.”

Fact check: Steve Gunderson (R-WI), who won re-election in 1994, was first openly gay Republican to be elected to Congress. https://t.co/1jwmK760Gi

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) December 27, 2022

but unless she can get McCarthy elected Speaker (signs point to “No”), her clout is going to diminish rapidly. And if the GOP degenerates into in-fighting, a moderate Speaker is likely, and tolerance for Santos is…not likely. And his argument that nobody can understand his recondite reasoning? Yeah, not how you win friends and influence people.

Yes, he has repeatedly claimed he's not "Jewish," he's "Jew-ish."

Astounding. https://t.co/MNN2llevXv

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 27, 2022

🚨 Scoop from @jacobkornbluh: Congressman-elect @Santos4Congress told reporters yesterday that he's "clearly Catholic," but in documents we just uncovered he refers to himself as a "proud American Jew." https://t.co/jFLkK03hwZ @gr_ashford @migold @ccampy @KFILE @RJC

— Benyamin Cohen (@benyamincohen) December 27, 2022

How long before he denies he’s even from this planet?

“While Santos played down the harm done with his claims, first raised in a New York Times story last week, he did not address how his wealth has skyrocketed in the past several years to enable him to lend hundreds of thousands of dollars to his campaign.” https://t.co/OsVO1UCXof

— Josh Mankiewicz (@JoshMankiewicz) December 27, 2022

"Follow the money.”

According to George Santos's financial disclosure in 2021 and 2022, each year he made between $1.75 million and $5.75 million in total income. He also had between $1.1 million and $5.25 million in cash in two bank accounts. He was also the full owner of a business he valued ...

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 28, 2022

3/ an annual report before being reinstated the day after the original NYT piece was published. His campaign financial report says he loaned his campaign $705,000. But his personal disclosure statement does not list any such loan.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 28, 2022

That discrepancy between the campaign finance statement and the personal finance statement raises a lot of questions.

The GOP freshman class is gonna be lit! (Do the kids still say that?)