This is your weekly round-up for all things George Santos related. And we have a lot to cover, so buckle up, boys and girls. Or whatever your gender may be…
Last Saturday, OAN finally aired their interview with Santos conducted by Caitlin Sinclair that they recorded earlier in the week. Here’s the link to that, in case you want to watch the whole thing:
Santos also had an interview with Greg Kelly which aired today on Newsmax. I can’t find a video of it, but here’s the link to their article about it.
Here’s the beginning of clips posted by Aaron Rupar on Twitter from this interview:
George Santos on Newsmax: "I'm human. I've made mistakes. I've made peace with those mistakes and I've come clean on those mistakes." (He has not come clean about his mistakes.) pic.twitter.com/dxjz9TQYQw
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 10, 2023
The problem is he didn’t come clean about those mistakes. He was caught in a tangled web of lies. Coming clean is admitting to error before you’re forced to it. Heck, we’re still getting reports pretty much every day of new allegations against him. Just this week there’s been news he:
- possibly owes thousands of dollars in outstanding parking and speeding tickets in New York and Florida
- apparently wrote over $15,000 in bad checks when he bought dogs from Amish puppy breeders for his pet charity
- allegedly sexually harassed a new hire for his congressional office
- allegedly told people he was one of the producers of the Spider-Man musical
In other news this week: a group of his constituents took a bus to Washington DC on Tuesday to tell him in person they want him to resign. He refused to meet with them, after telling reporters he would see them and hear them out. Santos was allowed to attend a classified briefing this week. And finally on Thursday, a group of democrats have filed a resolution on the House floor to expel Santos. It’s unlikely this will work, but we’ll keep an eye on it.
Aaron’s tweet thread of the Greg Kelly (Newsmax) interview got broken, so here’s the first tweet in the second section:
George Santos: "To say I deceived, and there was a campaign of deceit and deception, is just not fair" pic.twitter.com/UtSL3YzVFT
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 10, 2023
Somewhere during that interview, he said he has a record of being the most conservative republican in Congress, based on his voting record. Which extends back *checks notes* to one month ago…
About his statements whether he worked for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, Santos now says he said he worked with them. Here’s his resume; you decide and tell me in the comments below what he said…
Okay, that’s it, folks. Catch you tomorrow! Have a great Friday!