For those who are unfamiliar with politician George Santos, here’s some important backstory. George Santos was one of New York’s former representatives. He ran two campaigns before being elected, during which he became New York’s first LGBTQ+ Jewish Republican representative.
Now, let’s dive into some fabulously insane Santos moments. It should be noted, for accuracy reasons, that most of these accusations, though alleged during his campaign, were not confirmed until after he was elected.
In late 2022, after Santos was elected, the New York Times released a report disproving many and most of his credentials. For one, the former NY representative is not even Jewish, though he claims he meant “Jew-ish” and it was a joke. Secondly, his whole resume is false. According to Santos, he attended Baruch College and NYU and followed his university-level education with post-grad employment at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. However, according to the NYT report, none of these organizations had records of his enrollment or employment.
You might look at these facts and think this is a failure for Santos, but I’m more alarmed that it took two successful campaigns to investigate his background.
In early 2023, it was revealed that his schemes were international. Come to find out, our crazy little Georgie happens to be wanted in Brazil for robbery and fraud. Just days after that headline, the FEC investigated a complaint from the Campaign Legal Committee that was concerned with Santos’ campaign’s financial practices. It was uncovered that his campaign overcharged donors and used $705K of that money for personal expenses.
But who are we to judge someone in need, right? Georgie clearly needed this money to pay for things like his Only Fans subscriptions, designer sweater vests, and Botox. America, how can we hate a “Yassified” queen? Well, if you don’t hate him already, you will after this.
What broke news in 2023 was a story from 2016 that emerged. Santos started a GoFundMe using the real story of a handicapped veteran trying to save his dying dog… except Santos kept all the money. All $3K. Okay look, is this awful and atrocious? Yes. But does George Santos like Nicki Minaj? Yes! Did I just try to justify stealing by crediting someone as a Barb? No comment.
Quick fun fact: Former drag queen, George Santos, maintains select anti-LGBTQ stances. How, you might ask? Great question. I have no idea. This man is a mystery to us all.
Let’s jump to current headlines. Santos is no longer in office, but that doesn’t stop him from getting news attention. He is suing Jimmy Kimmel, the late night show host, for slander and copyright. This is just a tad ironic as Santos was booted from Congress for being a fraud and is now suing for fraud. According to the lawsuit, Santos has been making money (post-politics) through Cameo, which allows users to sell personalized videos to buyers. Kimmel’s show was commissioning many silly videos under aliases to use on a segment of their show. You might call it karma, but I just call it entertainment.
As we wrap up, George Santos is a national treasure (off the record). How is he a real person? How was he even elected? How is he still making headlines? How is he not in jail? These questions keep me up at night, but what helps is knowing he is no longer being paid with taxpayer money.
I encourage you to do some more research because the list of crimes this man has committed is impressive. I barely hit the tip of the iceberg.
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