With just days before all newly-elected House of Representatives and Senators are sworn in on January 3rd, a bombshell revelation has come out of the New York State, as reports discover that Long Island Rep.-elect George Santos (R-NY) lied about the family on his mother’s side fleeing the Holocaust as well as lying about his education and his former employment. At one point, Santos states that he is not Jewish, nor ever claimed to be Jewish, but refers to himself as “Jew-ish.” Rep.-elect Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) commented about the new reports in a series of tweets about Santos.
Lying about your family almost being gassed in showers or being put in ovens in order to win an election is the lowest form of humanity. And I say that as someone whose grandmother was part of the kindertransport out of Germany from the Holocaust. https://t.co/U5nnPZQSdB
— Jared Moskowitz (@JaredEMoskowitz) December 22, 2022
“Lying about your family almost being gassed in showers or being put in ovens in order to win an election is the lowest form of humanity. And I say that as someone whose grandmother was part of the kindertransport out of Germany from the Holocaust,” tweeted soon-to-be Congressman Moskowitz.
Moskowitz also called Santos a clown and a thief of the hyphenated “Jew-ish” term, stating that he lazily stole it from a cookbook.
This guy is a 🤡. Also took him weeks to steal a line from a Jewish cookbook.
“I never claimed to be Jewish,” Santos said. “I am Catholic. Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’” https://t.co/HGYKYxPwsR pic.twitter.com/Tl1k3oKtPt
— Jared Moskowitz (@JaredEMoskowitz) December 27, 2022
“This guy is a 🤡 (clown). Also took him weeks to steal a line from a Jewish cookbook. ‘I never claimed to be Jewish,’ Santos said. ‘I am Catholic. Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish,’” said Moskowitz.
Despite some Democrats such as Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) calling him “a complete and utter fraud,” Santos is stating that this controversy will not stop him from becoming an “effective” Congressman.
“This [controversy] will not deter me from having good legislative success. I will be effective. I will be good,” said Santos in an interview with the New York Post.
George Santos could likely face at the very least some ethical investigations from members of the House, and possibly criminal investigations as well.