On January 12, 2023, disgraced pathological liar and brand new Congressman George Santos promised Matt Gaetz (and the rest of us) that he would resign if 142,000 people signed a petition asking him to do so -- the same number of votes he received in November. We're happy to deliver them to his office!
Since Santos is having trouble mustering up the shame to resign, let's help him out by delivering well over 142,000 signatures to his office. Sign your name and help free the good people of New York from this disgraced liar.
Santos faces a laundry list of allegations that he's lied about virtually everything in his personal and professional backstory - some of which he's acknowledged, some of which he's denied, and some of which he's remained silent on.
Here are just a few of the lies he's been caught in -- some he admits, some he denies, some he's remained silent:
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Lying about where he went to school - Santos has admitted that he did not attend the universities he had previously claimed on his resume.
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Lying about where he worked - Santos has admitted lying about this as well.
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Lying about owning a number of rental properties - Santos claimed to own a series of rental properties but later acknowledged he didn't.
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Lying about being robbed of his rent money - Santos said he was once mugged while on his way to pay his rent in Queens. The NYPD has no record of such a robbery.
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Lying about being Jewish - Santos repeatedly said during his campaign he was a proud American Jew - but later backtracked and identified as "Jew-ish" after reporting raised questions about his ethnicity.
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Lying about his criminal status in Brazil - Santos has stridently denied committing crimes in Brazil or anywhere else, but Brazilian prosecutors have moved to reopen a years-old fraud case against him.
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Lying to donors - CNBC reported that Santos' staff impersonated staffers for now-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in order to raise funds from wealthy donors. Santos' lawyer would not answer CNBC's question about whether Santos knew of the deception.
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Lying about his athletic accomplishments - Long Island GOP officials said Santos told them he was a star volleyball player at Baruch College; Santos has already acknowledged he never attended the school.
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Lying about the timing of his mother's death - Santos has publicly said that the 9/11 attacks claimed his mother's life, though she died in 2016 and there is no evidence of a connection.
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Lying about his campaign finances - Santos has denied any improprieties in his fundraising, but law enforcement sources tell News 4 that federal prosecutors are looking into his campaign finances amid claims of fraud and improper donations.