George Santos, the Republican freshman from Long Island, has garnered perhaps more headlines leading up to his swearing in than any of the other 434 representatives-elect.
Soon, the Internet began to buzz about"The Talented Mr. Santos,” a play on “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” a 1999 movie about a man fabulist who lied about himself and fabricated his life.
, loaning his congressional campaign some $700,000 when his income was just $55,000 two years earlier. . Federal prosecutors opened a probe. So did the New York Attorney General.Initially, the victory by Santos, an openly gay Latino Republican who flipped a Long Island House seat held by Democrats for a decade, was seen as one of his party’s bright spots in an otherwise underwhelming midterm election. Now, not so much.
Zac Petkanas, who leads Democrats' House Accountability War Room, also pulled no punches. “George Santos is a serial liar and MAGA extremist," he told USA TODAY."He fits right in with this new MAGA Congress."
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