Mediaboss Marketing

Of the approximately one zillion lies that have come out of Representative George Santoss mouth, one of the biggest and most offensive is the lie about his maternal grandparents being Ukrainian Jews who were forced to flee Europe during the Holocaust. In 2021, the then congressional candidate claimed in acampaign videothat his grandparents survived the Holocaust. Several months later, he told the Jewish News Syndicate: Im very proud of my grandparents story, whichhe claimedinvolved fleeing Hitler. In seeming anticipation of getting called out for this specific lie, hetoldFox News Digital last February: For a lot of people who are descendants of World War II refugees or survivors of the Holocaust, a lot of names and paperwork were changed in name of survival.

But, of course, like so many lies he was later caught tellingfrom being a star volleyball player, to having employees who died in the Pulse nightclub shooting, to his mother being in the South Tower on 9/11these claims about his grandparents and the Holocaust do not actually appear to be true. Multiple genealogy recordsindicatehis grandparents were born in Brazil and, according to one genealogist who spoke to CNN, Theres no sign of Jewish and/or Ukrainian heritage and no indication of name changes along the way.

Asked about what many would consider an appalling lie during an interview with CNN that aired on Sunday, the congressman from New York not only doubled down on it, but insisted that he is close to obtaining proofwhich hed have already if not for that pesky war in Ukraine. Thats what I spent the last 10 months doing, putting together, Santos told reporter Manu Raju of the alleged evidence showing his grandparents really did flee the Holocaust. But unfortunately, Ukraine is in the middle of a freaking war, and my grandfather comes from Ukraine. So this is the biggest lift that I have to do my entire life. But thats something Im going to prove before I die.

Elsewhere in the interview, Santos claimed that he has always made very clear that he comes from a Jewish family but is personally Catholic, whichit may or may not surprise you to hearis also not true. On the campaign trail he described himself as a proud American Jew. (And then later told the New York Post he only said he was Jew-ish.)

Last month, Santos pleadednot guiltyto 23 criminal counts, including conspiracy, identity theft, and credit card fraud. Several weeks before that, he claimed to New York Times reporter Grace Ashford that his niece had been kidnapped, likely in retaliation for his public comments about the Chinese Communist Party. A high-ranking member of law enforcement subsequently told Ashford that the matter had been looked intoand that there was no evidence of any kidnapping, period, or, really, any connection to the Chinese Communist Party. We found nothing at all to suggest its true, the official said. Id lean into, he made it up.

Johnson says theres nothing strange about not disclosing a bank account on any of his financial disclosures going back to 2016

Link:
George Santos Says Freaking War in Ukraine Is Preventing Him From Obtaining Proof His Grandparents Fled the ... - Vanity Fair