Republican congressman George Santos is having another terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week. Where do we even begin?
First, it’s been confirmed that Santos, who is under fire for lying about, well, basically everything, was lying about his mother working in the World Trade Center and surviving the September 11 attacks in New York City. According to The New York Times, immigration documents they obtained prove his mother, Fatima Devolder, was in Brazil on 9/11.
“In an application for a visa to enter the United States filed in 2003, Devolder said that she had left the country for Brazil in June 1999 and had not returned since,” write the Times. “In earlier paperwork filed in June 2001, three months before the attacks, Devolder said that she had been unable to return to the United States since 1999 because her green card had been stolen in Brazil.”
Want more? Freelance journalist Marisa Kabas revealed in a detailed social media post on Wednesday (January 18) that Santos allegedly participated in drag shows during his time in Brazil. Via translator, Kabas spoke to a Brazilian drag queen who was friends with Santos during that time. Santos’ drag name was Kitara.
“The important context here is that Santos ran as a far-right candidate and continues to align himself with transphobes/homophobes who target drag shows with violence,” Kabas wrote. “Drag is beautiful. Hypocrisy and anti-drag/anti-trans bigotry are not.”
Finally, it was also revealed on Wednesday that Santos has been accused of stealing $3,000 raised on GoFundMe for a U.S. veteran’s sick dog to get life-saving surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. The dog died six months later.
Santos denied knowing what the veteran was talking about and referred to the allegations as “just more of the pile on effect.”
In the case of George Santos, we’re sure the pile is going to continue to get bigger – and more shameful.