Republican George Santos was elected last month to represent the state of New York in the United States House of Representatives, pitching voters an uplifting personal story that read to many like the embodiment of the American dream.
But before being sworn in to his first term, Santos came under scrutiny for allegedly fabricating key elements of his life history. Those details include his education and employment background, his family’s Jewish heritage and a claim that he worked with four victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting, which killed 49 members of the LGBTQ community in Orlando, Florida.
