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Dave Goldiner

How Rep. George Santos uses MAGA playbook to survive amid lies and scandals

Rep. George Santos has a plan to survive — and it’s straight out of the MAGA playbook.

Mocked by late night comics and mostly shunned by his own party’s leaders, the controversial Long Island Republican has found a political home in the far-right wing of the GOP.

Santos, who admits to lying about much of his background, now says he’s a victim of the liberal media, Deep State prosecutors and so-called Republicans in name only, the same cast of villains that former President Donald Trump and Fox News hosts rail against.

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