Santos' attire is the ultimate 'emperor's wardrobe'
By Robin Givhan / The Washington Post
U.S. Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., the freshly minted congressman whose primary talent appears to be conjuring up outlandish — but useful — lies, has planted his roots firmly into popular culture. He’s flourishing in inhospitable soil.
Santos was satirized Saturday by Bowen Yang in two “Saturday Night Live” sketches as a flat-voweled, fabulist who meanders from hyperbole to boastful falsehoods to incomprehensible tall tales. Santos has been mimicked by SNL alum Jon Lovitz and engaged in a social media spat with the comic in which Santos, aiming to take charge of the narrative, criticized the comedian’s caricature of him. And actor Leslie Jones, serving as guest host of “The Daily Show,” offered her own biting assessment of Santos: “Do you know how much you have to lie to be known as the lying congressman?”
In each case, the preferred visual of Santos shows him wearing a crewneck sweater under his sports jacket. The combination instantly identifies him to audiences before his imitators have uttered a single one of his fabrications.
The breadth, pettiness and audacity of Santos’ lies may well set him apart from his colleagues, but so do his sweaters. They’re all part of a look: khakis, conservative ties, a navy blazer and the spectacles; real or fake. In a congressional gathering full of staid suits and yawn-inducing ties, Santos manages to stand out in an ensemble that’s equally as bland and yet stridently different.
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