Congressman-elect George Santos lied about grandparents fleeing anti-Jewish persecution during WWII

[tenderfoot]

The Jewish Forward reports:

Congressman-elect George Santos’ emotional narrative of having Jewish grandparents who fled Europe during World War II appears to be untrue, like much of the rest of his campaign biography, according to genealogy websites reviewed by the Forward.

Santos, a Long Island Republican, has said that his father was Catholic and his mother was Jewish, and that both faiths “are mine.” The very first line of the “About George” page on his campaign website states: “George’s grandparents fled Jewish persecution in Ukraine, settled in Belgium, and again fled persecution during WWII.”

But the website myheritage.com lists Santos’ maternal grandparents as having both been born in Brazil before the Nazis rose to power — his grandfather, Paulo Horta Devolder, in 1918, and his grandmother, Rosalina Caruso Horta Devolder, in Rio, in 1927.

https://forward.com/news/529130/george-santos-jewish-lie-genealogy-records/

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Congressman-elect George Santos lied

FIFY

[Solly Mack]

2. Saint Liesalot.

[rsdsharp]

3. He doesn't know much history, either. Moving to Belgium wouldn't have helped them.

The Franks moved to the Netherlands in 1934. It didn’t save Anne or her family from the camps.

[PortTack]

4. He lied about a lot more than just this. He lied about business ventures, education, charities

Ppl he said he knew, places he said he lived it’s crazy!

[ColinC]

5. He literally lied about everything pertaining to who he is and what he's done

And apparently NOBODY caught it until almost two month after he wins a lucky victory his SECOND time running.

[Hortensis]

6. Of course he did. Just so glad he's a trumpist Republican.

[Danmel]

7. My family couldn't flee the Nazis

This is so appalling. As the daughter of a survivor, who woke screaming at night, appropriation of Holocaust victim status is just beyond the pale. If this was his only offense, it would be enough to disqualify him from office.

[maxsolomon]

8. So? He'll probably serve multiple terms.

Sociopathy is an asset in that party.

WHO IS PAYING HIS BILLS?