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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeorge Santos said his mother died from complications stemming from working at the WTC.on 9/11
You guessed it. He is lying.
United States Congressman-elect George Santos' (R-New York) repeated claims that his mother Fatima Devolder died from complications stemming from an illness related to the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks appear to be outright lies.
On Thursday evening, Rolling Stone reported that representatives from organizations that support 9/11 victims have no documentation of Devolder either receiving medical care or seeking monetary damages for the harm that Santos has insisted befell her.
"Despite Santos assertion that his mother worked within the World Trade Center, Rolling Stone could find no employment records that would place Mrs. Devolder in or around the towers on September 11th. According to NBC News, Devolders only known employment was a Queens-based company that closed in 1994. A New York Times investigation found that Devolders main source of income was as a nurse and domestic worker," the magazine recalled...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/he-s-lying-rolling-stone-investigation-finds-no-records-tying-george-santos-mother-to-september-11th-attacks/ar-AA15Nfx4?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=0f3ed3b6ed1e43ea9d8217ff0becebeb
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George Santos said his mother died from complications stemming from working at the WTC.on 9/11 (Original Post)
Norbert
Dec 2022
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rsdsharp
(9,224 posts)1. She lingered.
For fifteen years!
KentuckyWoman
(6,697 posts)4. There's a lot of them
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/health-effects-of-9-11-still-plague-responders-and-survivors/
It's good that this guy is out there.
It's good that this guy is out there.
rsdsharp
(9,224 posts)6. I agree with you.
But Santoss mother wasnt in the twin towers.
KentuckyWoman
(6,697 posts)7. I'd be surprised
if Santos even had a mother.
Snark
rsdsharp
(9,224 posts)8. Perhaps a crow crapped on a french post, and the sun hatched him.
shelshaw
(536 posts)2. He has a mother?
3catwoman3
(24,087 posts)3. Has he been telling these same lies all along...
or is he just making up new ones as he goes along?
Deuxcents
(16,397 posts)5. Has any of his family been interviewed?
Any neighbors or friends from school? Where did he come from and just who is this guy?