GOP Representative George Santos' latest claim about his Jewish ancestry drew questions and skepticism after he said he has been working to prove his family's Jewish ancestry.
The Republican congressman from New York has been under scrutiny after a report from The New York Times in December 2022 found that Santos had lied about much of his background while running for office. The fabrications include claims about his past employment, educational history and his family's heritage.
Santos has faced significant backlash for his claim about his Jewish ancestry. On his campaign website Santos said his mother, Fatima Devolder, was the descendant of refugees who "fled Jewish persecution in Ukraine, settled in Belgium, and again fled persecution during WWII." However, subsequent reporting revealed that government records show that Santos' grandparents were born in Brazil prior to WWII, and there are no records that Santos has any Jewish or Ukrainian heritage.
During Sunday's edition of CNN's Inside Politics with Manu Raju, Santos doubled-down on his Jewish ancestry claim as he said he is working to prove his family fled the Holocaust in Eastern Europe.
"Oh, it's true. I spent the last ten months DNA, hiring genealogists to actually prove [it]," the GOP lawmaker said.
However, when pressed about whether there is any documentation of his efforts, Santos responded by saying, "Unfortunately, Ukraine is in the middle of a war and my grandfather came from Ukraine... this is something I...
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