AP
Rep. George Santos has admitted to misleading his constituents about working at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs and to lying about his educational credentials. He also falsely claimed that his mother died on Sept. 11.
Then, there are his climate falsehoods.
Before he was elected as a Republican in the November midterms, Santos claimed that he had helped develop carbon capture technology, that he played a major role in oil and gas development and that he admonished officials with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. who supported renewable energy.
Last week, Santos admitted to “embellishing” his resume after The New York Times first reported on his false claims. He faces at least three criminal probes, including one in Brazil for alleged check fraud.
The fabrications by Santos, 34, who could be sworn in as a New York congressman as soon as Wednesday, are unlikely to tarnish the Republican Party’s agenda on energy and climate, said Doug Heye, a longtime GOP strategist and a former spokesperson for the Republican National Committee.
History is littered with politicians who embellish their resumes, said Heye, who described Santos as an extreme example.
“On both sides of the aisle, we’ve attracted people who are more about personality than policy and a lot of them are cartoon characters and our incentive structure only seems to reward that,” Heye said. “He’s just taken it to an extreme level that has made him the focus of things because of insane lie after insane lie.”
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