A defiant Congressman-elect George Santos complained Tuesday night that “everybody wants to nitpick” him for lying to voters about his job experience, education and religion, insisting there was room for debate about the extent of his flagrant falsehoods.
Santos, a 34-year-old Republican who was elected Nov. 8 to represent Long Island’s North Shore in the House of Representatives, made the comments onFox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight” after coming clean to The Post a day before about his grand deception.
When guest host Tulsi Gabbard asked Santos if he “had no shame,” the Republican turned the question back on the former Democratic lawmaker.
“Tulsi, I can say the same thing about the Democrats and, and the party,” Santos responded. “Look at Joe Biden. Joe Biden’s been lying to the American people for 40 years. He’s the president of the United States. Democrats over-resoundingly support him. Do they have no shame?”
Santos also tried to downplay his false claims that he worked for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, claiming his resume fraud was an embellishment, not an outright lie.
“We can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as Goldman…,” he began.
“Is it debatable?” Gabbard cut him off. “Or is it just false?”
“No, it’s not false at all, it’s debatable,” said Santos — who then argued that explaining how he allegedly did business with Goldman Sachs and Citigroup while employed at private equity firm Link Bridge would go “way over the American people’s head.”
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