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Tuesday, May 16, 2023 - AlbertMohler.com - Albert Mohler

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Transcript

It's Tuesday, May 16th, 2023.

I'm Albert Mohler, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Part I

Truth is Stranger Than Fiction: George Santos and Our Postmodern Identity Crisis

It's often remarked that truth is stranger than fiction, and that's because you just can't make certain stories up. You just can't make up certain developments in the news. You certainly couldn't make up George Santos. It turns out that only George Santos could make up George Santos, and it appears that he's continuing to make himself up as we go along.

But of course, George Santos, whoever he is, as a Republican member of Congress in the area of New York, he is now also indicted on 13 federal charges. Those 13 charges go across a waterfront that includes embezzling contributions made to his political campaign. He also is accused of fraudulently obtaining unemployment benefits, and you might know that going with that are accusations now criminal charges that he filled out many reports fraudulently.

We're talking about fraud on a very big scale, and right now it's also true that George Santos has become a parable of his own making. Over the course of the last several months, he's become one of the most...



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