Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican who fabricated a large portion of his biography, sat down for an extended interview with Piers Morgan – and lied about his lies.
Morgan got Santos to explicitly concede that he has “been a terrible liar” on certain “subjects.” But while Santos quickly admitted to some of his false claims, like his “very stupid” fiction about having graduated from college, he was deceptive and evasive when Morgan confronted him on other false claims.
Here is a fact check of some of the things Santos said in the interview, which was posted online on Monday. This is not meant to be a comprehensive list; Santos made various statements to Morgan that cannot be immediately proven or disproven.
Morgan told Santos, “You claimed to be Jewish, but you’re not Jewish.” Santos responded, “I never claimed to be Jewish.” He insisted that, rather, he had “always made a party favor joke” that he was “Jew-ish.”
Facts First: Santos’ assertion that he “never claimed to be Jewish” is false. Santos repeatedly claimed to be Jewish, as Morgan quickly reminded him.
Here are four examples of Santos claiming to be Jewish.
Santos said in a radio interview during the 2022 campaign: “I’m a Latino Jew.” Appearing on the same show later in the year, Santos said while criticizing Democrats: “I’m a Latino Jew. Which makes them shake in their pants. Because the reality is: I got it all, baby.”
In a position paper the Santos campaign produced during the 2022 campaign, which the Jewish publication The Forward reported was distributed by his campaign to Jewish groups, Santos wrote, “As a proud American Jew, I have been to Israel numerous times from educational, business, and leisurely trips.” And in a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition in November, after he was elected to serve…
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