Rep. George Santos (RN.Y.), a lawmaker accused of pretending he is a descendant of Holocaust survivors to help get elected, was mocked online after giving a House floor speech about support for the Jewish community.
“Today I went up to congratulate my colleagues on the vote to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee,” Santos said on Friday, after the party-line vote for the resolution booting the Minnesota Democrats from the committee and condemning past comments that were critical. the people of Israel.
“The passage of HR 76 sends a strong message that we support Israel and the Jewish community,” he said. “I call on the 118th Congress today to stand together, proudly upholding every American, regardless of race, ancestry, religion or creed, as one less American than one’s neighbor – that Jewish Americans are patriotic Americans and that we all have a role to play against fanaticism and antisemitism in our country.
After winning the election in November, Santos told the summit of the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas after having identified himself as a “proud American Jew” in materials shared with Jewish groups during the campaign. He also claimed his grandfather was a Jewish refugee who survived the Holocaust by fleeing Ukraine.
“I never claimed to be Jewish,” he confirmed to the New York Post in December. “I am Catholic. Because I know my mother’s family has a Jewish background, I say I am Jewish.
Several news outlets found evidence that his grandfather was actually born in Brazil. He was condemned by Jewish groups, including the Republican Jewish Coalition, who said he was “lying”.
His spiel there, as a result, doesn’t look like much water: