‘Good Lord!: NY Republican Who Flipped House Seat Accused of Fabricating ‘Entire Biography’

Representative-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) is being accused of vastly exaggerating his resume. Santos became the first openly-gay Republican to win a House seat as a non-incumbent when he flipped a district held by Democrats in the November elections. He sold himself as a successful son of Brazilian immigrants who went to a public college in New York City and went on to become a “seasoned Wall Street financier and investor.” Santos also claimed he had “an animal rescue charity that saved more than 2,500 dogs and cats.” However, a review of his background by The New York Times failed to…