The Republican Jewish Coalition condemned Rep.-elect George Santos after he admitted to lying about key details of his credentials and misrepresenting his Jewish heritage.
that he had indeed fabricated elements of his background in the lead-up to November’s midterm elections. Santos admitted he hadn’t “directly” worked for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup and had not graduated from Baruch College, nor “from any institution of higher learning.”
The 34-year-old Long Island Republican has in public comments referred to himself as “half Jewish” and a “Latino Jew.” Santos during his campaign— a nonprofit Jewish news website — that he was “a proud American Jew.” “In public comments and to us personally he previously claimed to be Jewish,” RJC said in its statement Tuesday. “He has begun his tenure in Congress on a very wrong note. He will not be welcome at any future RJC event.”
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