{"id":30289,"date":"2023-01-03T13:15:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T18:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=30289"},"modified":"2023-01-03T13:17:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T18:17:57","slug":"forward-republican-enters-congress-under-extreme-scrutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/01\/03\/forward-republican-enters-congress-under-extreme-scrutiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Forward: Republican enters Congress under extreme scrutiny"},"content":{"rendered":"\"George<\/a>\r\n
Republican George Santos, right, is seen on the campaign trail in New York’s 3rd Congressional district shortly before the November 8, 2022, in which he secured a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Photo: Santos4Congress<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n
Newly surfaced interview reveals George Santos made unsubstantiated claim about Schumer family<\/div>\r\n
And the Republican made more misleading remarks about his Jewish background in podcast interviews<\/div>\r\n
Tuesday, January 3, 2023<\/div>\r\n
By Jacob Kornbluh<\/a><\/div><\/div>\r\n
Forward<\/div>\r\n

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<\/P>As George Santos prepares to take the oath of office Tuesday afternoon, still more is emerging about the New York congressman-elect, who has been caught in a web of lies about his background, including his claims that he is Jewish.<\/span>

<\/P>In a newly surfaced video from an interview last May, Santos made an unsubstantiated claim about 93-year-old Selma Schumer\u2019s feelings about her son,<\/span> Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Other interviews show that Santos described himself specifically as a \u201cLatino Jew\u201d and tried to leverage his status as both a racial and religious minority. <\/span>

<\/P>His comments about Schumer\u2019s mother are from <\/span>a podcast interview<\/span><\/a> with radio host Charles Moscowitz on May 13, 2022, in which Santos claims to have spoken personally to her.<\/span>

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<\/div>\u201cHis own mother doesn\u2019t vote for him, probably,\u201d Santos said, commenting on Schumer\u2019s <\/span>2017 warning<\/span><\/a> to Donald Trump after the then-president disparaged U.S. intelligence agencies. \u201cShe lives in my district,\u201d Santos said about Selma Schumer, \u201cand she had a mouthful when I knocked on her door asking her for her vote. She said, \u2018I don\u2019t know what\u2019s happened to my son. He used to be a good man.\u2019\u201d <\/span>

<\/P>When the host joked it would make the cut for an effective campaign commercial, Santos said he wouldn\u2019t do it to the elder Schumer, whom he called a \u201cdarling\u201d and a \u201cnice lady.\u201d But he added, \u201cChuck doesn\u2019t deserve the mother he has.\u201d<\/span>

<\/P>Schumer\u2019s staff told the <\/span>Forward <\/span><\/i>that the senator would not respond to Santos\u2019 reported comments about his mother.<\/span>

<\/P>Though few doubt that Santos will become a member of the U.S. House Tuesday, he takes office under a cloud of uncertainty about his future. He is under local, federal and <\/span>international investigations<\/span><\/a> over past activities and for fabricating key details of his resume. The Forward<\/em> has <\/span>uncovered Santos\u2019 <\/span><\/a>about his Jewish heritage<\/span><\/a> during his two bids for Congress. <\/span>

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