👀 Santos on Feb. 28, 2022: “For a lot of people who are descendants of World War II refugees, or survivors of the Holocaust, a lot of names and paperwork were changed in the name of survival. So I don’t carry the family last name — that would’ve been Zabrovsky.“
🤔 “The Zabrovsky family name was found in the USA in 1880.” ancestry.com/name-origin?su…
Wait… there’s more.. from George Santos👇
In interview with Fox News on June 13, 2021, Santos said the following:
“My grandparents escaped socialism, they’ve escaped communism and the Holocaust.”
The Forward and other publications found no evidence of that.
In interview with Fox News on June 13, 2021, Santos said the following:
“My grandparents escaped socialism, they’ve escaped communism and the Holocaust.”
The Forward and other publications found no evidence of that.
Santos also falsely claimed he’s the grandson of Holocaust survivors in his campaign launch video on June 10, 2021 (with imagery of the death camps):
“I've seen how socialism destroys people's lives because my grandparents survived the Holocaust.”
“I've seen how socialism destroys people's lives because my grandparents survived the Holocaust.”
I asked outgoing Rep. Tom Suozzi, who represents the district Santos ran for, how constituents feel about Santos’s Jewish claim:
“It’s a shanda!” he texted back.
“It’s a shanda!” he texted back.
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