- A GOP Jewish group says Santos lied to them about being Jewish.
- Santos, for his half, claimed on Monday that he had solely claimed to be “Jew-ish.”
- However he known as himself a “proud American Jew” in a memo to pro-Israel teams throughout the marketing campaign.
Shortly after successful a seat in Congress in November, George Santos travelled to Las Vegas, Nevada to deal with a gathering of the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Annual Management Assembly.
“Effectively, good morning, Shabbat Shalom to everyone,” he informed the group on November 19, saying that his election meant that “now there might be three” Jewish Republicans members of Congress.
However now, the group says they need nothing to do with him as a result of he lied to him about his heritage — he is not Jewish in spite of everything.
“We’re very dissatisfied in Congressman-elect Santos. He deceived us and misrepresented his heritage,” mentioned government director Matt Brooks. “In public feedback and to us personally he beforehand claimed to be Jewish. He has begun his tenure in Congress on a really flawed notice. He is not going to be welcome at any future RJC occasion.”
It comes after The Ahead reported final week that Santos had misrepresented his Jewish heritage — amongst a litany of different obvious lies.
As he is begun to deal with these falsehoods, Santos claimed in an interview on Monday that he had by no means really claimed to be Jewish.
“I by no means claimed to be Jewish,” he informed the New York Put up. “I’m Catholic. As a result of I discovered my maternal household had a Jewish background I mentioned I used to be ‘Jew-ish.'”
He repeated that very same argument in a later interview with Metropolis & State NY whereas suggesting it was flawed to scrutinize his claims of Jewish heritage.
“It simply strikes me so odd that persons are dashing to disinherit me from being Jewish, or for even permitting to look after Israel and Judaism, in a time, in an period, the place anti-Semitism is at an all-time rise,” he mentioned. “This is someone who really cares about Jews, cares about Israel, and someone prepared to struggle for them, and we have now folks pushing me away.”
However The Ahead additionally reported on Tuesday that in a memo to pro-Israel teams distributed throughout his marketing campaign, he claimed to be a “proud American Jew.”
