- “Jeopardy” host Ken Jennings zinged George Santos after the GOP Rep. was featured in a clue.
- “I do not get to say this very a lot however George Santos is appropriate,” he mentioned throughout the episode.
- Santos has been enmeshed in controversies over his private and marketing campaign funds.
“Jeopardy” host Ken Jennings on Wednesday roasted Republican Rep. George Santos of New York after the embattled lawmaker was the reply to a clue throughout a latest episode of the favored recreation present.
Throughout the “Jeopardy! Masters” episode, which featured three earlier champions, an $800 clue beneath the “Latest Occasions” class was learn out to the contestants relating to a “N.Y. Rep.”
“Subheads in a bit on this N.Y. Rep.: ‘Lied about the place he went to … faculty’; ‘Allegedly swindled a disabled vet whose canine was dying,'” Jennings said.
“Who’s George Santos?” contestant Mattea Roach appropriately answered.
“I do not get to say this very a lot however George Santos is appropriate,” Jennings mentioned in a swipe on the Republican lawmaker.
—Michael Gold (@migold) May 25, 2023
Whereas Santos finally admitted that he had not attended Baruch Faculty in New York, he brushed apart claims from a navy veteran that he had taken $3,000 from a dying canine’s GoFundMe web page.
In a January assertion to Semafor, Santos denied the allegation concerning the veteran’s canine, calling it “faux.”
Shortly after the November 2022 midterms, when Santos received an open, extremely aggressive race in New York’s third Congressional District, a stream of reports studies — which have been largely set off by a bombshell New York Occasions report — revealed that Santos had advised quite a few lies about his background throughout the marketing campaign, which included fabrications associated to his schooling, work historical past, and household background.
A slew of Republicans in his Nassau County-anchored district have known as on Santos to resign, however he has refused to take action, and has even gone forward with a 2024 reelection bid.
Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been pressed for months over Santos’ destiny, however the California lawmaker has insisted that the the Ethics committee’s ongoing probe would decide whether or not the congressman had damaged the legislation.
Earlier this month, federal prosecutors charged Santos with wire fraud, cash laundering, and theft of public funds, a part of a 13-count indictment. The congressman has pled not responsible.
