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Truth-allergic congressman George Santos—or Anthony Devolder, depending on who’s listening—appeared at a 2021 Stop the Steal rally just one day before the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. And, according to a former friend and roommate, he was decked out in a stolen Burberry scarf as he gave his speech.
Santos, a pro-Trump New York Republican representing parts of Queens and Long Island, seems to have fabricated just about every aspect of his background, including his personal, educational, and work histories. He defeated Democrat Robert Zimmerman in November 2022, and succeeds Democrat Tom Suozzi, the outgoing representative for Santos’ district, who called the 34-year-old freshman legislator a “con man.”
On Jan. 5, 2021, after losing the 2020 congressional election to Suozzi, Santos addressed a crowd in Washington, D.C. at a “Stop the Steal ‘coalition pre-rally,’” the day before supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol to disrupt Congress’ certification of the 2020 election. They were motivated by Trump’s insidious lie that a massive conspiracy had thrown the election to Joe Biden.