George Santos is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was elected to represent New York’s 3rd congressional district in 2022.
However, he has been a subject of controversy because of his false claim about his biographical data. He had made false claims about his ancestry, education, employment, charity work, and property ownership which he later admitted.
Representative-elect George Santos on Monday faced a barrage of questions, as well as an uncertain future, after an article in The New York Times revealed that he may have misrepresented key parts of his résumé on the campaign trail. https://t.co/N1kzQeFMbO
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 20, 2022
Santos claimed to have attended the Horace Mann School but there are no records about it. Likewise, his educational list includes Baruch College and New York University but there are no records of him.
Well, the allegations about the disparity in his background were first published in the New York Times on 19 December 2022. He is under investigation by federal, state, and county authorities in New York.
Get to know the Republican Congressman-elect George Santos gay partner, married life, family, ethnicity & wiki details here.
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Who Is George Santos’s Gay Partner Now?
It is no longer a secret that Santos is an openly gay politician. In fact, he is the first openly gay non-incumbent Republican elected to Congress.
George has talked about his gay partner as per the wiki sources. He has claimed that he is married to his pharmacist husband and lives with him and their four dogs on Long Island. Nevertheless, there are no records of that marriage.
George Santos said his home was vandalized in January 2021, after he and his husband returned from a New Year’s Eve gala at Mar-a-Lago.
His landlord in Whitestone, who was in the basement apartment at the time, said she couldn’t recall anything like that. https://t.co/VGUE0UZlLR
— Michael Gold (@migold) December 23, 2022
Moreover, he had previously stated that he and his husband found stones and eggs thrown at the apartment in January 2021 and reported the incident. But there are no records of the report of any vandalism at that time.
George Santos Was Married Once
Santos was a married man has hidden his marriage as per the records. He was reportedly married to a Brazilian woman named Uadla Vieira for seven years.
The couple was married in 2012 and divorced in 2019. Moreover, sources claim that his ex-wife bought a house in Union County, New Jersey in June 2022.
PICTURED: Wife 'openly gay' US congressman-elect George Santos DIDN'T want you to know about – as it's revealed there is no record of marriage to his 'husband' and he made up Jewish heritage after lying about finance career and education https://t.co/LwHWfrlep0
— IntoTheMystic (@Mystic_Sailor) December 23, 2022
Well, DailyMail.com had obtained an exclusive photo of his ex-wife, Vieira, in a car with a young girl. However, it is unclear whether the girl is her daughter.
If the report and pictures come true he might be a divorced man with a daughter.
George Santos Parents: Meet His Father & Mother
George was born to Brazilian parents on 22 July 1988. His full name is George Anthony Devolder Santos.
New: George Santos claimed *both* of his parents were at the World Trade Center on 9/11 and survived, and accused “the left” of “trying to erase that history.”
Santos: “I get emotional. My parents were both down there the day of the attacks and fortunately none of them passed.” pic.twitter.com/LtGA7AE6Tq
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) December 29, 2022
The Republican man was raised by his parents in a basement apartment in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York. He has a sister named Tiffany Lee Devolder Santos.
Santos claimed that his mother and father were at South Tower on the day of the 11 September attack. She survived the attack but died after suffering from cancer in 2016. Moreover, he even made a tweet in 2021, stating that “9/11 claimed my mothers life.”
However, the reports do not justify the fact.
What Is George Santos Ethnicity?
Santos belongs to a mixed ethnicity. He claims that he is a first-generation American born in Queens, New York.
Both his father and mother are from Brazil. They legally immigrated from Brazil to the US for better opportunities. His maternal great-grandfather was born in Belgium and later moved to Brazil in 1884.
Santos also claimed that his Jewish grandparents fled Europe during World War II. Genealogy websites show his mother’s parents were born in Brazil, not Ukraine or Belgium, as his campaign website stated. They were Catholic. https://t.co/W7mS6XA3B5
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 22, 2022
Moreover, George has claimed that his mother is from Belgium and his maternal grandparents were Ukrainian Jews who fled from the Holocaust to Brazil. But records show that they were born in Brazil and none of her ancestors were Ukrainian or Jewish.
What Is His Religion?
Santos has stated that he is Jewish and has even called himself a “a proud American Jew.” However, he later admitted that he has never claimed that he is Jewish.