I think I'm on to something questioning George Santos' citizenship

[CanonRay]

I've been asking over and over; do we really know where this guy was born? I couldn't find a single answer to this question until now in Daily Kos. There's nothing about it in his Wikipedia page or any other article I've seen.

Here's a link https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/12/24/2143670/-Is-George-Santos-A-Citizen

Former coworkers at Dish say he told them he was born in Brazil.

There's this from Josh Marshall at TPM:

"My assumption is that Santos is a citizen. But based on my reading of the available reporting there’s no actual evidence that Santos was born in Queens or anywhere in the United States, other than Santos’s say-so, which is obviously worth less than nothing. And there’s at least some evidence – Ms. Hurdas’s recollection – that he told others he was born in Brazil."

And here's the Constitutional requirement for House of Representatives:

No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. Art. I Section 2

So if we really don't want him seated, this is the way to go. If he was born in Brazil, was he ever naturalized? If so, when. Let's become George Santos Birthers!

[Wingus Dingus]

1. Hmm. Foreign born, also says he's been to Russia "many times". And received cash from

Russian oligarch connections. This is a national security problem, right here. He needs to be prevented from taking office--he's so completely phony in all aspects he's almost a hologram. We already have Gaetz Boebert and Greene as Russian assets in Congress, they're bad enough.

[Cha]

22. Yeah, at least this all came

out much further in the NYT Before he took office.

[FakeNoose]

2. If he can't present a US passport, we need to know why

Either he can't get one because he's not a citizen. (So he's ineligible to be a US Representative.)

Or he's got one and it's in a name other than George Santos. (That would mean he entered under a fictitious name.)

Either way, he can't be sworn in as a new Representative on Wednesday Jan. 3rd.

[ShazzieB]

31. Hard agree!

[global1]

3. You Know If The Shoe Were On The Other Foot & Santo's Was Elected As A Dem.......

the Repugs would be relentless and be complaining non-stop to make sure this guy would never be seated in Congress.

I wonder what kind of pressure will be exerted on Santo's vote for the Speaker.

I can see him being told - we'll protect your seat - if you vote the right way for speaker.

[a kennedy]

6. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE BY NOW if he was a Democrat. 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

[SilasSouleII]

36. And that would be a bad thing?

n/t

[niyad]

4. Has anybody checked under that devolarde (sp????) name on that fake company?

Supposedly his mother's name?

[Cha]

26. And, I read he's gone by

George Devolder before.

Wiki says he's an American politician.. but that doesn't mean much now.

[Red Mountain]

5. Maybe he can produce a birth certificate?

Long or short form, his choice.

Whatever the difference is. Didn't they always want Obama's long form birth certificate?

[Docreed2003]

10. Exactly what I came to post

Let's see his "long form" birth certificate!

[DENVERPOPS]

30. AND

Verify it isn't a forgery. he can't be trusted, he will forge one, just like he claimed to have all the other things that were found to be illegitimate........

They can verify a Live Birth in the U.S. in a ton of different ways.....but will they????????

[TheBlackAdder]

37. Yeah, the same thing Pres. Obama was asked. He needs to produce the fucking long form.

[underpants]

8. I'd guess he was lying to coworkers to make him seem more interesting

My guess

[drmeow]

9. Is there not a government agency

which checks things like this? I seem to recall that there is an agency which decides if someone is eligible to be president - although it may only do so if a candidate is challenged.

[Wingus Dingus]

11. That's what I can't figure out. He'd have to provide official identification and

citizenship paperwork to some agency at some point...right? I mean, many regular jobs require background checks to get hired.

[ampm]

15. I had FBI background

Almost all my job required an FBI and police background check so how did he not get a minimum of that

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. If Santos was born in the US, provide a birth certificate

Link to tweet

[ampm]

13. when we need the truth

I've been asking the same question, how can he even be living in another district and voted into office

[reACTIONary]

24. New York does not require reps to live in their district...

... Just the state.

[Traildogbob]

14. Birth Cert is under audit

He will release it in two weeks. It’s hundreds of pages. The likes of which we’ve never seen before.
This is all another witch hunt by libs.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

16. birth cert too complicated for us to understand.

[BlueSpot]

23. OMG

[housecat]

27. lol

[deurbano]

17. Have we heard anything about his father? Did George (or whatever name he's going by at the moment)

automatically become a citizen (at birth) through his father? (Even if born in Brazil...)

[CanonRay]

19. His parents were born in Brazil

from vrything I've read. Unlikely they were naturalized then had him. Depends more on here he was born.

[live love laugh]

18. Where's the process requiring validation of citizenship for candidates?

Most of the problems we are experiencing are the result of failures for decades to ensure that preventive processes were in place.

This is a painful learning experience but hopefully it will bring about the necessary improvements.

[CanonRay]

20. Used to be no one would ever think to lie

about such a thing. But were post Trump.

[ShazzieB]

32. Sounds like another thing that needs to be adressed with legislation.

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Now that we live in an era where the "honor system" no longer works (because there are so many people who have no "honor" ).

[Cha]

21. We Need a certificate of Citizenship.. or

or whatever it's called.

I think you are too.. on to something and whomever else questioned it in an earlier post on another thread.

Seems he's been here awhile.. since he's an Inveterate Liar.. who knows at this point. Deeper Investigations are forthcoming.. No Doubt.

TY!

[housecat]

25. Good question!

[Jarqui]

28. Where is Orly Taitz when we need her most? ...

[Rhiannon12866]

29. Right on! That's the thing! Why did he need to fabricate his entire life?

[COL Mustard]

33. Interesting.

A couple of days ago, his Wikipedia page said that he was born in Queens. Curiouser and curiouser....

[CanonRay]

34. That's what he now claims

so take it to the bank

[COL Mustard]

35. I will.

Also, T*ump is a gazillionaire just like he always claimed!

[Native]

39. Also per Marshall, the coworker said he told her he was born in Brazil & went to grade school there.

And those claims about his maternal gtandparents being Belgian immigrants who fled the devastation of WWII Europe???? Reports by The Foward show they were born in Brazil.

[dalton99a]

40. A certified birth certificate or naturalization certificate is absolutely relevant.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

41. Sounds like a job for the FBI; they'll get on it in two or three years, I'm sure.