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Public backlash is not stopping Long Island and Queens Rep.-elect George Santos from trying to milk still-loyal supporters for money when he gets sworn into office on Jan. 3.
The 34-year-old Republican who admitted earlier this week to lying about his professional background, academic credentials and ancestry during his successful campaign for the House of Representatives is offering supporters a bus trip to DC, lunch and a Team Santos Tour of the US Capitols grounds, while asking VIPs to chip in $500 each to outdo the $100 paid by people with attendee status, according to an invitation obtained by The Post.
The brazen ask stunned members of both parties when it began circulating late Thursday and into Friday.
George Santos, who never misses an opportunity to violate Congressional Ethics, is charging people for touring the US Capitol and attending his Congressional swearing-in, Bronx Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres tweeted.
https://nypost.com/2022/12/30/rep-elect-george-santos-plans-fundraiser-at-u-s-capitol-during-swearing-in/
Bettie
(16,110 posts)he is what they all aspire to be, a person who boldly lies about everything and probably gets away with it.