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The Madness of Rep. George

News and notes on the most astounding storylines emerging from the right: Santos’s attempt to refashion himself as a MAGA idol, DeSantis’s proto D.T.C. campaign, and more.

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George Santos has quickly surpassed Anna Sorokin in his shape-shifting journey, trying on various careers and guises to increase his marketability within the G.O.P. Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP
Tina Nguyen
January 18, 2023

Long Island’s George Santos has quickly surpassed Anna Sorokin in his shape-shifting journey, trying on various careers and guises to increase his marketability within the G.O.P. even after being unmasked as a pathological fabulist. Having failed to pass as a gay Jewish volleyball superstar financier, Santos’s latest costume is MAGA Martyr: a victim of the mainstream media and the Deep State, who may have lied a bit on the way up, but hey, hasn’t everyone in Washington?