The United States: Political Fiction by George Santos, The Tireless Mythmaker of Congress

Of course there will be a movie. or series. Actors will compete for the interpretation of George Santos. We welcome the polymorphism of the selected artist. He is predicted a reward. But it is still too early to discuss this epic on the screen. The fate of the elected official of New York (3^e district) remains suspended above the void in real life—an adjective that doesn’t match his trajectory—one that brought him to the House of Representatives in November 2022.

By this time, speaker The Republican, Kevin McCarthy, who wanted to maintain his narrow majority, stopped short of calling for Mr. Santos’ resignation, insisting he was defending the voters’ choice.. elected as the president of the chamber in the fifteenth round of voting, at the beginning of January, admits “I always had questions” On the course of the latter, which will have to win “trust” of his peers. Will the interested party have time?

Never before in this chamber has a man lied so much about almost everything. Never before has a candidate built such a pathetic and despicable scaffold of nonsense about his background, his family, his personal life, his professional career, his commitments. A solid enough build to emerge victoriously through the ordeal of the election campaign after the first setback of 2020. But now he’s making her the prey of reporters hunting the corridors of Capitol Hill, mocked by TV hosts, much to her chagrin. own colleagues.

Almost every day, the American media takes a page from Santos’ fiction, finds a brutal witness, publishes a photo or document. The head spins, dizziness prevails. We no longer know who to rely on: the criminal code, the ethics manual of an elected official, or the couch of an excellent psychoanalyst broken into myth.

Post-election euphoria

On November 19, 2022, George Santos stands on a stage set up in a luxury hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is a second-level speaker at the meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, an influential organization of Republican Jews. Freshly elected in the midterm elections, eleven days before the arrival of a video intervention by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a new Republican star, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. He has five minutes.

“Shabbat shalom everyone! » The newly elected president talks about his immigrant parents. “We are no strangers to persecution” He notes that he recalls the fate of his grandfather, who fled Ukraine in the 1920s before finding refuge in Belgium, then Brazil. George Santos promises that in Congress he will fight anti-Semitism, defend Israel, and be uncompromising towards Iran. “I’m Living the American Dream”– said the 34-year-old man with a greedy smile. This is the last moment of his post-election euphoria.