Reason Article RatingWhy Did George Santos Lie About His Past To Get Elected to Congress?
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| "Instead, the committee focused on his ties to Trump, claims of election fraud, and positions against abortion, which to be fair, did turn out to be a wiing political argument elsewhere in the country." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "And that does call into question whether Santos' campaign platform accurately represents him." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "There are also some financial discrepancies in Santos' stated finances as part of his campaign run." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Apparently the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee did pick up some discrepancies about Santos' finances and the animal rescue charity he claimed to have coections to, but it didn't research his employment and educational background." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "But now Santos is getting all sorts of national press coverage, because it turns out huge chunks of his biography -- including his education and past employment -- are complete fabrications." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "It's not clear at this point how much of Santos' background is actually true." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "President Joe Biden?" | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "When George Santos was elected to Congress to represent Long Island, New York, the media narrative at the time was that he was the first openly gay Republican elected to the House of Representatives as a non-incumbent." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "There is accountability for Santos in the form of the 2024 election." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Sen. Elizabeth Warren?" | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "But the report took a lot of stuff about Santos at face value that it shouldn't have." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Santos is an anomaly not in his way of saying whatever will get him elected but in his willingness to take it much further than anybody else." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Earlier this month, after investigating Santos' background, The New York Times reported that it could not verify much of the information he had told voters." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Remember when Barack Obama campaigned for president promising to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?" | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Otherwise, Santos presumably has a seat in Congress for two years unless he decides to resign over the scandal." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "The scandal is not that Santos lied." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "It is unfortunate that the truths about Santos didn't come out prior to his election." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Democrats are demanding that Santos resign for his lies or that Congress somehow refuse to seat him, but, really, is anybody in U.S. national politics in a position to seize the moral high ground here?" | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Instead, the committee focused on his ties to Trump, claims of election fraud, and positions against abortion, which to be fair, did turn out to be a wiing political argument elsewhere in the country." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Santos publicly admitted some of his lies in an interview over Christmas weekend with the New York Post." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "The scandal is that Santos lied about so many things that we can't even be certain of who Santos is." | Negative | -66% Liberal |
| "The scandal is that Santos lied about so many things that we can't even be certain of who Santos is." | Negative | -66% Liberal |
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31% : Instead, the committee focused on his ties to Trump, claims of election fraud, and positions against abortion, which to be fair, did turn out to be a winning political argument elsewhere in the country.*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.