‘Since It’s Santos, That Means He Will!’ (Video)
With mounting calls for George Santos to resign after many, many lies he told about himself were exposed, the new Republican congressman says he won’t be doing so. But, Jimmy Fallon is pretty sure that, since Santos often says the opposite of what’s true, that means he actually Will resign.
In the weeks since being elected to represent northeast Queens and parts of Long Island’s North Shore in Congress, it’s been revealed that 34-year-old Santos lied about a pretty substantial number of details about his life and work history.
Among other claims, Santos said his mother died in the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11, that his “grandparents fled Jewish persecution in Ukraine, settled in Belgium, and again fled persecution during WWII,” that he received a degree in economics and finance from CUNY’s Baruch College, that he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, and that he owned 13 rental properties where tenants had not paid rent for a year — all of which were untrue. Santos has been subject to increasing calls from his own party for him to resign. This began before he was even elected to office. Santos, however, stated that he would not resign when he spoke to reporters in front of his office on Wednesday.
“But since it’s Santos, that means he will, maybe,” Fallon joked. “Santos said he’s not a quitter, and he proved it at the ’92 Olympics where he won five gold medals.”
To be clear, that’d be impossible, considering Santos was only four years old at the time. This isn’t the first time in recent weeks that Fallon has targeted Santos though.
Fallon joked about Kevin McCarthy’s struggle to get the votes to become Speaker of House. The late-night host joked last week that Santos may lie more about his new job to defend his lying ways.
“When asked to address his lies, Santos said ‘Listen, I’m just focused on being the best vice president I can be,’” Falon mocked.
You can watch Fallon’s monologue in the video above.