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The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) cut ties with Republican Rep.-elect George Santos of New York after it was revealed that Santos falsely claimed he was Jewish during his campaign.
Santos came under fire Monday after he admitted to lying about getting a college degree and working for Wall Street firms Goldman Sachs and Citigroup after a New York Times investigation. RJC CEO Matt Brooks announced on Twitter that Santos had also fabricated his Jewish identity in both public and private conversations.
“[Santos] deceived us and misrepresented his heritage,” the statement read. “In public comments and to us personally, he previously claimed to be Jewish.”
Santos’ campaign website claimed that his mother was Jewish and that his grandparents escaped Nazi Germany during World War II, according to the New York Post.
