During conversations with House Republicans, a picture emerged of a Santos who's more reserved among his colleagues than his recent spotlight-seeking suggests.
The New York Republican became a migraine for his party only last month after reports raised questions about whether George Santos lied extensively about his past. | Alex Brandon/AP PhotoEveryone in the Capitol seems to be talking about George Santos. Almost no fellow Republican, however, appears to be forging real bonds with him.
Santos himself demurred when POLITICO asked about his standing in the conference: “I’m not gonna say they’re all my friends … I have no enemies at least,” he said, adding he has “confidantes” but noting it is “too soon” in his term for “special relationships.” He quipped that he’s in more of a “relationship” with the political press.
Santos tends to flash a smile as he bounces around the Capitol halls, often encircled by an aggressive barrage of news cameras and persistent press questions. This week he took the practice of catering to the spotlight rather literally,Few of his colleagues expect that glare to dim quickly.
Two Republicans close to Santos’ team say they, too, were completely in the dark about his fabrications, recalling that he often mentioned stories unprompted that later proved inaccurate, such as his claims to have played volleyball for Baruch College. But the issue of his cancer faded from the conversation on the trail almost as quickly as it materialized.
Now that Santos is a full-fledged House GOP conference member, fellow Republican lawmakers are tied to his falsehoods as they push for accountability and transparency in their pending oversight of the Biden administration. And they’re not certain whether he has any path to redemption inside the party.
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