The politics of the lie-blizzard
According to the New York Times of 13 January, many Republicans had long been suspicious of the stories George Santos told about himself before he was elected to the US House of Representatives on 8 November 2022. They let it go. Now Santos, a pro-Trump Republican, opposed to abortion access and mask mandates and considering police brutality a “made-up concept”, has been found out. He insists he will serve his term in Congress. Kevin McCarthy, whipped by his difficulty in winning the far-right Republican votes he needed to become Speaker of the House of Representatives, backs Santos. Santos...