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Rep. George Santos claimed he had a 3.89 GPA at a college he never actually attended

Jan 12, 2023, 04:30 IST
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Rep. George Santos waits for the start of a session in the House chamber.Alex Brandon/AP Photo
  • The resume Rep. George Santos gave the Nassau County Republican Committee is full of lies.
  • The resume, published by the New York Times, says he graduated from Baruch College summa cum laude with a high 3.89 GPA.
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As the group vetted his desire to run for Congress, GOP Rep. George Santos told the Nassau County Republican Committee he graduated summa cum laude with a 3.89 GPA at a college he never actually attended, according to a recent New York Times report.

Santos told the GOP committee he had obtained the high GPA at Baruch College, which recently said Santos never attended. Santos also claimed to have gotten an M.B.A. at New York University, a school that also said Santos did not attend.

In the resume he gave the Nassau County Republican Committee, according to the New York Times, Santos boasted about graduating in the top 1% of his class and how he doubled his revenue while working at Goldman Sachs, where he never worked.

Joseph Cairo, the chair of the Nassau County Republican Committee, called for Santos to resign on Wednesday. He admitted the county committee messed up by accepting Santos' lies at face value.

"We were duped here," Cairo said. "It's obvious now it was all a bunch of lies and fabrications."

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Cairo also pointed to another lie he said Santos told him. He said Santos claimed he was a "star on the Baruch volleyball team and that they won the league championship."

Despite calls for his resignation on Wednesday, Santos firmly stated on Twitter he had no desire to do such a thing.

"I was elected to serve the people of #NY03 not the party & politicians, I remain committed to doing that and regret to hear that local officials refuse to work with my office to deliver results to keep our community safe and lower the cost of living. I will NOT resign!" he wrote.

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