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An Empty Suit and a Rainbow Flag

George Santos rose to prominence by manipulating the very identity politics Republicans pretend to hate. His defenders are being unwittingly enlisted in party intrigue at their own expense.

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Pedro L. Gonzalez
Dec 30, 2022
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George Santos, during a March 2020 appearance on the Empire State Conservatives Podcast. Graphic by Pedro Gonzalez.

It is a terrible thought that George Santos might be the future of the Republican Party. For the mercifully uninitiated, Santos, who was recently elected to represent New York’s third congressional district, is at the center of a scandal be…

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