>> WASHINGTON CREATED A CULTURE
WHERE IT’S ACCEPTABLE TO LIE TO
FURTHER YOUR OWN INTEREST.
TRY NOT TO GET CAUGHT.
I SERVED IN CONGRESS FOR 8
YEARS.
EVEN WHEN POLITICIANS GET
CAUGHT, PEOPLE SHRUG THEIR
SHOULDERS AND MOVE ON. NO CONSEQUENCES.
NO CONSEQUENCES.
DICK BLOOMINGTHAL LIED ABOUT HIS
MILITARY SERVICE.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON’T TRUST
POLITICIANS.
THEY HAVE NO FAITH THAT THOSE IN
WASHINGTON ARE WORKING FOR THE
PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE CLEARLY
WORKING FOR THEMSELVES.
THERE ARE NEW ACCUSATIONS THAT
GEORGE SANTOS JUST ELECTED TO
REPRESENT NEW YORK IN CONGRESS
IN THE PAST ELECTION HAS BEEN
LYING ABOUT HIS OWN PAST.
HE ADMITS TO SOME OF THESE
DEPOSITIONS.
-- DECEPTIONS.
HE EMBELLISHED HIS RESUME BY
SAYING HE GRADUATED FROM A COLLEGE WHEN HE DIDN’T AND HE
A COLLEGE WHEN HE DIDN’T AND HE
NEVER WORKED FOR CITI-GROUP.
HE ONCE CALLED HIMSELF A PROUD
JEW.
NOW HE SAYS I AM CATHOLIC.
I LEARNED MY MATERNAL FAMILY HAD
A JEWISH BACKGROUND, I SAID I
WAS JEW-ISH.
THERE ARE OTHER ACCUSATIONS.
NOW WE WILL HEAR DIRECTLY FROM
SANTOS HIMSELF IN HIS FIRST TV
INTERVIEW SINCE THESE
ACCUSATIONS SURFACED.
GEORGE SANTOS JOINS US NOW.
CONGRESS-ELECT THANKS FOR
JOINING US TODAY.
WHAT DID THE WORD INTEGRITY MEAN
TO YOU?
>> WELL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
INTEGRITY IS VERY IMPORTANT.
LIKE I SAID TO THE "NEW YORK
POST" --
>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
THE MEANING OF THE WORD MATTERS
IN PRACTICE.
>> OF COURSE.
IT MEANS TO CARRY YOURSELF IN AN
HONORABLE WAY.
I MADE A MISTAKE.
I THINK HUMANS ARE FLAWED AND WE
ALL MAKE MISTAKES.
WE CAN LOOK AT OURSELVES IN THE
MIRROR AND ADMIT THAT.
I HAVE TO ADMIT THIS ON NATIONAL
TELEVISION AND I HAVE THE
COURAGE TO DO SO.
TO MOVE PAST THIS AND BE AN
EFFECTIVE MEMBER OF CONGRESS I
HAVE TO FACE MY MISTAKES.
I AM NOT A FRAUD OR A FAKE.
I DIDN’T MATERIALIZE FROM
THINAIRE.
I WORKED DAMN HARD TO WORK WHERE
I GOT.
LIFE DIDN’T START OFF EASY -- I
COME FROM ABJECT POVERTY.
I MADE SOME MISTAKES.
I OWN UP TO THEM.
NOW I WANT TO GET PAST THIS SO I
CAN DELIVER FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
>> THE THING IS INTEGRITY MEANS
CARRYING YOURSELF WITH HONOR.
IT MEANS TELLING THE TRUTH.
IF I WERE ONE OF THOSE IN NEW
YORK’S THIRD DISTRICT RIGHT NOW,
NOW THAT THE ELECTION IS OVER
AND FINDING OUT ALL OF THESE
LIES, NOT JUST ONE LITTLE LIE.
THESE ARE BLATANT LIES.
DO YOU HAVE NO SHAME?
PEOPLE YOU ARE ASKING TO TRUST
TO YOU BE THEIR VOICE FOR THEM,
THEIR FAMILIES AND KIDS IN
WASHINGTON?
>> I CAN SAY THE SAME THING
ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS AND THE
PARTY.
JOE BIDEN LIED TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE FOR 40 YEARS.
HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
DEMOCRATS SUPPORT HIM.
DO THEY HAVE NO SHAME?
>> THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THIS IS ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ENTRUSTED TO
YOU FIGHT FOR THEM.
ONE QUESTION THAT HITS HOME TO A
LOT OF PEOPLE IS:
ARE YOU JEWISH?
WE HAVE A LETTER YOUR CAMPAIGN
SENT OUT WHICH READ AS FOLLOWS.
AS A PROUD AMERICAN JEW I HAVE
BEEN TO ISRAEL NUMEROUS TIMES
FOR EDUCATION, LEISURE AND
BUSINESS TRIPS.
YOU SAID YOU ARE A PROUD
AMERICAN JEW.
HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
>> MY HERITAGE IS JEWISH.
I WAS RAISED A PRACTICING
CATHOLIC.
I ALWAYS JOKED WITH FRIENDS IN
CIRCLES AND IN THE CAMPAIGN I
SAID SAY I AM JEW-ISH.
REMEMBER I WAS RAISED CATHOLIC.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNIT PICK AT
ME.
I AM NOT A FACADE.
I HAVE A CAREER I WORKED REAL
HARD TO ACHIEVE.
I WILL DELIVER FROM MY
EXPERIENCE.
I REMAIN COMMITTED TO DELIVER
RESULTS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
I CAMPAIGNED ON INFLATION, CRIME
AND EDUCATION.
THAT’S WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THE
THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
HEARD ME.
NOW I HAVE TO DELIVER ON THE
RESULTS.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT.
>> I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING MY
DISTRICT.
>> [OVERLAPPING TALKING].
>> THE RESULTS THAT PEOPLE ARE
LOOKING FOR ARE CALLED INTO
QUESTION WHEN YOU TELL BLATANT
LIES.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
CONCERNS.
YOU DON’T SEEM TO TAKE THIS
SERIOUSLY. YOU APOLOGIZED BUT A LIE IS NOT
YOU APOLOGIZED BUT A LIE IS NOT
AN EMBELLISHMENT ON A RESUME.
YOU SAID YOU WORKED AT THESE
PLACES AND THEY HAD NO RECORD OF
THAT.
THESE ARE BLATANT LIES.
HOW CAN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU SAY ON THE
34 OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES FIGHTING FOR
THEM?
-- THE FLOOR.
>> LOOK, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU
ARE SAYING.
WE CAN DEBATE MY RESUME AND HOW
I WORKED WITH FIRMS.
>> IS IT DEBATABLE?
>> [OVERLAPPING TALKING].
>> NO, IT’S NOT FALSE.
I CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT YOU CAN DO IN PRIVATE EQUITY
CAN DO IN PRIVATE EQUITY
LIMITING SERVICE ED -- SERVING
LIMITING PATTERSON.
PARTNERS.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT
DISCUSSION I CAN EXPLAIN THAT TO
YOU.
>> THIS IS NOT ABOUT SETTLING
SCORES.
YOU JUST HIGHLIGHTED MY CONCERN
AND THE CONCERN PEOPLE AT HOME
HAVE.
THIS DISCUSSION WILL GO ABOVE
THE HEADS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
BAKE
, INSULTING THEIR INTELLIGENCE.
>> THAT’S NOT WHAT I AM SAYING.
>> [OVERLAPPING TALKING].
>> YOU CAN’T EXPLAIN IT IN A WAY
YOUR CONSTITUENTS WOULD
UNDERSTAND.
>> IF YOU GIVE ME THE TIME I CAN
EXPLAIN IT FOR YOU.
WHEN INVESTORS ARE LOOKING FOR
CAPITAL, I AM DOING DUE
DILIGENCE ON WHAT THEY ARE
LOOKING FOR.
WE WORKED ALONG SIDE THEM TO
HELP PLACE THIS CAPITAL.
I WORKED WITH THESE FIRMS AND
MANY OTHER FIRMS WHEN I WAS THE
VICE-PRESIDENT OF INVESTORS.
THIS IS NOT A MADE UP NARRATIVE.
NOBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO CALL ME
A LIAR.
>> WE HAVE GIVEN YOU A LOT OF
TIME.
THE TIME THAT IS OWED IS TO THE
PEOPLE OF NEW YORK’S THIRD.
IT’S HARD TO IMAGINE HOW THEY
COULD TRUST YOUR EXPLANATIONS
WHEN YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO