Critics Aren't Buying George Santos' New Excuse For Not Showing Receipts

Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) has pointed to the war in Ukraine as a reason for the holdup on proof of his assertion that his grandparents fled the Holocaust , a claim that several news outlets have deflated with evidence to the contrary .

Santos, an admitted liar who avoided a possible House expulsion last week over his multiple criminal charges, told CNN ’s Manu Raju on Sunday that the claim is “true”  despite genealogy records contradicting him and finding his maternal grandparents were born in Brazil.

“Is there documentation of this?” asked Raju.

“Oh that’s what I spent the last 10 months doing, putting together, but unfortunately, Ukraine is in the middle of a frickin’ war and my grandfather comes from Ukraine,” said Santos, adding that proving the claim he once splattered on his website is the “biggest lift” he’s had to do in his entire life.

“But that’s something I’m gonna die, I’m gonna prove before I die,” he added.

He added that the reality of the situation is he never said he was “Jewish” despite calling himself a “Latino Jew ,” “half Jewish ,” “Jewish ,” “Jew-ish ,” a non-observant Jew  and a “proud American Jew ” in the past.

When asked if he has documented proof his grandparents fled the Holocaust, Santos replied, “I am working on finishing getting the last pieces of it, specifically the piece in Brazil where they go to Brazil and then have documents forged so that they can blend in and all of that.”

Critics on social media weren’t buying Santos’ response and declared him to be a “Hall of Fame liar ” on X (formerly Twitter).