Rep. George Santos outside his office on Capitol Hill.Photo: Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images
George Santos' ex-boyfriend is speaking out about the controversial freshman congressman.
“What he always looked for was fame and power,” he said. “That’s all he cared about, and he got it. He got the fame of the lies and he got the power that he’s in Congress now. But … he shouldn’t be there.”
When Burnett asked Vilarva if he thinks Santos will resign, he replied: “I don’t think so. His ego is too big and too high, he’s not gonna resign. If they don’t find something to get him [out], he’s not going to do it. That’s for sure.”
Vilarva also noted that Santos had seemed like a “different person” when they first started dating, describing him as “sweet” and “caring.” Vilarva said he ultimately decided to end the relationship after he discovered Santos had been dishonest with him.
George Santos.Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday RM via Getty
Vilarva said he did learn a lot about his ex-boyfriend from all the press coverage, though. “There were so many things I found out afterward … I still believed that he went to Baruch College like he used to say.”
Santos — who was elected as a representative for New York’s 3rd congressional district in 2022 — has recently come under fire for multiple alleged lies tied tobeing Jewish, working at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, attending Baruch College and about his mom dying as a result of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Santos apologized last month toThe New York Postabout “embellishing my resume” following aNew York Timesreport that revealed that alarge portion of his biographycould not be verified.
“I’m sorry,” he said. “I didn’t graduate from any institution of higher learning. I’m embarrassed and sorry for having embellished my resume. I own up to that … we do stupid things in life.”
“I never claimed to be Jewish,” Santos also told thePost. “I am Catholic. Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish backgroundI said I was ‘Jew-ish.'”
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A growing chorus of lawmakershave called on the Republican to resign. Santos’ fellow New York Reps. Daniel Goldman and Ritchie Torres — both Democrats —filed an official complaint with the House Committee on Ethics, calling for them to launch an investigation into Santos.
source: people.com
