Ben Shapiro mocks George Santos for claiming his heritage is Jewish

Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro took a swipe at lying Congressman George Santos for his longstanding dubious claim that he has ‘Jewish’ heritage.

“What I should have said is, ‘Inside, I feel Jewish,'” Shapiro, who is also Jewish, joked in an interview on springs morgan uncensored Wednesday night. ‘I feel so Jewish inside, what are you going to do, challenge my feelings?’

Just a few days ago, Morgan also interviewed Santos himself, who admitted that he “got away with it” lying on the campaign trail by wildly embellishing his resume and personal history.

However, the Long Island Republican stood firm on the inheritance claim, saying he had called himself “Jew” as a joke throughout his life due to his mother’s supposed Jewish ancestry.

“He’s pretty much the ultimate predator of politicians right now, he’s reached the logical end point of where our politics is headed,” said Shapiro, a writer and podcaster who founded the conservative Daily Wire news site.

Santos, 36, also appeared on Piers Morgan Uncensored this week, to defend himself after being called a “serial liar.”

“We’ve just gotten into kind of a post-truth era, not where people don’t pay attention to the truth, but I’m not even sure how many people do care about the truth,” Shapiro said.

At various points, Santos has claimed that he is “Jewish,” “Jewish,” “half-Jewish,” “a proud American Jew,” a “Latino Jew,” and a non-observant Jew, though genealogical searches reveal no family ties to the Judaism. , according jewish insider.

During an interview, Santos said his mother’s surname was the historically Jewish name ‘Zabrovsky’.

He claims that his grandfather was born in the Ukraine when it was part of the Soviet Union and immigrated to Belgium in 1940 or 41 when he met his grandmother.

Speaking to Fox Digital last year, he said: ‘We don’t carry the Ukrainian surname, for a lot of people who are descendants of World War II refugees or Holocaust survivors, there was a lot of name changing or paperwork in the surviving name.’

However, reports indicate that there have been no successful efforts to find any Jewish or Ukrainian heritage in his family tree, according to the Forward.

Santos said in a separate interview in 2020 that he was raised by “a white Caucasian mother, an immigrant from Belgium.

But Santos’ mother, Fátima Devolder, was born in Brazil, according to her 2016 obituary.

Speaking to Morgan, he said his inheritance was one argument he would “fight to the grave” for.

In an interview with Morgan on Monday, Santos stood by his inheritance claim, despite admitting to being a “terrible liar” on his resume.

He added: ‘I’ve already ordered those DNA test kits, I’ve done four of them and so far I’m waiting for the returns, I’m really curious to share them with everyone.

‘My grandparents fled from Belgium to Brazil and falsified many documents. It has happened to other people, and they received letters of apology. I will be the same story.

However, the congressman denied saying he was Jewish, telling Morgan that he was a Christian who was “Jewish”, a joke he claims to have made throughout his life.

He said: ‘I never claimed to be a Jew. It was a party joke. I say that my grandparents are Jewish on my mother’s side, and I am Jewish.

“There were thousands of people in a room at the RJC in November who laughed at that joke.”

However, he previously admitted that he had “prettier” his resume during his successful 2022 House campaign and unsuccessful 2020 bid.

The Long Island representative told Piers Morgan: ‘I’ve been a terrible liar on those issues and what I’m trying to convey to the American people is that I made mistakes in allowing the pressure of what I thought should be done.

It was not about deceiving anyone. It wasn’t about deceiving people, it was about being accepted by the local party.’