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[Florida Department of State, Devolder Organization, LLC, Articles of Organization, 5/12/21]
The Devolder Organization Was “One Of Six Stakeholders In Red Strategies USA,” A Right-Wing Political Strategy Firm; Four Other Stakeholders Were “Former Harbor City Employees”
The Devolder Organization Was “One Of Six Stakeholders In Red Strategies USA,” While Four Other Stakeholders Were “Former Harbor City Employees”
May 2021: Santos “Incorporated The Devolder Organization In Florida With The Help Of An Accountant Who Served As Harbor City’s Chief Financial Officer.” “Last May, he incorporated The Devolder Organization in Florida with the help of an accountant who served as Harbor City’s chief financial officer.” [Daily Beast, 4/3/22]
• The Devolder Organization Was “One Of Six Stakeholders In Red Strategies USA,” While Four Other Stakeholders Were Owned By “Former Harbor City Employees.” “The Devolder Organization is in turn one of six stakeholders in Red Strategies USA, another firm founded in the Sunshine State that same month. Five of the six companies involved in Red Strategies belong to former Harbor City employees, including the ex-CFO; the last belongs to Devolder-Santos’s campaign treasurer. None of the individuals involved were singled out in the SEC complaint for any alleged misconduct.” [Daily Beast, 4/3/22]
Santos Spread Baseless Conspiracy Theories About President Biden And Used Incendiary Rhetoric Against Democrats
November 2019: Santos Accused “Radical Leftists” Of Attacking America From Within And “Working Tirelessly To Destroy The Bill Of Rights”
Nov. 11, 2019: Santos Accused “Radical Leftists” Of Attacking America From Within And “Working Tirelessly To Destroy The Bill Of Rights.” “Devolder Santos said, ‘America is under attack. This time the attack is from within. It's coming from radical leftists who are trying to destroy our most basic traditions and the very foundations of our Constitutional Republic. They are demonizing the free market system and capitalism, working tirelessly to destroy the Bill of Rights and most of all trying to impose their will and misconception of what makes a free and fair society on all of us. I want to be the candidate who will represent all of the constituents in New York's Third Congressional District.’” [Queens Gazette, 11/20/19]
September 2020: Santos Complained That New Yorkers Couldn’t Push Back Against Cuomo’s Policies “Because We Barely Have Any Guns In The State” And Couldn’t “Show Force”
Santos Said “If We Had A Little Bit More Liberty With Our Second Amendment” In New York, “I Highly Doubt That Governor Cuomo Would Get Away With Half Of What He’s Doing”
Sept. 4, 2020: Santos Said “If We Had A Little Bit More Liberty With Our Second Amendment” In New York, “I Highly Doubt That Governor Cuomo Would Get Away With Half Of What He's Doing.” SANTOS: “The Second Amendment is something that's very gray in New York State. I'm pro second amendment, pro constitution, I believe in the Constitution and the powers that it obtains and it's a living, breathing document. Second Amendment is there to protect us from tyrannical government. And I believe if we had a little bit more liberty with our Second Amendment here in the state, I highly doubt that Governor Cuomo would get away with half of what he's doing […] But they designed it in a way where they first to rid us of our guns and our liberties and now they took over us.” [Indivisible with John Stubbins, 46:48-47:26, 9/4/20] (VIDEO)
Santos Complained That New Yorkers Couldn’t Push Back Against Cuomo’s Policies “Because We Barely Have Any Guns In The State.” “And all hail King Cuomo up in Albany! And he's shutting down liquor licenses of businesses who are over exceeding the capacity of 50% in their restaurants. I mean, he's destroying the state up and down. And he's, he's really not leading, or representing, he's ruling amongst us. […] But then again, we can't take up arms against tyrannical government because we barely have any guns in the state.” [Indivisible with John Stubbins, 47:26-47:52, 9/4/20] (VIDEO)
• Santos Claimed That He Wasn’t Calling On People To Shoot Cuomo, But Just “To Show Force.” “Right, I'm not saying to shoot the guy but I'm just saying to show force. Knock it off, tone it down. We the people do not agree. Figure something else out. And say I'm not insinuating like Congressman Suozzi insinuated we shoot the president.” [Indivisible with John Stubbins, 47:52-48:11, 9/4/20] (VIDEO)
November 2020: Santos Said It Was A Fact That Biden Was Conspiring “With China To Bring Another Pandemic To The US By Way Of Movie Theaters”
Nov. 1, 2020: Santos Tweeted That It Was A Fact That Biden Was Conspiring “With China To Bring Another Pandemic To The US By Way Of Movie Theaters.”
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[Edge Media Network, 11/20/20]
NOTE: The original tweet Santos was responding to was deleted.
Dec. 2020: Santos Said Biden’s “Corporate String Masters” Would Not Allow Him To Cure AIDS
Dec. 2, 2020: Santos Said Biden’s “Corporate String Masters” Would Not Allow Him To Cure AIDS And That “Big Pharma Rather Treat Than Cure.”
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[George Santos, Twitter, 12/2/20]
June 2021: Santos Accused “Radicalized Democrats” Of Turning “New York City Into A Third-World Hellhole”
June 10, 2021: Santos Accused “Radicalized Democrats” Of Turning “New York City Into A Third-World Hellhole.” “In a campaign launch video shared first with Fox News, Santos targeted New York Gov. Andrew
Cuomo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as he said, ‘The politicians in Manhattan are destroying New York City and we don’t want those bad policies here in Long Island. We see the devastating effects and we want nothing to do with it.’ Santos, who’s making his second straight bid for Congress, charged that ‘failed leadership from the radicalized Democrats have turned New York City into a third-world hellhole, and we cannot let that happen in Long Island.’” [Fox News, 6/10/21]
January 2022: Santos Said “The FBI Has Turned Into A Political Machine Controlled By The Radical Left”
Jan. 17, 2022: Santos: Said “It’s Sad That The FBI Has Turned Into A Political Machine Controlled By The Radical Left.”
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[George Santos, Twitter, 1/17/22]
May 2022: Santos Said “The True Threat To Free Speech Is The Biden Administration's ‘Ministry of Truth’ Propaganda Czar Nina Jankowicz,” The Executive Director Of The Department Of Homeland Security's Disinformation Governance Board
May 2, 2022: Santos Claimed That “The True Threat To Free Speech Is The Biden Administration's ‘Ministry of Truth’ Propaganda Czar Nina Jankowicz.”
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[George Santos, Twitter, 5/2/22]
Nina Jankowicz Was Appointed By Biden “To Serve As Executive Director Of The Department Of Homeland Security's New Disinformation Governance Board”
Nina Jankowicz Was Appointed By Biden “To Serve As Executive Director Of The Department Of Homeland Security's New Disinformation Governance Board.” “Nina Jankowicz is President Joe Biden's pick to serve as executive director of the Department of Homeland Security's new Disinformation Governance Board—and her appointment has already met with some controversy. Jankowicz has been a global fellow at the nonpartisan Wilson Center and an author whose research has focused on disinformation as well as Russia and the treatment of women online.” [Newsweek, 4/28/22]
May 2022: Santos Said “The Clinton Campaign Fabricated A Convoluted Trump-Russia Lie And The Democrat Party Went With It”
May 22, 2022: Santos Said “The Clinton Campaign Fabricated A Convoluted Trump-Russia Lie And The Democrat Party Went With It” And “Millions Of Taxpayer Dollars Were Wasted On This Hoax.”
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[George Santos, Twitter, 5/22/22]
June 2022: Santos Said “The Biggest Threat I See Facing The United States Today Is This Administration And Their Ineptitude To Actually Defend This Country”
June 13, 2022: Santos Said “The Biggest Threat I See Facing The United States Today Is This Administration And Their Ineptitude To Actually Defend This Country.” “QUESTION: What do you see as the biggest threat facing the United States today? SANTOS: The biggest threat I see facing the United States today is this administration and their ineptitude to actually defend this country. I'm not going to say it's a foreign enemy because I didn't know which foreign enemy can incur on us at this point.” [All Ears Podcast, 9:41-10:46, 6/13/22] (AUDIO)