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The Queens County Republican Patriots Vowed To Oust “The Self-Serving And Corrupt Queens County Republican Party Leadership.” “We the Republican Patriots of Queens In consideration of the current distressing circumstances unfolding across America hereby stand firmly resolved in favor the following resolutions: […] We resolve to create a new Republican Party in Queens: by ousting the self-serving and corrupt Queens County Republican party leadership, that has failed to grow the party, advance Republican principles, and elect Republicans to local offices.” [Queens County Republican Patriots, accessed 7/8/22]

The Queens County Republican Patriots “Skew More To The Right Than Their Queens GOP Counterparts.” “The Republican Patriots was founded by Joseph Concannon, a former NYPD captain and advisor to Mayor Rudy Giuliani, after Ariola was tapped to lead the borough’s Republican Party in 2018. Ideologically, the Patriots skew more to the right than their Queens GOP counterparts, according to Maio. But the biggest reason for the conception of the new group was to create a more open and transparent electoral process, Maio said.” [Queens Daily Eagle, 6/17/21]

A Queens Supreme Court Justice Ruled That The Queens County Republican Patriots “Had Fraudulently Submitted Petitions To Get” Their Candidates On The 2021 Republican Primary Ballot

A Queens Supreme Court Justice Ruled That The Queens County Republican Patriots “Had Fraudulently Submitted Petitions To Get” Their Candidates On The 2021 Republican Primary Ballot. “Their names may appear on the ballot during the upcoming primary elections, but for 11 Republican candidates in Queens not a single vote cast in their favor will count, a judge ruled last week. In the latest example of Republican infighting in the borough, Queens Supreme Court Justice Robert Caloras ruled in favor of the Queens County Republican Party and its chair Joann Ariola, who said that a slate of Republican candidates belonging to a group called the Queens County Republican Patriots had fraudulently submitted petitions to get the names on the ballot. Because the June 10 ruling came only days before the start of early voting for the June 22 primaries, the candidates’ names will remain on the ballot, but none of the votes for them will count.” [Queens Daily Eagle, 6/17/21]

• The Queens County Republican Patriots “Ran 31 Candidates For Various Offices Across The Borough And City” In 2021. “In all, the group ran 31 candidates for various offices across the borough and city this year – only 7 will appear on the ballot and have votes cast for them counted following a series of successful legal challenges from the Queens GOP.” [Queens Daily Eagle, 6/17/21]

Santos Initially Opposed The CARES Act, Opposed Further COVID Stimulus Measures, And Attacked Dr. Fauci

Oct. 2020: Santos Initially Opposed The CARES Act And Argued That The Federal Government Ought To Implement Favorable Tax Policies For Private Capital Markets” Rather Than “A Second Coronavirus Stimulus Bill”

Oct. 14, 2020: Santos Initially Opposed The CARES Act Because It Was “Socialist,” Be He “Conceded That It Had Sustained Citizens Who Might Have Fallen On Hard Times Without It.” “Santos admitted he changed his mind on the CARES Act, the injection of $2.2 trillion to support the economy during the pandemic. Opposed to it as ‘socialist’ at first, he conceded that it had sustained citizens who might have fallen on hard times without it.” [Manhasset Press, 10/14/20]

• Santos Opposed “A Second Coronavirus Stimulus Bill And Argued That The Federal Government Ought To Implement Favorable Tax Policies For Private Capital Markets.” “However, he is against a second coronavirus stimulus bill, and argued that the federal government ought to implement favorable tax policies for private capital markets to make use of the $5 or $6 trillion they hold to stimulate the economy.” [Manhasset Press, 10/14/20]

The CARES Act Provided Over “$25 Billion For Domestic Food Assistance Programs, Including The School Breakfast And Lunch Programs,” SNAP “And The Emergency Food Assistance Program”

The CARES Act Provided Over “$25 Billion For Domestic Food Assistance Programs, Including The School Breakfast And Lunch Programs,” SNAP “And The Emergency Food Assistance Program.” “The CARES Act is divided into two main parts: Division A, which contains authorizing language for several programs and mandatory spending provisions, and Division B, which contains emergency, discretionary appropriations. […] Division B includes appropriations for several programs and initiatives, including (in order of appearance in the legislation): […] More than $25 billion for domestic food assistance programs, including the school breakfast and lunch programs, the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP), and the emergency food assistance program.” [Kaiser Family Foundation, 4/9/20]

The CARES Act Provided $1 Billion For “Purchases Of Personal Protective Equipment And Medical Equipment, Such As Ventilators” And “$415 Million For Research And Development Efforts Related To Vaccines And Antiviral Pharmaceuticals And For Procurement Of Diagnostic Tests”

The CARES Act Provided $1 Billion For “Purchases Of Personal Protective Equipment And Medical Equipment, Such As Ventilators.” “The CARES Act is divided into two main parts: Division A, which contains authorizing language for several programs and mandatory spending provisions, and Division B, which contains emergency, discretionary appropriations. […] Division B includes appropriations for several programs and initiatives, including (in order of appearance in the legislation): […] $1 billion for Defense Production Act purchases of personal protective equipment and medical equipment, such as ventilators.” [Kaiser Family Foundation, 4/9/20]

The CARES Act Provided Over “$415 Million For Research And Development Efforts Related To Vaccines And Antiviral Pharmaceuticals And For Procurement Of Diagnostic Tests.” “The CARES Act is divided into two main parts: Division A, which contains authorizing language for several programs and mandatory spending

provisions, and Division B, which contains emergency, discretionary appropriations. […] Division B includes appropriations for several programs and initiatives, including (in order of appearance in the legislation): […] $4.9 billion for the Department of Defense’s Defense Health Program, including $415 million for research and development efforts related to vaccines and antiviral pharmaceuticals and for procurement of diagnostic tests.” [Kaiser Family Foundation, 4/9/20]

The American Rescue Plan Provided $12.7 Billion In Coronavirus State And Local Fiscal Recovery Funds To New York State And $22.5 Million In Child Tax Credit Payments To Families In New York’s 3rd Congressional District

New York Received Over $12.7 Billion In Coronavirus State And Local Fiscal Recovery Funds As Part Of The American Rescue Plan To Help Governments Respond To The Pandemic And Bring Back Jobs. New York received over $12.7 billion in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds as part of the American Rescue Plan: “The American Rescue Plan will deliver $350 billion for eligible state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments to respond to the COVID-19 emergency and bring back jobs. […] Recipients may use these funds to: support public health expenditures, by, for example, funding COVID-19 mitigation efforts, medical expenses, behavioral healthcare, and certain public health and safety staff, address negative economic impacts caused by the public health emergency, including economic harms to workers, households, small businesses, impacted industries, and the public sector, replace lost public sector revenue, using this funding to provide government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue experienced due to the pandemic, provide premium pay for essential workers, offering additional support to those who have and will bear the greatest health risks because of their service in critical infrastructure sectors, invest in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure, making necessary investments to improve access to clean drinking water, support vital wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, and to expand access to broadband internet, within these overall categories, recipients have broad flexibility to decide how best to use this funding to meet the needs of their communities. [Department of the Treasury, Allocation for States, accessed 9/8/21; Department of the Treasury, accessed 9/8/21]

According To Estimates From The Joint Economic Committee Made Using State-Level Data From The Treasury, New York’s 3rd Congressional District Had Received $22.5 Million In Child Tax Credit Payments As Of August 2021. According to estimates from the Joint Economic Committee, New York’s 3rd Congressional District had received $22.5 million in Child Tax Credit payments as of August 2021: “Using state-level data from the Treasury Department on advance Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments, the Joint Economic Committee estimated the number of qualifying children, total number of payments, and total payment amount by congressional district in August 2021, when the second round of CTC payments was distributed.” [Joint Economic Committee, 9/9/21; Joint Economic Committee, Estimates of Advance Child Tax Credit Distribution by Congressional District, 9/9/21]

Santos Opposed COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Because He Believed “People Have The Right To Medical Freedom”

Santos Opposed COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Because He Believed “People Have The Right To Medical Freedom.”

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[George Santos, Twitter, 9/11/21]

Santos Said Fauci Got Nothing Right During The COVID-19 Pandemic And Said He Wanted “To See Dr. Fauci Get Investigated”

Santos Claimed That Fauci Got Nothing Right During The COVID-19 Pandemic And Said He Wanted “To See Dr. Fauci Get Investigated.”

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[George Santos, Twitter, 1/11/22]

Santos Supported Trump’s Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos And Wanted To Cut School Funding In The Middle Of The COVID Pandemic

Santos Said He Supported “The Efforts Of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos To Expand Educational Opportunities For Poor Children Who Are Locked In Underperforming Inner City Schools”

Santos Said He Supported “The Efforts Of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos To Expand Educational Opportunities For Poor Children Who Are Locked In Underperforming Inner City Schools.” “He supports the efforts of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to expand educational opportunities for poor children who are locked in underperforming inner city schools. A better educational system, he asserts, is the key to prosperity and job growth. Though polls cited to Anton Media Group by state Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs indicate that Suozzi has a comfortable lead, Santos is confident.” [Manhasset Press, 10/14/20]

Santos Supported So-Called “School Choice,” Which Would Allow Students To “Attend Different School Districts Instead Of Being Confined To The Districts Their Parents Or Guardians Bought A Home In”

Santos Supported So-Called “School Choice,” Which Would Allow Students To “Attend Different School Districts Instead Of Being Confined To The Districts Their Parents Or Guardians Bought A Home In.” “One of the initiatives Santos supports is school choice, which can increase the options for students to attend different school districts instead of being confined to the districts their parents or guardians bought a home in. ‘It essentially takes kids that are willing to learn out of failing school districts and put them in better school districts, providing them with free transportation, whether it’s a school bus, or in New York City, with a Metro card or whatever equivalent,’ he said. ‘I’m a strong believer of allowing the parents to make the choice of schooling and not school zoning, per se, being the only mechanism.’” [The Island Now, 2/8/22]

School Choice Programs Syphon Money Away From Public School Districts, Which Forces Them “To Reduce Services, Enrichment Programs And Sports, Or […] Raise Local Taxes, Or Both”

School Choice Programs Syphon Money Away From Public School Districts, Which Forces Them “To Reduce Services, Enrichment Programs And Sports, Or […] Raise Local Taxes, Or Both.” “The ultimate goal of school choice advocates is funding portability that is sometimes called ‘backpack funding’ to increase its appeal. Taxpayer money follows the student to the public school, private school, home school or charter school of her choice. […] A recent study by Innovation Ohio demonstrated the loss of millions of dollars intended for the Van Wert County local public schools (recently visited by DeVos) that instead flowed to charter schools. As the study’s

authors explained, the burden for financing charter schools has shifted to local taxpayers, resulting in steep increases in taxes. As charter schools and voucher programs expand, the public school system has to reduce services, enrichment programs and sports, or it has to raise local taxes, or both. This negatively impacts the community at large and has a negative effect on home values.” [Washington Post, 5/3/17]

Santos Said Schools Should Be Running On “Lower, Leaner Budgets” In Middle Of The COVID Pandemic

2020: When Asked About School Officials Who Were Worried About Cuts To Education Funding, Santos Said “Schools Should Be Running On Lower, Leaner Budgets” Because Many Schools Were Running On A “Hybrid Model.” “Herald Gazette: School officials are worried about possible cuts from the state coming later in the year. How can you help local schools get the funding they need? […] GS: Our schools should be running on lower, leaner budgets since in the majority of schools there is a hybrid model, meaning they need less for the staff. The overhead has dropped drastically too. I don’t think the fear is that they won’t receive any funds. I think it is that they won’t receive as much. I think the funding will be adjusted to the overhead the schools have now, not what it was prior to the pandemic. I was a public school student and I depended on that system and wouldn’t want anyone else to not have access to a good decent quality education. I’d fight to secure funds for schools but I’d like to know the real facts and numbers. Budgets can’t be one size fits all. They need to be adjusted.” [Long Island Herald, 10/15/20]

Santos Was Bad For Long Island And Had No Realistic Policy Plans

As Of July 2022, Santos Had No Issues Page On His Website

As Of July 2022, Santos Had No Issues Page On His Website.

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[George Santos for Congress, accessed 7/14/22]

Santos’s Website Had An Issues Page As Of January 2021, But It Was Later Taken Down

Santos’s Website Had An Issues Page As Of January 2021, But It Was Later Taken Down.

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[George Santos for Congress, archived 1/6/21]