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There is also the bit where Israel is one of the few democracies in the Middle East, 

Israel is actually the only Democracy in the Middle East. It's also the only country in the Middle East where it's legal to be gay (they have Pride Parades and everything), and they even offer asylum to any LGBTQ+ Arabs who need it, including LGBTQ+ Palestinians, as Palestinians brutally murder homosexuals. In fact there was a recent story of Palestinians tracking down in Israel a gay Palestinian who had been granted asylum and brutally murdering him.
The sheer number of lies this guy told that somehow were not all over the news and social media until after the election is absolutely puzzling to me.  Everything is under a microscope all the time and yet this slips through? >

I have no idea how all this crap was found out AFTER he was elected. >

NY Times did an investigation. >

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[12/19/2022][NY] New York Republican George Santos’s Résumé Called Into Question - The New York Times

Edit: I stand corrected. This just popped up in my feed:
[12/29/2022][NY] A tiny paper broke the George Santos scandal, but no one paid attention - The Washington Post >

This is well after the election. From what I've read, they NY Times was tipped off before the election, but didn't pursue it or give it the same amount of attn as it's getting now. Now it's everywhere >

Got a source for that? Or just speculation?

Edit: This just popped up in my feed:
[12/29/2022][NY] A tiny paper broke the George Santos scandal, but no one paid attention - The Washington Post
That paper broke their story 11/06, 3 days before Santos won District 3 on 11/09. The NY Times went to press this month, on 12/19, 43 days later with a much more in-depth and well-researched piece of investigative journalism.
Yeah, I'm really going to need to see a credible source for your contention. It is much, much more likely that the NYT learned of Santos via the North Shore Leader financial disclosure story, dove in and investigated it further and then came out with their own piece of investigative journalism, than it is likely that they were "tipped off", ignored it and got scooped by the North Shore Leader. >

I read it on another thread about Santos, but it makes sense because this isn't the first time this guy has ran for public office in NY so he would have been the attention of at least some local journalists for awhile. >

Aren't most Jews in America left-leaning? >

Yup. Jews are the most solidly blue voting block in the nation after Black women.
But Republican Jews definitely exist, just like Republican trans people exist. >

I feel as if a lot of very Orthodox Jews lean right because of the rights support for Israel - Although the right only support Israel for their own ends. >

Nah we definitely lean left my guy not right. >

Just for context, the majority of American Jews are  left leaning (In the 2018 midterms, Jews were again the most Democratic group as designated by religious identity, with 79% voting for the Democrats while 17% voted for the Republicans. source.
So this is kinda a weird narrative >

Did Kanye write that title or what >

Poor wording in the article. Right-wing Jews are far from commonplace in the US (American Jews have historically been some of the most reliable fighters for civil & labor rights), however right-wingers in Israel are a huge issue thanks to AIPAC and the DMFI sabotaging Democratic primaries in favor of establishment candidates and supporting Republicans in generals (including election-deniers).
In short: Santos claiming he's Jewish wasn't about courting NY Jews, but instead about gaining foreign support from the Israeli far-right. >

Except Santos won a very very Jewish district on long Island. I'm Jewish and sadly his constituent. Yes, most of the Jews I know here consider themselves progressive and disagree with repubs on almost everything. Except for lowering taxes. The dems didn't reverse the SALT deduction cap Trump punished NY and CA with and so now everyone here is just like "OK then fuck you we will lower our taxes with these fascists I guess..." >

Amazing that some people will straightup vote for fascists purely because they hope they'll save a litle money. >

Before you get too upset, I wouldn’t believe a random Reddit reply with no citations >

American Jews are the second-most left-leaning religious opinion group, second only to atheists. >

Unfortunately that’s still 10% of Jews who vote GOP because they care more about their money than enabling actual fascists. 
The Kushners are the perfect example. Jared stood by as Trump said terribly antisemitic shit. >

It's not even that. The jews that I know are entirely single-issue voters. GOP talks a big game about supporting Israel and as long as they do that they will get a percentage of the jewish vote. >

But why do American Jews care about Israel? It’s a tiny geography that can’t possibly fit every American jew. >

I'm not Jewish, but I imagine the legacy citizenship option has got a lot to do with it.
There's a lot of prominent people stoking anti-Semitic sentiments here in the states. I bet having the option to relocate to a Jewish country relatively hassle-free has gotta be looking really appealing to a bunch of people right now.
We had literal flag-flying Nazis camped out on overpasses in the Jewish part of town a couple months ago. It's not hyperbole to say Jewish people are not safe here, and it's fucking disgusting. >

There are various reason people support Israel in the states. However, the most common conservative political reason is religious - evangelical to be specific. They believe when the Jews return to Israel, it will precede the second coming. 
There is also the bit where Israel is one of the few democracies in the Middle East, is an import US defense partner (we use their weapon designs), and holy land tourism is important in the Bible Belt. Plus people still feel bad about the Holocaust. And Israel’s survival against numerically superior neighbors has an underdog quality Americans love.