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3:51Now PlayingGeorge Santos is exposed to have been lying about doing charity work for children with a rare disease around the world and he even brings his family down with him. John Iadarola and Jessica Burbank break it down on The Damage Report.
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It Looks Like George Santos Lied About Helping Kids Sick With a Rare Disease
"Epidermolysis bullosa, or EB, is a rare and serious genetic disorder affecting the skin—so rare, in fact, that only a small handful of charities work with people living with the disease. People who work in this world, it’s safe to say, tend to know one another. The person they say they do not know—except, now, by the reputation he’s laboriously created over the last few months—is Congressman George Santos.
Early versions of Santos’ campaign website claimed that he and his family “engaged in helping children with EB.” Organizations representing EB patients, though, told VICE News they have no records of Santos or his parents ever making any charitable donations to them, or doing any other form of advocacy, ever.
Santos made the EB claim on his campaign website as recently as November 2020, according to reporting from the Washington Post. "
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