An individual paid by George Santos’ campaign called wealthy donors pretending to be Kevin McCarthy’s chief of staff, according to a new report. The newly elected New York Republican fabricated major portions of his backstory presented to voters, and CNBC reported that his congressional campaign raised nearly $3 million by falsely claiming high-level ties to McCarthy, who was GOP majority leader at the time and was elected last week as House speaker. “We were duped,” said a GOP political strategist close to the leadership of the Republican Jewish Coalition, which banned Santos from its events …
