Unsurprisingly, George Santos doesn’t know who James Baldwin is.
I’m sorry, but George Santos isn’t going away. In the grand tradition of American chicanery-cum-celebrity, the ousted congressman from Long Island has tapped into this country’s mass cultural id and will be residing there for the foreseeable future (much to the delight of Bowen Yang).
Anyway, in the spirit of pandering to the aforementioned id, here is Santos being interviewed by Ziwe (aka Gen Z Isaac Chotiner), admitting blithely that he has no idea who James Baldwin is. Sigh.
i asked george santos if he knew who james baldwin was. watch the FULL interview on YouTube now. link in bio pic.twitter.com/1GsimbKAL7
— ziwe (@ziwe) December 18, 2023
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