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Constituents¹ sound off about Rep.-elect Santos, who is under investigation²

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George Santos, the GOP representative-elect of New York's 3rd Congressional District, has admitted he lied about his background and is now under investigation. He's slated⁴ to be sworn in next week.

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New York Representative-elect George Santos is facing mounting investigations⁵ from state and local prosecutors⁶. He's slated to be sworn in next week but has admitted to misleading the public about much of his life story. His behavior has outraged⁷ a lot of people in his district, which includes Long Island and parts of Queens. Here's NPR's Jasmine Garsd.

JASMINE GARSD, BYLINE⁸: The list of lies Santos told constituents about himself goes on and on - that he got a degree from Baruch College, that he lost several employees in the Pulse nightclub shooting in Florida in 2016, that he's Jewish, and his family escaped the Holocaust⁹. That one hit especially hard here among some in Manhasset, Long Island.

KELLY SKLAR: Think you used a very serious issue to try and garner¹⁰ votes in an area that has a high Jewish population.

GARSD: Kelly Sklar votes Democrat¹¹. She says she's put off by all the misleading information Santos gave, but...

SKLAR: Lying about being a relative or distant Holocaust survivor¹² in a time with anti-Semitism raging - that, I think, is even worse.

GARSD: He recently addressed the many inconsistencies in his biography on Fox News.

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GEORGE SANTOS: I made a mistake. And I think humans are flawed, and we all make mistakes.

GARSD: In his campaign, Santos touted¹³ himself as a gay Latino Republican. He also said he came from a humble¹⁴ background. He now says he's trying to clear the air before taking his seat in Congress. But those mistakes, as he's described them, might be very serious. There are now several investigations into whether Santos broke any laws.

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UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE: (Chanting) Don't seat Santos. Don't seat Santos. Don't seat Santos.

GARSD: Don't seat Santos was the battle cry at a rally in Mineola, part of Santos' soon-to-be congressional district. Local Republican leadership has condemned¹⁵ Santos' behavior, but there's not yet been a call for resignation. Even among local Republican voters, there's a lot of displeasure. Here's Long Island resident Fran Sabatino.

FRAN SABATINO: I love that he's a Republican and that, you know, his being there will be - give the Republicans an edge. But I do not like what he did.

GARSD: Sabatino says she's disappointed.

SABATINO: I'd be very hard-pressed to vote for him again. And yet I would hate to vote for the Democrat. So, you know...

GARSD: So you're kind of in between a rock and a hard place.

SABATINO: I am. Exactly, honey. Exactly.

GARSD: For Kelly Sklar, there's no confusion about what needs to happen next.

SKLAR: I think we need to have a revote. He ran on a platform that isn't true. He lied.

GARSD: Those lies are now under scrutiny¹⁶ by federal, state and local prosecutors, who are investigating whether Santos broke any laws.

Jasmine Garsd, NPR News, New York.

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1 constituents   

n.选民( constituent的名词复数 )；成分；构成部分；要素

参考例句：

• She has the full support of her constituents. 她得到本区选民的全力支持。
• Hydrogen and oxygen are the constituents of water. 氢和氧是水的主要成分。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

3 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

4 slated   

用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
• Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。

5 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

6 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

7 outraged   

a.震惊的，义愤填膺的

参考例句：

• Members of Parliament were outraged by the news of the assassination. 议会议员们被这暗杀的消息激怒了。
• He was outraged by their behavior. 他们的行为使他感到愤慨。

8 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

9 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。

10 garner   

v.收藏；取得

参考例句：

• He has garnered extensive support for his proposals.他的提议得到了广泛的支持。
• Squirrels garner nuts for the winter.松鼠为过冬储存松果。

11 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

12 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

13 touted   

v.兜售( tout的过去式和过去分词 )；招揽；侦查；探听赛马情报

参考例句：

• She's being touted as the next leader of the party. 她被吹捧为该党的下一任领导人。
• People said that he touted for his mother and sister. 据说，他给母亲和姐姐拉生意。 来自辞典例句

14 humble   

adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低

参考例句：

• In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。
• Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。

15 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

16 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。