‘We’re living in madness’: George Santos’s constituents on federal charges

Residents of the congressman's New York district say they're fed up with a system that enables his behavior

It's like we're living in madness," said Danielle Gentile at a Brazilian restaurant in Long Island's Westbury, one of a cluster of towns close to the eastern border of the fabulist Republican congressman George Santos's third congressional district.

I know politicians lie all the time, but you've got to at least try to keep up," Gentile added. But what's he going to say? I didn't mean to lie? He's like the Brian Williams of politics."