George Santos released a press statement...

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which concluded with this...

It goes on to quote the former Conservative UK prime minister who led Britain during World War II: "As Winston Churchill famously stated, 'You have enemies? Good. It means that you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."

But Churchill did not famously state the quote attributed to him; he never said it at all.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. He's been installed as a disinformation anti-truth mouthpiece

Deceive the public with Faux Snooze facts so they become dumber!

[Botany]

2. So George Anthony Devolder Santos told a lie?

But Churchill did not famously state the quote attributed to him; he never said it at all.

[quaint]

3. The statement stems from an essay written by Victor Hugo some 30 years before Churchill was born.

The quote is a modernized variation of a passage Hugo wrote in his 1845 essay "Villemain:" 

"You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. Do not bother yourself about it; disdain. Keep your mind serene as you keep your life clear."

Politifact, but still a fact.

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4. Every little thing with this guy is a fucking travesty

I would head for the fainting couch if he ever told the truth or did the right thing.