Advocate NL 10/21/26

Hello and Happy Wednesday folks, Audience Editor Edgar Ramirez here, back in your inbox with a question: Could a disgraced gay former congressman convicted of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft become President Donald Trump’s new press secretary?

Look, stranger things have happened, especially under this administration, but as Jacob Ogles reports, George Santos wants to give it a shot.

After Katie Zacharia lasted less than a week as the face of the White House, prominent media figures began expressing interest in the high-profile job, and the expelled New York congressman was among those digitally raising their hands.

Zacharia's exit followed mounting scrutiny of apparent misrepresentations about her legal credentials; and as Ogles reports, well, Santos has his own history of fabricated credentials.

To further make a case, Santos would not be the only convicted felon to work in this administration.

The least the president can do is hear his pitch!

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