Rep. George Santos doubled down on the claim his mother died from cancer due to 9/11, despite records showing she wasn't even in the country

• George Santos doubled down on claims that his mother died due to 9/11.
• Santos explained that he meant she died of cancer due to "toxic dust" from the terror attack.
• The NYT previously reported that immigration records showed his mother was in Brazil on 9/11.

Rep. George Santos has doubled down on claims that his mother died due to 9/11 and dismissed immigration records showing that she was in Brazil when the attack occurred.

He claimed in a 2021 tweet that "9/11 claimed my mother's life," even though his mother, Fatima Devolder, died of cancer in 2016.