MILWAUKEE (1010 WINS) — After Long Island Rep. George Santos was accused of scamming a disabled veteran out of $3,000 for a lifesaving surgery for his beloved service dog, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame & Museum has announced it will debut a bobblehead of the Republican to raise money for dogs in need.
According to CEO Phil Sklar, the Milwaukee museum has been "receiving a growing number of requests for a bobblehead of George Santos," as questions about the narrative Santos, 34, presented to voters during his successful campaign for a congressional district that straddles Long Island's north shore suburbs and a sliver of Queens continue to surface.
Sklar said that after hearing that Santos allegedly used GoFundMe to scam Navy veteran Richard Osthoff, the organization decided to donate $5 from every Santos bobblehead sold to dog-related GoFundMe campaigns.
So Santos, who is still facing calls to quit amid several investigations, is now the new face of two bobblehead options: "a standard version and one with an elongated nose representing the mounting number of lies and fabrications surrounding Santos' background that have been documented."
The bobblehead, which will join figurines modeled after King Charles III and former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, will even "play clips of some of Santos' biggest lies in his own words at the touch of a button," the museum said in a release.
Each will be individually numbered, and they will be offered for $30 plus delivery through the museum's online store.
"No one knows how and when the drama surrounding George Santos will end, but we know the bobblehead will be the perfect collectible to commemorate this unbelievable story for years to come," Sklar said in a statement.
Osthoff told Patch that when his dog Sapphire was diagnosed with a stomach tumor, he turned to Santos, who went by the name Anthony Devolder and ran a charity called Friends of Pets United, for assistance.
He claims Santos closed the GoFundMe campaign for Sapphire and allegedly took the $3,000 he had raised from friends and family.
"To everyone who helped me and Sapphire raise the money for her surgery, I'm sorry to say that we were scammed by Anthony Devolder and Friends of Pets United FOPU," Osthoff said on Facebook in 2016.
Sapphire had to be euthanized after failing to receive the necessary surgery.
Though Osthoff showed the outlet texts in which he begged Santos to release the money to him, Santos has continued to deny the report and other allegations.
A New York Times investigation found the IRS had no records of the charity as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
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