Santos Claimed He Was Diagnosed With A Brain Tumor

Gothamist reports:

In a March 2020 video episode of the Empire State Conservatives Podcast — which has since been made private on YouTube — Santos tells the hosts that he “battled a brain tumor a couple of years ago.”

“I had radiation done, which really, really lowers your immunity in general,” Santos said, recounting his experience with COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic.

During the roughly hourlong interview, Santos said he got COVID-19 in March 2020 and thought the response was “blown up,” noting that although his underlying health conditions would have made him more susceptible to serious illness, he was fine.

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The Santos campaign has not responded to inquiries about where, when, and how he was treated for his brain tumor.