Embattled U.S. Rep. George Santos was drag queen in Brazil pageants, associates say | Reuters
By: Steven Grattan (Reuters)
A person who knew the 34-year-old congressman but asked not to be named said he participated in drag queen beauty pageants and aspired to be Miss Gay Rio de Janeiro.
looks like his townhall meetings won't be taking place at any libraries or elementary schools...
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SAO PAULO, Jan 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Representative George Santos competed as a drag queen in Brazilian beauty pageants 15 years ago, two acquaintances told Reuters on Wednesday, adding to contrasts that have drawn criticism of the openly gay Republican congressman's staunchly conservative views.
The embattled freshman congressman has also faced calls from fellow New York Republicans to step down over fabrications about his career and history.
A 58-year-old Brazilian performer, who uses the drag name Eula Rochard, said she befriended the now-congressman when he was cross-dressing in 2005 at the first gay pride parade in Niteroi, a Rio de Janeiro suburb. Three years later, Santos competed in a drag beauty pageant in Rio, Rochard said.
Another person from Niteroi who knew the 34-year-old congressman but asked not to be named said he participated in drag queen beauty pageants and aspired to be Miss Gay Rio de Janeiro.
The congressman said on Twitter on Thursday that claims "that I am a drag Queen or 'performed' as a drag Queen" are "categorically false," adding: "I will not be distracted nor fazed by this."
Santos is the first openly gay Republican to win a House seat in Congress as a non-incumbent, but has positioned himself as a staunch conservative on many social issues.
He has backed Florida's "don't say gay" bill, …
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meh, maggie greene will get him straightened out...
Maybe he can put on a show for his republican colleagues.
like a tag team match with greene, blowbert, and gaetz...
Instead of "Tag, you're it!", it is "Tag, you're shit!".
If the gop in Congress had a bit of integrity Santos would be gone!
But, they do not and so the gop will lose the House again in 2024...
now that the neo-nazi faction of the GOP has weighed in with support, it looks like tony devolder is here to stay...
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We do, but not when they take mendacity to such levels. The right on the other hand appears to have morphed lying into a virtue.
We do. And we also thought the ‘right’ reviled them. Strange daze, these.
And we thought the right was for less government, yet they can revile gay and trans people and cancel gays and drag queens despite the fact their lives are not impacted one iota by them. The same "my body, don't tell me to vaccinate" people who insist on women having children that are unwanted or not prepared for.
No shit. Break out the dumbrellas, it's raining lying and hypocritical idiots out there.
Sometime I wonder if Perrie is heartbroken over the quality of the comments here. I'm sure she hoped for something better than this.
meh, at least it hasn't digressed into thumper bullshit...
LOL, this guy is a real piece of work. He makes the prior president look like George Washington when it comes to lying.
At this point I wouldn’t even be slightly shocked to learn this mother fucker is a space alien.
Also amusing is the deafening silence from GOP leadership. Here is a guy who has betrayed basically every supposed principle they have, and yet not a peep. Gotta protect that razor thin house majority at all costs I guess. Power over principle.
Really that's what it is. I've been hearing some rumors his district Dems & Reps are scrambling to find replacements. If he gets indicted on criminal fraud charges and they will need bodies vetted and in place if they go to special election.
Santos-Devolder-Ravache has admitted that the photos of him in drag are authentic. But he was having fun, gosh darn it, and he's not a drag queen!
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Is it me or does he look better as a woman...
I know, right?!? He looks tons better as a woman!
Let's focus on the woman Santos wanted to be.
Yes, she looks better as a woman.
I'm surprised at the silence from MagaLardo. Maybe it's from the trauma of being held hostage along with Melania and Don Jr. a while ago. A masked robber held them hostage and his mask slipped for a brief moment. The robber asked junior if he saw his face. Not good under stress, junior blurted "yes." The robber aimed and shot junior. The robber then asked trump if he saw his face. trump replied "no, but I'm pretty sure my wife caught a glimpse."
LOL
Being a Drag Queen he'll not be able to reside in some red states, poor George.
meh, he'd pass for a woman in most republican districts of the deep south.
I wonder which restroom he uses at the capitol...