As if we didn’t already know that GOP Rep. George Santos lives largely within a fantasy world of his own making, a recent interview again drove home the point.
Santos, the first out-gay Republican elected to Congress, spoke with former Republican House Candidate Mike Crispi (NJ) over the weekend. Crispi ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Jersey’s 4th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary in June 2022.
Crispi now hosts his own ‘Unafraid’ podcast. It largely espouses far-right views and conspiracies.
Santos says he’s sick of people attacking him, including some in the Republican party.
“They come for me, I go right back for them because I think for far too long they’ve gotten away with going along to get along. So no, it’s not going to stay that way anymore,” Santos said of the attacks against him by some right-wingers.
“I’m gonna call them out. You want to call me a liar. I’ll call you a sellout. I mean Mitt Romney, the man goes to the State of the Union of the United States wearing a Ukraine lapel pin tells me, a Latino gay man, that I shouldn’t sit in the front and that I should be in the back.
“Well, guess what? Rosa Parks wouldn’t sit in the back and neither am I going to sit in the back. That’s just the reality of how it works.
“Mitt Romney lives in a very different world, and he needs to buckle up because it’s gonna be a bumpy ride for him.”
Santos’s mounting problems
Romney is probably the least of Santos’ worries. Recently, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made it clear he would not be supporting Santos for re-election in 2024 and would instead back another candidate.
Then, of course, there’s the multitude of legal woes Santos faces. He faces 13 federal charges relating to wire fraud and money laundering. He denies any wrongdoing. His next court appearance is September 7.
Rosa Parks, of course, was a pivotal figure in the American civil rights movement. In December 1955, she refused a demand from an Alabama bus driver to take a seat at the back of a bus. This was where Black passengers were normally forced to sit. Her action led to a boycott of Montgomery buses and a court decision striking down bus segregation as unconstitutional.
Online, many suggested Santos should… well, keep Rosa Parks’ name out of his mouth.
He shouldn't sit in the back either…he should sit in prison..@Santos4Congress pic.twitter.com/zrRY9JKrwy
— June Osborne 🟧 🟦 🏳️🌈🌊 (@CarolG0525) July 9, 2023
I remember when Rosa Parks used to look fabulous, hanging with all the drag queens at the Rio de Janeiro carnivals.
— Moog (@a_toots) July 9, 2023
— #yallqaeda (@WilliamMcElha10) July 9, 2023
The only place George Santos needs to be sitting is at the defendants’ table in federal court.
— TechTraderView (@TechTraderView) July 9, 2023
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Mister P
She is not well.
abfab
Let’s try to name just one person in the GOP who is.
RIGay
I’ll be glad when this mess is silenced as he’s perp-walked out of the chambers.
Matthewnow
Amen and Hallelujah!!
dbmcvey
This guy.
Kangol2
Miss Kitara Santos Devolder Ravache, please keep Rosa Parks’ name out of your d@mn mouth!
G-Man
Thank you!!!
Bosch
Wut
JMD41
Mitt Romney was referring to the fact that rookies should defer the “better” seats to longer serving members rather than rushing in so you can cop one of the “good” seats. Common courtesy, but pearls to swine in his case.
Mike Hunt
Grrrrrrlll …. Ms Santos? Who is she? Who was she? Who does she hope to be?
Huron132
Just take him, MTG, McCarthy, Blowbert, Gym Jordan and so many others. Put them in a potato sack and throw them all in the river. It’s better than what they really deserve!
abfab
How can we arrange that?
Den
“House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made it clear he would not be supporting Santos for re-election in 2024 and would instead back another candidate.”
I suspect that by 2024 who McCarthy supports will not matter much. And after the election it will not matter at all!
abfab
And is she really making that racist sign with those mangey fingers. Scumbag.
greekboy
Rosa was never a fat oinker
DBMC
I could totally see descans comparing himself to Rosa Parks.
mateo
Something like 80% of Santos’ constituents want him to resign. I doubt if he’s going to pay much attention to them, though. Hopefully the charges against him are going to stick and he’ll be doing time in prison….soon.
Peziya
Hunni…..U are nowhere near Rosa Parks my dear!!! Why isn’t Miss Mamas in jail yet?!
OhHellNo
Hey, Jorge, Rosa Parks is dead. Work on that.