Serial liar Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) raised eyebrows when he likened himself to civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks.
Santos, showing on conservative discuss present host Mike Crispi’s podcast, railed in opposition to the criticism he has acquired since his congressional victory final yr when it emerged he’d fabricated a number of tales about his life. Santos additionally faces federal fraud and cash laundering costs, which he denies.
“They arrive for me, I am going proper again for them as a result of I feel for a lot too lengthy they’ve gotten away with going alongside to get alongside. So no, it’s not going to remain that method anymore,” Santos ranted. “I’m gonna name them out. You need to name me a liar. I’ll name you a sellout.”
Santos then reprised his spat with Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who throughout President Joe Biden’s State of the Union tackle in February advised Santos he didn’t belong within the chamber, and definitely not in a entrance row place.
“I imply Mitt Romney, the person goes to the State of the Union of the USA sporting a Ukraine lapel pin, tells me, a Latino homosexual man, that I shouldn’t sit within the entrance and that I needs to be within the again,” Santos scoffed.
“Effectively, guess what? Rosa Parks wouldn’t sit within the again and neither am I going to take a seat within the again,” he added. “That’s simply the fact of the way it works.”
Critics couldn’t imagine Santos’ gall in likening himself to Parks: