Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is denying that he has ever performed as a drag queen, after reports emerged that the newly elected congressman years ago competed in Brazilian beauty pageants under the drag name Kitara.
by freelance reporter Marisa Kabas, Santos befriended a Brazilian drag queen named Eula Rochard in Niterói some 15 years ago, when he was living in nearby Rio de Janeiro. Rochard told Kabas that Santos competed under the name Kitara and shared photos that Rochard said showed the two of them dressed in drag at a pride parade in 2008.“George always lied about everything. He used to create stories, usually involving money — like that his dad was rich,” Rochard told Kabas.
New York Republican George Santos, who is accused of fabricating details from his past, started his new congressional job Jan. 3. Wednesday that it had spoken with Rochard and another of Santos’s acquaintances in Brazil, who both said the congressman used to perform as a drag queen there.in support of anti-LGBTQ legislation and aligned himself with GOP figures who spout violent rhetoric against transgender people and drag shows.
But they were also merely the latest in a mounting series of news stories that have called into question details about the freshman congressman’s biography, education, business background and campaign finance expenditures. AsHe said he is part Black. He said he is the grandson of Holocaust survivors. He claimed he helped develop “carbon capture technology.” He claimed to have worked at companies that never employed him.
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