George Santos on drag photos: ‘I had fun at a festival’

Embattled Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) appeared to shift his response to images apparently exhibiting him in drag years in the past, after saying earlier this week that reviews that he carried out as a drag queen have been “categorically false.”

Reporters barraged Santos with questions concerning the images as he arrived at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Saturday, in line with CNN.

“No, I used to be not a drag queen in Brazil, guys,” Santos responded. “I used to be younger, and I had enjoyable at a pageant. Sue me for having a life.” 

Reuters printed a narrative final week wherein two former acquaintances of Santos instructed the information wire that the 34-year-old lawmaker participated in drag queen contests and cross-dressed in homosexual delight occasions in Brazil some 15 years in the past.

Santos denied these reviews in a tweet on Thursday.

“The latest obsession from the media claiming that I’m a drag Queen or ‘carried out’ as a drag Queen is categorically false,” he wrote. “The media continues to make outrageous claims about my life whereas I’m working to ship outcomes. I cannot be distracted nor fazed by this.” 

On Saturday, Santos additionally averted answering questions on the place the $700,000 that he lent to his marketing campaign got here from and about his current appointments to 2 Home committees, ABC7NY. 

“I’ve spoken with the voters. I’ve been in district the entire week. I’ve been taking calls. I’ve acquired federal grant functions for tasks within the district and I sit up for serving the folks,” Santos instructed a WABC reporter.  

Santos, who defeated Democrat Robert Zimmerman in New York’s third Congressional District in November’s midterm elections, is dealing with investigations from federal authorities over potential marketing campaign finance violations and an investigation from Nassau County over lies throughout his marketing campaign. 

Santos’s lies vary from inventing his skilled résumé as a Wall Avenue financier, claiming to be Jewish and have grandparents who fled the Holocaust, claiming to have performed volleyball for a college he didn’t attend, and stating that he ran a charity that saved animals.

In one of many newest accusations, two navy veterans say Santos stole 1000’s of {dollars} from a fundraiser for a dying canine in 2016. He has denied these claims.