RAVACHE-ING BEAUTY: George Santos just went on a Twitter spree of denial
Ever since we first learned about the existence of Rep. George “Anthony Devolder Jingleheimer Schmidt Kitara Ravache” Santos (R-NY-ish), not a day has passed without discovering new and increasingly terrible things about the Untalented Mr. Ripoff.
Santos still somehow has been assigned to two House committees because someone with a lot of money is really invested in keeping a Republican in his seat no matter what their real name or actual citizenship status might be.
ICYMI, Santos:
- raised $3000 under the pretense of saving a disabled veteran’s service dog, but the vet says Santos kept the money, and the dog died
- a former roommate of Santos’s said they never knew him by the name “George Santos,” but as “Anthony Devolder”
- a Brazilian drag queen shared photos of herself with a fellow drag performer calling herself “Kitara Ravache” who has been credibly identified as the person in our actual real Congress currently using the name George Santos
If you were trying to keep a scorecard going to track all of the Devolder deceptions on the daily, you’d be through your fifteenth or so version by now, with your tiny golf pencil whittled down to a nub.
Miss Thing certainly seems to feel very emboldened, enabled, and protected by his new Daddy, Rep. Kevin “Weaker Speaker” McCarthy (R-CA by way of Trump’s private bathroom at Mar-a-Lago)n and his brand new Auntie-bestie, Rep. Marjorie Taylor “No Longer” Greene (R-GA via the shift after McCarthy’s).
Santos has decided he can just tweet anything he wants and no one will drag him for it. Pun fully intended there.
Denial ain’t just a river, Henny, but George went there on Thursday anyway.
Exhibit A, in which he says that drag queen isn’t him and accuses the media of making “outrageous claims”.
Okurrrr, former Baruch College volleyball champ with brand new knees, it was only confirmed by NBC News, but whatevs.
The most recent obsession from the media claiming that I am a drag Queen or “performed” as a drag Queen is categorically false.
The media continues to make outrageous claims about my life while I am working to deliver results.
I will not be distracted nor fazed by this.
— George Santos (@Santos4Congress) January 19, 2023
Exhibit B, in which he tries to deny a dog died because of him. Subtext: “I only kill the truth!”
The reports that I would let a dog die is shocking & insane. My work in animal advocacy was the labor of love & hard work. Over the past 24hr I have received pictures of dogs I helped rescue throughout the years along with supportive messages.
These distractions won’t stop me!
— George Santos (@Santos4Congress) January 19, 2023
The Twitter children came for him and fully snatched the (probably stolen) wig right off of Miss Kitara’s lying fraudulent head, dragging the former (alleged) drag queen to utter filth for all of this and so much more.
"Do you have a heart? Do you have a soul? He probably would lie about that."
Veteran who claims George Santos stole thousands from a GoFundMe to benefit his service dog tells @donlemon "Santos really took a piece of my heart when he did this." pic.twitter.com/IRqijOnM7M
— CNN This Morning (@CNNThisMorning) January 19, 2023
The GOP has been okay with Santos lying, fabricating, Ponzi-scheming, campaign finance-violating, making money off a sick dog.
But drag-queening could be their limit.
— Michelangelo Signorile (@MSignorile) January 19, 2023
"George Santos lied about his mother's death!"
"George Santos lied about his education!"
"George Santos lied about his employment!"
"George Santos lied about being Jewish!"
GEORGE SANTOS: "OK, but the thing about the dog wasn't completely accurate. So I have cleared my name!" pic.twitter.com/mUpJbtp4Bu
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) January 19, 2023
George Santos is basically what would happen if a political scientist designed an experiment to test how shameless modern GOP politics has become. Like “What would happen if we had someone run who invented their entire life story and let a dog die for profit?” Let’s find out!
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) January 19, 2023
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