Embattled GOP Rep. George Santos Compares Himself To Rosa Parks: I’m ‘A Latino Gay Man’
Embattled New York Republican Rep. George Santos, who was indicted in May on 13 federal charges that include wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and false statements to the House of Representatives, compared himself to civil rights icon Rosa Parks in a new interview where he discussed feeling oppressed by members of his own party. “They come for me, I go right back for them because I think for far too long they’ve gotten away with getting along to get along,” he said on Mike Crispi’s podcast. “So no, it’s not going to stay that way anymore.
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,” he continued. “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,” he added.
Santos is accused of fraudulently redirecting campaign donations to his own accounts and falsely applied for unemployment benefits.
