George Santos Boasts To GOP Crowd: “You’re Going To Have To Drag My Dead, Cold Body Out” Of Congress

The New York Times reports:

As he strode into a bar packed with margarita-sipping young Republicans here the other night, Representative George Santos of New York looked like a man who had finally gotten what he had always wanted. It was a glorious spring night in the capital, and for eight minutes, Mr. Santos had something rare: an invitation to speak.

“I didn’t wait my turn,” he said, adding an expletive. He added that Covid made people pick “stupid presidents,” and declared, with no apparent sense of irony, that “the truth will set you free.”

But he knew what would give his audience the biggest rise. “I’m not going anywhere,” he declared. “You’re going to have to drag my dead, cold body out of this institution.”

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George Santos remains a pariah in Congress after his biography unraveled. But rather than shrinking from attention, he’s stepping more toward the spotlight, as he seems to be testing whether his notoriety will translate into celebrity, if not acceptance. https://t.co/nca8Z1l954

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I will always stand up to the Radical rainbow mafia!

I believe in the freedom to live and let live but will never bow to the indoctrination of the Rainbow Mafia.

My flag is the AMERICAN FLAG. ??

— George Santos (@Santos4Congress) April 26, 2023