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  I'm curious how Republicans and their talking heads will qualify this.
  This past year all we heard about was drag queens being groomers, pedophiles, and monsters that do not belong in society - from the right.
  People showed up at libraries and events to intimidate and try to shut it down. I'm not entirely convinced that the substation in NC that went offline wasn't a domestic terrorist act to stop a drag event.
  YET we have one of their own who owns up to it. I'm waiting for the clown show response
context: I suspect most drag queens do it because it's fun, that's the point of drag shows really, they are entertainment. So doing it for fun and being a drag queen are not mutually exclusive activities. >
  
  Yeah, he basically was the living definition. >
  
  Oh look, Tony Santos, lied... Again...
  Why are we remotely surprised by this?
  Instead my question would be asking him how did you afford to fly to Brazil >
  
  He's a Brazilian native, and immigrant to the Us. The real question is how did he afford US citizenship, and what is the conversation rate to scammed out veterans trying to save their dog?
  I bet it cost him at least 10 service dogs with stomach cancer to get here. >
  
  You can actually get a high government position if you're not a us born citizen? I don't know the requirements that's why I'm asking before you guys start drooling on the downvote button >
  
  The only position that's required to be natural born is President. Anything else you can be a naturalized citizen. >
  
  interesting. TIL thank you! >
  
  It's definitely a strange distinction. It's why Arnold Schwarzenegger could be governor of California despite being born in Austria but could never be president. >
  
  So we understand that your mother was in the twin towers on 9/11
  Yes my mother survived the horrific attack and unfortunately died of cancer shortly afterwards
  We are just getting information in your mother never worked in one of the buildings
  My mother was visiting the twin towers on 9/11 and unfortunately died sometime later
  Wait further information has come in your mother was in Brazil on the 9/11 attacks
  Excuse me I didn't say my mother was in the towers during the 9/11 attacks.. in 1992 she ate at the restaurant there and see got really really sick afterwards from the oysters.  Why do you people keep twisting my words.
  
  Amazingly enough the GOP won't boot him because they need his votes, the only way they are going to oust him is campaign finance violation, but damn, is anything in this guy's life real? >
  
  All we know for sure is that he obtained a high school diploma equivalent and cross dressed in Brazil lol >
  
  For all we know, he never even had a mother! >
  
  Incorrect he had two mothers, one died from Mesothelioma because of dust from 9/11 blowing to Brazil, and the other loved America so much the shock of 9/11 killed her. 
  So conceptually Santos has actually lost twice as many mothers due to 9/11 as anyone in the entire world. >
  
  He’s not unsuitable for office because he does drag. He’s unsuitable for office because everything he says is a fucking lie!!! >
  
  The thing is, his whole party is completely obsessed with drag queen story hour, opposing trans rights, etc. On the left, we don’t care what you do for fun. >
  
  I think we were pretty angry that Cruz went to Mexico for his vacation for fun. >
  
  Okay, except that wasn’t a vacation for fun. That was  a special trip to use privilege/wealth to avoid the consequences of the bullshit policies Cruz has delighted in pushing. 
  I think we can all agree we would have much rather seen a post from Cruz complaining about the lack of power on r/LeopardsAteMyFace or something… >
  
  Woulda been nice, but it still shows we were mad that he was having fun. We were mad that Trump went golfing a lot. 
  Point is, we DO get mad at what they do. >
  
  Fair, but please reframe your reply in haiku form. Many thanks, friend-o. >
  
  Winter is coming.
  We have independent grid. 
  Power's out again. >
  
  I’m sure the handies he gave at Applebees were because he was a poor college girl. >
  
  They seem to have changed their menu since I was last there… >
  
  Just ask for something hand-battered. >
  
  Hey, I took your advice to heart.  Now please send bail money and the phone number for a good lawyer. >
  
  
  "Sue me for having a ~~life~~  lie," Santos told reporters
  
  Fixed it for him. >
  
  I love that THIS is the issue that has them frothing at the mouth in FoxNews World. Their comments section is a blast! Didn't matter if he lied about credentials, stole from vets, and didn't play volleyball, or whatever else, he likes wearing women's clothing and THAT'S why the party has to eject him. >
  
  Exactly. I'm sitting here thinking, as a normal person, that this is the least problematic (and it isnt problematic) thing hes done, but this is what people will be screaming about. >
  
  What do you call a man that dresses up in women's clothing for fun? >
  
  A lumberjack? >
  
  And that's okay. >
  
  Sleep all night and I work all day >
  
  I like to pick wildflowers! >
  
  My god, is this fucker's 15 minutes up yet? >
  
  He hasn't even begun to do crazy shit on the job yet...so no. >
  
  Dammit, I hate that you are probably right. >
  
  This feels like a reboot of "Birdcage" if rewritten by J.J. Abrams."...they don't  if you're republican, they just care if you dressed in drag" >
  
  “It’s not like I was paid to do it. I did it willingly and enthusiastically because I enjoyed it.”
  -George Santos >
  
  So, the LGBTQI community just has to tell the MAGA chuds they're doing it "for fun" and the hate, discrimination and shootings will stop? >
  
  Dressed for the part,      
  And you're to blame,      
  You give drag a bad name.       
  You tucked your parts and you worked your fame,      
  You give drag a bad name,       
  Hey, you give drag, a bad name. >
  
  That's fucking brilliant lmao good job >
  
  Does he think drag queens do it out of anger?? >
  
  Depends on whether they have pockets >
  
  We’ll that clears everything up; it’s not drag if it’s fun. >
  
  Lots and lots of disheartened men shuffling their way through court-ordered drag queen performances, while this guy’s tossing on some makeup and a tarty frock for the fun of it! >
  
  Honestly, he’s perfect. He’s everything we deserve.
  Trump was never impeached. Trump was never removed from office for incompetence. Tucker Carlson can spew hatred and incite violence every night. No Republican lawmaker has faced consequences for Jan 6. Truth is irrelevant.
  So why not add a pure clown to an obvious clown show?
  We are a very unserious nation and George fits in perfectly. I think he should be our king. >
  
  Trump was impeached twice, not that it amounted to actual consequences. >
  
  I used to drag at a fairly popular Bar/club. Most of the dudes who also preformed are happily married with kids and Im like 90% sure none of them were actually gay or trans. Just dudes who like to have a good time and dress flamboyantly after a long week at the office in their ratrace suits. >
  
  My friend used to drag. He was gay, but it really didn’t matter. He just enjoyed it. >
  
  would should not be an issue, were it not for his parties obsession with drag queens, and his series of increasingly ridiculous lies.  His election is indicative of where the Republican party lies in the 21st century;  he is a creation of an ideology where truth is somehow subjective. >
  
  For someone doing it for 'Fun', the make up was better than I could have done. >
  
  'It doesn't count if it isn't a kink' is a classic clueless conservative take. >
  
  Because everyone knows Drag Queens are not fun. >
  
  i'm not gay, i just think dicks are very tasty. >
  
  In his defense, he’s only been drag queen-ish >
  
  I'm hoping for the comeback story of a lifetime, Can Santos be real and get us to love him? Will we look back in 2032 and say he was the president that saved the country as we fly in Santos Hovercrafts around our carbon neutral cloud cities? >
  
  I fail to understand the distinction between dressing up as a woman in public for fun, and being a drag queen. >
  
  Because the right calls drag queens child groomers… so obviously anyone on their “side” that does it isn’t one of those! >
  
  We need Jon Lovitz to reprise his character Tommy Flanagan the pathological liar from Saturday Night Live and just put the heavy rimmed glasses on him and he could be George Santos. >
  
  They went with Bowen Yang on last night’s episode. 
  I’d have liked to see Lovitz as well. >
  
  TIL that real dragqueen dress up as a self punishment >
  
  I am sure he sees himself more as a Drag Empress.  Drag Queen isn’t grandiose enough.  
  We are eventually going to hear he used to run a Drag Empress story time at the local library aren’t we? >
  
  Now he's just splitting hairs. Idk if claiming plain old cross-dressing over doing drag is the win he thinks it is. >
  
  Who cares if he was a drag queen. There's nothing wrong with that unlike almost everything else this dork did. >
  
  me when my mom catches me crossdressing lmaoooooooo >
  
  The GOP is probably more upset about this than all the lies >
  
  It's still a lie, because he said he wasn't a drag queen means he was a drag queen. >
  
  If it looks like a drag queen and sounds like a man, it’s a drag queen. >
  
  That’s exactly what a drag Queen would say. >
  
  He reminds me of the Mimic movie from 1998, where there were giant roaches walking around the NYC subway, camoflaged as humans.  It was a horror flick.   Today, one of those creatures would be run for congress - and win.  It would be The George Santos Story. >
  
  Everyone's afraid of and focused on the reptilians while the roaches sneak right in under our noses >
  
  He just keeps digging himself a deeper hole that he soon won’t be able to get out of. >
  
  He is the gift that keeps on giving. >
  
  He is not lying. He is just avoiding the truth. >
  
  Soon he’ll play the Benny Hill/Flip Wilson card. >
  
  Dude is not classy enough to be a drag queen.  There is more honesty in their make up than he has in his entire body! >
  
  Ohhh, so is he a cross dresser? Not kink shaming at all, just calling a spade a spade 🤷‍♂️ >
  
  So… I’m not very familiar with the drag culture but isn’t dressing up as a woman for “fun” literally the point? >
  
  I’m not gay. I just like feeling a dick in my ass. >
  
  You gotta wonder if his exposure is a distraction for what's going on in Congress. Let's not forget that there is to be a massive shake up in committees just to get back at the democrats. >
  
  “I’m drag queen-ish” >
  
  What a coincidence! Drag Queens dress like they do for fun too! >
  
  He picked a hell of a time to be a Republican. >
  
  I remember my dad and his brothers dressed up in drag 1 time for a human auction for charity. Are they drag queens for life now? 🤔
  People can do shit once for fun and not have it define them Reddit. >
  
  I swear Santos is a sitcom character >
  
  This timeline has lazy writers. >
  
  “Im not gay, I sucked those dicks for fun” >
  
  "I was born a poor, black child." >
  
  It was drag the moment he put on the wig.   He never got the requisite respect to be a queen 💅 >
  
  Well this does separate him from the section of the Drag Queen community who dress as women because they hate it or are required to for work or because the only clothing available to wear were women’s clothing. >
  
  Santos its okay you dont need to keep running. Girl, youre the QUEEN👑 of the GOP. Make it shine, stay fabulous and be unapologetically yourself. Keep slayin 💋💕👑✨✨ >
  
  so he admitted to dressing in drag for fun but denies being a person who dresses in drag for fun? >
  
  That is absolutely not true, until you find more proof that it is! Anyway, say whatever you like- who do you think they are going to believe? Just be sure to forget the previous things you debunked as you come to the new ones. >
  
  Oh so he will tell the truth about that >
  
  He didn't want to go pro and give up his amateur status, even though that's when the big endorsement money pours in. /s >
  
  Oh yeah, like we're supposed to believe that. When he has those hips and those lips. Who ya trying to fool? He's so there, he's a screen shot on google maps. >
  
  Who’s going to tell him? >
  
  There are a couple of GOP bills that would make dressing up for fun highly illegal. >
  
  Good point!!! Those bills are very sincerely scary. They are a classic slippery slope. >
  
  It's amazing. I'm not sure where it started, but Palin was a joke. Trump was a bigger joke. I thought Gaetz, Boebart, and Green would be the bottoming out of the GOP. But, this guy is like wow... 2 steps lower than the rest. >
  
  This guy is actual human trash but he's kind of a genius to hide in plain sight in the middle of the GOP. They protect their own and this guy will get away with all his crimes till he gets voted out of office, and even then he'll have a sweet gig on the cable news/guest speaker circuit. Not bad for a...whatever this guy actually is. >
  
  Just like Giuliani & Trump it's fun to dress in drag. >
  
  I love how Santos is such an embarrassment to the GOP. Or is he. With all this Santos fuckery, what are those GOP assholes doing quietly, that's not being reported on. Seems like Santos is the perfect foil here. >
  
  At this point I’d be absolutely delighted if he’/she/xie is a any sort of drag queen who simply let the performance get out of control. >
  
  Out of everything he lied about this I dont care about. >
  
  Who cares? >
  
  So if we rebrand "drag queen story hour" as "dressing as a woman for fun story hour", they'll stop trying to ban it? >
  
  That didn't happen.
  And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
  And if it was, that's not a big deal.
  And if it is, that's not my fault.
  And if it was, I didn't mean it.
  And if I did, you deserved it >
  
  Listen, it seemed fun and I just wanted to try.    
  I was just bored of always dressing like a guy.   
  I know the clothes make it seem,     
  Like I'm some sort of queen.    
  But I swear it's not drag and I wouldn't lie! >
  
  So he was doing exactly what all the other drag queens were doing.
  Literally it's ok if he does it but anyone else does it and he thinks it's a problem.
  The hypocrisy is astronomical >
  
  For fun? Bro I saw the video, you fucking LIVED it 🤣 >
  
  What’s the difference between a drag queen, and a queen who dresses in drag for fun? >
  
  Queen has to be earned >
  
  I cannot express how much I hate that the fact he dressed in drag at least once in his life is going to be what does the most damage to his political career. Not the apparent decades of pathological lying, or the multiple false names he's used, or any of the other shit. Nope, the most damning thing is that he dressed up as a woman at least once, and had a picture taken of him at the time.
  I hate it so much. I hate that this is even something that we're talking about. He has so many other loud and public problems to talk about so why are we talking about this bullshit, this thing that should be an absolute nothing and only isn't because of the extreme escalation in fascist attacks on the existence of trans people. >
  
  The only question I have as more headlines pop up about this duchewaffle is WHY TF DID WE NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS BEFORE the fucking election??? 
  I don’t want to hear any celebratory laps by  any media reporting on this news now. They are doing the same level of investigation now that they should have done previously because the constituents depend on that information to make their decision about who to vote for. 
  But seriously, all this shit about this guy and NOT A SINGLE news media reported on any of this before he could get elected. Rage inducing.