George Santos drag queen claims

Rep. George Santos is denying claims that he previously performed as a drag queen in Brazil …

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00:00Representative George Santos is denying he participated in drag queen competitions in

00:04Brazil 15 years ago. A Reuters article cites a 58-year-old Brazilian drag queen,

00:09Eula Rochard, who claims she became friends with Santos in 2005 at a Pride parade in a Rio de

00:14Janeiro suburb. Rochard also shared photos allegedly showing Santos in drag. A second

00:20unnamed source also told Reuters that Santos wanted to be Miss Gay Rio de Janeiro and participated in

00:26drag queen beauty pageants at the time. Independent journalist Marissa Cabas, who also spoke with

00:30Santos' former acquaintance, tweeted that many people knew him by his drag persona,

00:34Katara, at the time. He publicly denied the claims on Twitter, calling the report outrageous.

00:39Santos, an openly gay Republican, has faced criticism for his support of Florida's Don't

00:43Say Gay Bill and other anti-LGBTQ plus legislation, and has clearly aligned himself

00:48with several Republican colleagues who have recently waged war against the drag queen

00:52community. Federal authorities are currently looking into the congressman for campaign finance

00:56violations. He has also been accused of fabricating his resume, falsely claiming to be Jewish with

01:01Holocaust-surviving grandparents, and lying about his mother dying in 9-11.