Scandal-ridden US politician George Santos has denied collaborating in a drag present after video appeared to point out him in a gown, necklace and earrings at a homosexual pleasure parade in Brazil.
Video obtained by Reuters appeared to point out Santos in drag at a homosexual pleasure parade in Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro in 2005.
A performer who goes by the stage title Eula Rochard advised the information company she grew to become pals with Santos on the parade – and that he carried out in a drag present three years later.
Another particular person claimed he had aspired to turn into Miss Gay Rio de Janeiro.
Santos described the claims as “categorically false”, including: “I will not be distracted nor fazed by this.”
He is the primary non-incumbent overtly homosexual occasion member elected to the House of Representatives.
And Santos was yesterday appointed to a pair of highly effective committee positions by newly elected Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
But the New York consultant has come underneath hearth over a collection of scandals.
He has admitted he didn’t graduate from school or work at two main Wall Street corporations listed on his CV.
Santos claimed his mom was contained in the World Trade Center in the course of the 9/11 terrorist assaults, however information obtained by NBC News counsel she was residing in Brazil on the time. His marketing campaign web site stated his mom died just a few years after the assaults; she died in 2016, in accordance with US media stories.
He has additionally confronted claims of dishonesty over his account of his Jewish descent and claims he stole $3,000 from a fundraiser to avoid wasting a veteran’s dying canine.
Santos was accused of hypocrisy after prominently backing the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, which outlaws classroom discussions of sexual orientation and gender identification and has been labelled the “don’t say gay” invoice.
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The under-fire politician has been urged to resign by colleagues within the House of Representatives and his native Republican Party.
But the Republicans’ nationwide leaders have stood by him.
The occasion has a majority of simply 4 within the House of Representatives, making Santos’ presence essential.
If he resigned, a particular election in his Long Island district may end in a Democrat victory.
Santos voted for McCarthy in all 15 votes wanted to elect the speaker to management of the House.
Source: information.sky.com”
