Rep. Santos Says Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address Was Gaslighting
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Disgraced Republican congressman George Santos (R-NY) accused President Joe Biden of gaslighting the American people with his State of the Union Speech Tuesday night.
SOTU category is: GASLIGHTING!
— George Santos (@Santos4Congress) February 8, 2023
Santos, who reportedly arrived at the address early in a fruitless effort to get Biden’s handshake, posted to Twitter“SOTU category is: GASLIGHTING!”, referencing the common term for the phenomenon of a liar trying to manipulate people who don’t believe them question their own sanity.
George Santos is embarrassingly standing on the aisle during the State of the Union, waiting to shake President Biden’s hand.
Santos has no shame.
— Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) February 8, 2023
Santos — who has faced a mounting avalanche of scandalsi ncluding the revelation he lied about almost every aspect of his life and is the focus of multiple investigations over his shady campaign finance practices – even allegedly trying to rip off a dying service dog’s GoFundMe — was deluged in mockery.
If anyone knows Gaslighting, it’s George Santos!
— Billy Baldwin (@BillyBaldwin) February 8, 2023
“If anyone knows Gaslighting, it’s George Santos!” wrote actor Billy Baldwin.
Seated beside Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Santos soon discovered that not everyone — including some Republicans — was interested in seeing him.
As they began to enter the chamber around 8:30 pm, several senators customarily shook hands with the scandal-plagued Long Island congressman, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Whip John Thune, Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, and even a couple of Democrats: Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Dick Durbin of Illinois.
McCarthy and VP Harris make small talk, some of which you can hear on a hot mic pic.twitter.com/FrAbDGf91U
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 8, 2023
But several senators were visibly uninterested, particularly Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah.
Reporters noticed a tense exchange between Utah Republican senator Mitt Romney and George Santos, who apparently got to the chamber early to save a seat by the main aisle where Biden entered the chamber. “He is a sick puppy,” Romney said of Santos after the speech. “He shouldn’t be there,” he said, noting his disappointment in how McCarthy has handled the New York Republican who has been caught in a litany of lies.
“Given the fact that he’s under ethics investigation he should be sitting in the back row and being quiet instead of parading in front of the president,” Romney added. When asked if he was disappointed that Speaker McCarthy had not called on Santos to resign, the Utah Senator bluntly responded, “Yes.”
Watch the full speech below.
