Freshman Rep. George Santos of New York, who has been caught lying extensively about major parts of his life story, may have just been caught in another lie – this time by a United States senator.
The embattled House Republican, describing his tense encounter with GOP Sen. Mitt Romney ahead of Tuesday’s State of the Union address, claimed he received some positive words of encouragement from Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Arizona independent.
“Kyrsten Sinema as she was walking by, the senator from Arizona, she said something to the effect of ‘hang in there buddy’ or something like that,” Santos told Newsmax.
“I said ‘Thank you, madam senator,’” Santos said during the interview. “She was very polite, very kind-hearted as I’ve learned to see her. She’s a good person, unlike Mr. Romney.”
Sinema’s office made clear on Friday there is no truth to that claim.
“This is a lie,” Sinema spokeswoman Hannah Hurley told CNN.
Footage from that night shows Sinema walking in front of Romney as the Utah Republican passes by Santos. Santos appears to turn and speak to Sinema while Romney is talking. While Sinema turned to Santos, the senator’s spokeswoman said her boss and the congressman didn’t speak.
Romney, on the other hand, didn’t hold back when he saw Santos.
‘You don’t belong here’: See tense confrontation between Romney and Santos
“You don’t belong here,” he told Santos on the floor. He later confirmed the exchange and attacked the New York freshman over his litany of lies, telling reporters that Santos should resign from Congress if he “had any shame at all.” Romney also bashed Santos’ decision to stand in the center aisle where he would get maximum exposure on television during…
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