George Santos: Drag queen claims embroil embattled congressman - BBC News

A Republican who has criticised LGBT people becomes television comedy fodder as pictures from his past resurface.

2 days agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage caption, George Santos (right) and drag queen Trixie Mattel have engaged in a Twitter feudBy Sam CabralBBC News, WashingtonHe admitted he was guilty of "embellishing" his biography and resume - but Republican lawmaker George Santos said he was definitely never a drag queen.

Or at least that was until photos and videos of what appears to be the New York congressman performing in drag during his younger days in Brazil surfaced online.

"I was young and had fun at a festival," Mr Santos, 34, insisted to the pack of reporters chasing after him at the airport on Saturday.

More evidence has since circulated, further corroborating that the performer known to friends in the Rio de Janeiro area as "Kitara Ravache" is in fact the newly elected member of Congress.

NEW: I just spoke by phone with Eula Rochard, a Brazilian drag queen who was friends with George Santos when he lived near Rio. She said everyone knew him as Anthony (never George), or by his drag name, Kitara, and confirms this photo is from a 2008 drag show at Icaraí Beach. pic.twitter.com/1MeeDR1O2O

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