According to a report from The New York Post, Utah Senator Mitt Romney took a shot at New York Rep. George Santos while mingling at the State of the Union address; “you don’t belong here,” Romney told Santos.
From The New York Post:
The pair apparently exchanged words, though Romney later said he didn’t hear it all.
“He shouldn’t be in Congress, and they are going to go through the process and hopefully get him out,” Romney told reporters of the New York representative after the address. “But he shouldn’t be there, and if he had any shame at all he wouldn’t be there.”
Santos, also a Republican, took to Twitter to fire back at Romney.
“Hey @MittRomney just a reminder that you will NEVER be PRESIDENT!” he tweeted at the 2012 presidential nominee.
Several other lawmakers members took issue with Santos’ seat choice as well, said a lawmaker who requested anonymity to speak freely about the widespread annoyance.
Santos, 34, stood in a spot next to the aisle where Biden and other prominent officials would walk downafter they entered the House chamber.
“I didn’t expect that he’d be standing there, trying to shake hands with every senator and the president of the United States,” Romney told reporters later.
Romney said that given the investigations, Santos “should be sitting the back row and staying quiet, instead of parading in front of the president and people coming into the room.”
Santos has been accused for lying about everything from his name, to his love life, to his love of dressing in drag and his impressive (fraudulent) resume.
More over at The New York Post:
Mitt Romney tells George Santos ‘You don’t belong here’ at State of Union address https://t.co/4ysXNP1CY2 pic.twitter.com/oekBfuhXbh
— New York Post (@nypost) February 8, 2023
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