Kyrsten Sinema Says George Santos Is Lying About This SOTU Exchange

The workplace of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) says she didn’t provide phrases of encouragement to Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) on the State of the Union earlier this week, because the congressman has claimed.

In a Thursday interview with Newsmax, Santos claimed that Sinema handled him a lot better than Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) had at President Joe Biden’s annual speech to Congress on Tuesday. Romney advised the truth-challenged congressman he didn’t belong in Congress in a tense trade forward of the speech.

“Kyrsten Sinema, as she was strolling by, she mentioned one thing to the impact of ‘Dangle in there buddy,’ or one thing like that,” Santos advised Newsmax. “I mentioned, ‘Thanks, Madam Senator.’

He added: “She was very well mannered [and] kind-hearted. She’s particular person, in contrast to Mr. Romney who thinks he’s above all of it and who’s on an almighty white horse attempting to speak right down to us on morality.”

However a spokesperson for Sinema denied that characterization and referred to as it a “lie.”

“I can affirm that it didn’t occur,” Hannah Hurley, the senator’s communications director, advised HuffPost in an e mail.

Movies of Santos’ confrontation with Romney, which don’t seize audio of the dialog, appear to indicate Santos briefly addressing Sinema. “I’m properly, thanks, how are you?” Santos appeared to say to the Arizona senator as Romney berated the congressman for attempting to get a handshake with Biden.

It’s unclear whether or not Sinema was talking to Santos or Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who was standing beside him. She and Romney rapidly moved on earlier than Biden was set to provide his deal with within the Home chamber.

“He’s a sick pet. He shouldn’t have been there,” Romney told reporters after the speech. “Given the truth that he’s beneath an ethics investigation, he must be sitting within the again row and being quiet as an alternative of parading in entrance of the president. You actually shouldn’t be within the aisle attempting to shake the hand of the President of america and dignitaries coming in. It’s a humiliation.”

Santos’ credibility is extraordinarily suspect. He made up almost each side of his private biography, together with his tutorial credentials, work historical past and ancestry. He even lied about his mother being within the World Commerce Middle in the course of the Sept. 11 terror assaults.

A lot of the revelations got here to mild after he was elected to Congress. He has stepped down from his Home committee assignments however has refused to resign whereas beneath investigation by the Home ethics panel.