Liar Rep. George Santos (R-NY) went on a profanity-laced tirade in the halls of Congress on Friday after an activist confronted him about the “genocide of the Palestinians” while the embattled lawmaker carried a baby in his arms.
“It’s an animal! I’m holding a child! Santos shouted, surrounded by reporters as he walked away from the scene of the confrontation.
“He’s a fucking terrorist sympathizer!” The representative shouted angrily. “No one who defends Hamas has any business in this building, whether elected or civilian!”
In another clip of the incident, Santos called Capitol Police officers and pointed out one of the two individuals, a man identified as Shabd Singh, who he claimed harassed him.
“Officers, this is the man who was harassing me when I had a two-month-old baby in my hands,” the 35-year-old calmly explained.
“He’s a fucking terrorist sympathizer!” Santos screamed after being approached in the Longworth House office building by an activist on Friday. Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Santos called one of the activists “human scum.” AP
“You came into my personal space, yelling at me,” the lawmaker told the activist before the two got into a heated argument about the war in Israel.
“You are human scum!” Santos, newly enraged, shouted at Singh.
Singh, who is listed as legislative advocacy director for former Vice President Al Gore’s nonprofit Climate Reality Project, was seen handcuffed by Capitol Police after the incident.
Singh was reportedly asking Santos what he was going to do about the “genocide of the Palestinians.” Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Singh was handcuffed by Capitol Police and taken away after the incident.Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
“This afternoon, USCP arrested Shabd Khalsa, 36, and charged him with simple assault after an officer witnessed him having physical contact with a congressional staff member in the Longworth Building,” Capitol Police said in a statement. a statement. “The USCP will continue to investigate.”
A podcast on Sikh history, philosophy and culture apparently hosted by Singh lists his name as “Shabd Singh Khalsa.”
“He accused me of being in his personal space, so I stepped back,” Singh told reporters at the Capitol before being handcuffed. “He was holding a child in his arms and saying that it was inappropriate for me to ask him questions in that scenario. I kept asking him those questions. He refused to answer.”
Santos claims that two activists were “reprimanding the baby” he was holding at the time.AP
“I’m here to say that you cannot weaponize Jewish pain to continue the mass murder of civilians,” Singh, a former organizer and political associate for Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, said of his reason for being in the group. Longworth House office building. , which is open to the public.
Santos was heard telling former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) before the incident that the baby belonged to one of his employees.
“A couple of terrorist sympathizers came up to my face, cursed me, screamed and scolded the baby I was holding,” Santos posted on X after the incident. “This is what I have to say: Elected or not, terrorist sympathizers in the halls of Congress are unacceptable.”
“Lock him up,” Santos wrote in a separate post showing Singh handcuffed and being led away by authorities.
The Long Island lawmaker faces 23 federal criminal charges related to an alleged scheme to steal the identities of campaign donors and rack up tens of thousands of dollars on their credit cards without authorization.
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