Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) confronted controversial GOP Rep. George Santos before Tuesday’s State of the Union, calling him an “embarrassment” and saying he should not be in Congress.
“You ought to be embarrassed,” Romney told Santos according to CBS News.
Santos responded by calling Romney an “asshole.”
After President Joe Biden’s speech Romney called Santos a “sick puppy” and said he should have been seated in the back.
“I don’t know the exact words I said. He shouldn’t have been there. Look, he’s a sick puppy. He shouldn’t have been there,” Romney said, according to the Hill. “I don’t think he ought to be in Congress and he certainly shouldn’t be in the aisle trying to shake the hand of the president of the United States and dignitaries coming in. It’s an embarrassment.”
Santos has been under fire and facing calls to resign for lying about his personal and professional background while running for Congress. He has admitted to “embellishing” his résumé but Romney knocked him for that claim as well.
“He says that he embellished his record. Look, embellishing is saying you get an A when you get an A-minus. Lying is saying you graduated from a college you didn’t even attend,” Romney said. “He shouldn’t be in Congress and they’re going to go through the process and hopefully get him out. If he had any shame at all, he wouldn’t be there.”
