Mitt Romney calls George Santos 'a sick puppy' after Biden State of the Union
WASHINGTON—Utah
Sen. Mitt Romney at the State of the Union address joined the growing number of
Republicans who have said embattled freshman Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y.,
shouldn't be in Congress.
"If he had any
shame at all, he wouldn't be there," Romney told reporters after the
address.

Santos has admitted
to embellishing parts of his personal and professional resume, but Romney said
they are lies, not embellishments. To embellish, he said, is to say you got an
A instead of an A-. "Lying is saying you graduated from a college you
didn't even attend."
Santos lied that he
graduated from college and was a volleyball star, a Wall Street resume that did
not exist, his ancestry and more. He is facing the most legal scrutiny, at the
local and federal levels, for his campaign finances.
As Romney entered
the House chamber Tuesday night, he told Santos he didn't belong in Congress.
"I didn't
expect that he'd be standing there (in an aisle seat) trying to shake hands
with every senator and the president of the United States," Romney said to
reporters after the State of the Union. Given the investigations facing him,
including a House Ethics complaint, "he should be sitting in the back row
and staying quiet instead of parading in front of the president and people
coming into the room."
The senator
described Santos as "a sick puppy" for his lies.
"He shouldn't
be in Congress, and they're going to go through the process and hopefully get
him out," Romney said. "But he shouldn't be there and if he had any
shame at all, he wouldn't be there."
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