NEW from me:
Rep. George Santos tried to stoke outrage by posting a video of a drag performance at a HS in his district. Turns out, the performer is a kid at the school.
He quietly deleted. But not before LibsofTikTok re-shared.
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Great Neck North HS on Long Island hosted it’s annual coffee house event Saturday evening, and a 16-year-old student performed in drag.
The following day, Santos shared a video of the performance, imploring viewers to “#saveourkids”
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The screen recorded version of the HS students’ drag performance shared by Rep. Santos captured a private IG message convo at the end.
It’s unclear who the recipient was, but I was able to figure out the identity of the sender.
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The LibsofTikTok tweet of a minor performing in drag has 1.4 million views and counting.
The re-post came just two hours after Rep. Santos’ now-deleted IG post.
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The Great Neck Board of Ed president tells me that she’s heard the student featured in the video Santos posted has received death threats.
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Great Neck school board elections are coming up in two weeks, and the president is up for re-election.
The man whose IG avatar appears in Santos’ video of the HS drag performance is a conservative candidate who ran for the board last year and lost.
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The right wing former school board candidate who may have shared the student drag video with Rep. Santos just posted this on his IG story:
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