NEW: I just spoke by phone with Eula Rochard, a Brazilian drag queen who was friends with George Santos when he lived near Rio. She said everyone knew him as Anthony (*never* George), or by his drag name, Kitara, and confirms this photo is from a 2008 drag show at Icaraí Beach. 
I conducted my interview with Eula along with a translator—a friend of mine from Brazil—so the responses I’m sharing are English translations from Portuguese.
Eula says she met Santos when he was 16 or 17 years old and became friends because they were both gay and enjoyed drag.
Eula says she met Santos when he was 16 or 17 years old and became friends because they were both gay and enjoyed drag.
Eula saw a story about Santos on Brazilian news and was sure was it was him. She shared the news with a group of friends and everyone doubted her. So she looked for an old picture to confirm, and she decided to post it to social media to
prove to her friends that she was right.
prove to her friends that she was right.
The important context here is that Santos ran as a far right candidate, and continues to align himself with transphobes/homophobes who target drag shows with violence.
Drag is beautiful. Hypocrisy and anti-drag/anti-trans bigotry are not.
nytimes.com/2023/01/14/nyr…
Drag is beautiful. Hypocrisy and anti-drag/anti-trans bigotry are not.
nytimes.com/2023/01/14/nyr…
I’ll be sharing more of my conversation with Eula about her history with Santos in the latest edition of my newsletter feature, The Daily Santos (dropping shortly.)
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Programming note: I’ll be back on @MSNBC with @chrislhayes at 8:30 tonight talking all things Santos. Tune in!
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More photos shared on Eula’s IG
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