‘You were a cop, right?’: Disgraced congressman George Santos unloads on Mayor Eric Adams in foul-mouthed video rant accusing him of only caring about migrants after his car was broken into the day after Christmas in NYC
Disgraced Republican former Congressman George Santos turned to X to target his latest target, embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams.
In the nearly two-minute clip, Santos repeatedly curses Adams as he describes how his car was broken into on December 26.
Earlier this month, Santos became only the sixth lawmaker in history to be expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives. A week later, he appeared in court in Central Islip for a hearing on the series of fraud charges.
“Hey everyone, George Santos here, (long sigh), do you want to know what I got for Christmas?” he begins the video.
“Mayor Adams, you are so good at running this city. The Christmas gift I received is a first for me. I never thought I would experience this in my life, but I think we are back in 1970s New York.”
Santos uploaded the clip on December 27, claiming his car had been broken into the day before, while calling on Mayor Eric Adams to resign
At one point in the clip, Santos shows off the broken window of his “brand new” car while saying he was one of six in the area where the burglary occurred
Santos called controversial New York Mayor Eric Adams 'incompetent' in the clip
The camera then pans to Santos' car, where the windows are broken.
'Freshly broken car glass. Look at that Mayor Adams, this is the city you run. You were a cop, right? You piece of shit. Is that what you do? Is that how you keep this city safe? You damn animal,” he ranted.
“I gotta deal with this s**t now and it's December 26th. Isn't this beautiful? Delicious, I say. Oh by the way, did I mention it's a brand new car? Like literally a brand new car.”
'Don't move to New York people. Stay the fuck out of here. This city just wants to screw Americans and put our taxpayers' money in the hands of these immigrants, while the city is dangerous, we can't even park our cars on the street.”
“This isn't that kind of neighborhood. I'm not in the ghetto. I'm not in the neighborhood.” It is not clear where exactly the video was recorded. According to Santos' X page, he is located in the Whitestone section of Queens.
'This is literally reality. Do you know the crazy part? I'm one of six cars, same row, same row, same row of parked cars. So you don't tell me.'
“What are you doing, Mayor Adams? You should fucking resign, you piece of shit. You were a police officer. You should know better. You should know how to run this city.”
Earlier this month, Santos became only the sixth lawmaker in history to be expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives
“You're an awkward one who just wants to be a little, 'Oh, you have a brand, you wear your little earrings.' F*** you Adams!,” he said as he ended his tirade.
'F**K OU! You should resign in disgrace, f*****ga*****e! I'm so done playing nice! When your car gets broken into, it's a horrible feeling, I can't even properly describe it!,” Santos wrote in the accompanying caption.
In September 2023, The New York Times reports this that the number of car burglaries in the Big Apple soared. Until then, more than 10,500 cars had been broken into in the five boroughs.
In 2022, that number was around 9,000. According to the Times, officials saw TikTok trends as one of the reasons for the increase. Videos on the Chinese app show users how to easily access cars like Hyundais and Kias.
In an interview with WABC radio that aired earlier this month, Santos said he hopes to eventually regain the trust of the American people and return to public office.
“I'm not done with public service, I want to go back to Congress,” he said. 'I don't say today, I don't say tomorrow. I'm 35, I have a lot of things I need to sort out first, I think we all know that.'
The ex-lawmaker faces a slew of criminal charges, including allegations that he defrauded campaign donors, lied to Congress about his wealth, collected unemployment benefits while in office, and used campaign contributions to cover personal expenses such as designer clothing pay.
Among the charges are allegations that he made unauthorized charges to credit cards of some of his donors.
Santos pleaded not guilty to a revised charge in October.
Prosecutors revealed in a court filing Monday that they were negotiating with Santos to potentially resolve his criminal case without a trial.
In an interview on CBS New York that aired Sunday, Santos said he had not ruled out pleading guilty. He said, “Clearly there are conversations happening, especially after what happened in Congress, and we'll see.”
Santos was elected last year after campaigning as a self-made Wall Street whiz, but after the election it was revealed that he was a fabulist who had lied about where he worked, where he went to college and about large parts of his personal background.
Since leaving Congress, Santos launched an account on the website Cameo, where the public can pay him for a personalized video message. In the television interview, Santos said he made more money in a week on the platform than his annual salary as a congressman.
A special election will be held on Feb. 13 to choose his successor in a House district that includes a mix of wealthy Long Island suburbs and a working-class part of Queens.
That race will likely pit former U.S. Rep. Thomas Suozzi, a Democrat who previously held the seat before running unsuccessfully for governor, against one of a number of Republicans.