Lying Rep. George Santos said he’s a modern-day Rosa Parks. He didn’t get the response he expected.

Despite facing 13 federal charges related to fraud, being forced to give up his committee assignments after most of his life story turned out to be fabricated, and constantly facing ridicule and protest online and in-person, out Rep. George Santos (R-NY) appears to have a very high opinion of himself.

Santos appeared on Mike Crispi Unafraid podcast and railed against his critics, saying that their criticisms of him for lying, fraud, and allegedly being a thief are the same sort of oppression that Black people faced in 1950s Alabama.

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Santos, who has previously lied about being Jewish, said the community service group mocks religious faith.

“I’m gonna call them out. You want to call me a liar? I’ll call you a sellout,” Santos told Crispi, who got second place in the Republican primary in a 2022 U.S. House race in New Jersey.

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“I mean [Sen.] Mitt Romney, the man goes to the State of the Union of the United States wearing a Ukraine lapel pin, tells me, a Latino gay man, that I shouldn’t sit in the front and that I should be in the back,” he continued. “Well, guess what? Rosa Parks wouldn’t sit in the back and neither am I going to sit in the back. That’s just the reality of how it works.”

“Mitt Romney lives in a very different world, and he needs to buckle up because it’s gonna be a bumpy ride for him.”

He was referring to an incident that occurred at President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address this past February.

Members of the press saw a confrontation between the two Republicans from a distance and later that evening asked Romney what happened. He said he told Santos, “You don’t belong here.” This happened two months after Santos’s past was exposed in multiple news reports.

“I didn’t expect he’d be standing there trying to shake hands with every senator and the president of the United States,” Romney continued. “Given the fact that he’s under Ethics investigation, he should be sitting in the back row and staying quiet instead of parading in front of the president and the people coming into the room.”

Santos complained about the interaction over the following week, telling reporters that it’s “not the first time in history that I’ve been told to shut up and go to the back of the room, especially by people who come from a privileged background, and it’s not gonna be the last.”

“And I’m never gonna shut up and go to the back of the room.”

On Twitter, people disagreed with Santos’s characterization of himself.

Ron DeSantis has already said you cannot talk about Rosa Parks.

— The_JL_Podcast (@The_JL_Podcast) July 10, 2023

You fraud don’t you ever compare yourself to Rosa Parks. You have no idea what she went through. Your battles are with all the lying and stealing you did. pic.twitter.com/2Flz73an9I

— SCH (@Kaizen06) July 9, 2023

It has nothing to do with being Latino or gay. He's a lying criminal and has no place in Congress, front, back, or otherwise.

— Jamie Jenson (@JamieJaeTweets) July 9, 2023

Mitt didn't tell him he needs to sit in the back. Mitt told him he has no business being in the building.

— Robert Blomstrom 💙🌊🇺🇲🟧 (@BlomstromRobert) July 9, 2023

My favorite part is when Rosa Parks lied to everyone who liked her so she could get an enormous amount of power in politics

— PapaHRF (@Papahrf) July 9, 2023

“@Santos4Congress You we’re told to sit in the back (something everyone is thinking) because you are a pathological liar and an embarrassment to our congress. Next step jail.

— LESLIE SCOTT (@Leslieannscott) July 9, 2023

Just like Lauren Boebert is comparable to Mother Teresa.

— ⭐️ Merrily awaiting ⭐️ (@MerrillLynched) July 9, 2023

That a man of such hubris and mendacity, who wears an AR-15 pin, would disparage Romney, a man of integrity, who wears an Ukrainian pin in support of democracy…outrageous. That he’s allowed to remain in Congress.

— Laura Bishop (@LbbLaura) July 9, 2023

Rosa Parks wasn't a pathological liar who stole from elderly women and disabled vets. She didn't file false campaign reports, lie about her background or education. You are no Rosa Parks @RepSantosNY03

— Jane Feldman (@jtfdenver) July 9, 2023

I don't care where George sits on the DOC bus as long as that bus takes him to prison.

— Michael E. (@MnMike55408) July 9, 2023

Santos has pled not guilty to the federal charges that he faces.