The Inside Scoop on the Capitol Hill Drag Shows
May 8, 2023
Over the past few weeks, there has been controversy surrounding newly-surfaced photos of George Santos. In them, the New York Representative appears to be wearing a red dress and makeup, playing the character of “Kitara Revanche.” However, if you were to go behind the scenes, you would see that this is just the tip of the iceberg of politicians who enjoy drag.
…[T]here was a scene you would never expect—Congressmen, lobbyists, and Fox News anchors drinking, fraternizing, and, you guessed it, performing in drag.
A recent noise complaint from DC residents had police showing up to the private offices of the top pro-fracking lobbying group in America. Indeed, as the police got closer, one officer sensed what he described as a “queer presence all around me; it made all the hair on my body stand up.” After multiple calls to the building management with no response, the police had no choice but to break down the office door.
Behind this door, there was a scene you would never expect—Congressmen, lobbyists, and Fox News anchors drinking, fraternizing, and, you guessed it, performing in drag. Sources present at the scene said that Mitch McConnell, under the pseudonym “Fi-li-BUSTher” was performing a three-part act in which he read an entire phonebook while purposely mispronouncing ethnic last names.
In the weeks since the story broke, different figures accused of being at the “Wildest Fracking Party of 2023” have responded differently. Some have denied their involvement, coming out with statements such as, “To me, feeling ‘Hunty’ just means I want to shoot a deer and mount its head on my wall,” and, “I don’t even know who Wisconsin born, high-camp drag queen Trixie Mattel is.” Some others, though, have confirmed their attendance, with Representative Santos himself tweeting, “For the first time in my life, I felt I had a community of other gay men who were also homophobic.”
