‘I Don’t Know That I Survive’: George Santos Tells Tucker Carlson ‘Violent’ Prison He’s Going to is a ‘Death Sentence’
George Santos told Tucker Carlson he’s not “sure” he can survive his prison sentence, saying, “I’ve never had to fight a day in my life.”
Santos joined Carlson this week for what he said could be his “last interview” ever, ahead of a July 25 surrender date set by authorities. The former New York congressman was sentenced to 87 months in prison earlier this year for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Before that, he was expelled from the House.
Santos told Carlson that his prison sentence could very well be a “death sentence.” The congressman expressed similar worries earlier this week in an X post where he declared that he is not “suicidal” before his surrender date.
“If anything comes out suggesting otherwise, consider it a lie…full stop,” he wrote. “The statistics around what happens to gay men in BOP custody are horrifying, and that’s exactly why I’m putting this out there now. So if something does happen, there’s no confusion. I did NOT kill myself.”
In his interview with Carlson, Santos repeatedly said he is not a “violent” person and he’s unsure how he’ll fare in prison as a gay man who has never been in a fight.
“Tucker, can I be honest with you?” Santos asked Carlson, who called Santos’s prison sentence unfair compared to lesser sentences handed to violent criminals.
“I hope you will,” Carlson responded.
“I don’t know that I survive it. They’re putting me in a violent prison. It’s a medium facility. I’m not a street-wise guy. I don’t know how to fight. I’m a gay man. We– statistics tell you what happens to gay men in prison. I didn’t know I survived this. I, I’m being honest. I mean, I can’t change that,” Santos said, later saying his only hope is prayer and a longshot pardon from President Donald Trump.
When Carlson pressed Santos on whether he was being serious, Santos insisted he is not “exaggerating” his fear, saying he’s lived a “sheltered” life that in no way prepared him for prison.
“I’ve never had to fight a day in my life. I grew up in a very sheltered life, apartment kid in New York City. I don’t have wilderness [experience]. I mean, my experience in wilderness, let’s call it, I like skiing, you know? But, but it’s, it’s just not me. I’m not that guy,” he said. “I don’t know that I survived this. I am — This could be very much my last interview, and I’m not trying to be over dramatic here. I’m just being honest with you. I look at this as practically a death sentence to what could occur to me.”
At another point in the sit-down, Carlson asked Santos doesn’t just flee the country ahead of his sentence, and Santos said he’s “too proud” and wants to “go down with the ship.”
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