‘An embarrassment’: Romney on his sharp words for Santos

“Trying to shake hands with every senator in the United States — given the fact that he’s under ethics investigation, he should be sitting in the back row and saying quiet, instead of parading in front of the president and people coming into the room,” Romney said.

“I don’t think he ought to be in Congress and he certainly shouldn’t be in the aisle trying to shake the hand of the president of the states and dignitaries coming in. It’s an embarrassment,” the senator continued, adding: “If he had any shame at all, he wouldn’t be there.”

When asked if the senator was disappointed that Speaker Kevin McCarthy had not called on Santos to resign, Romney replied: “Yes.”

The New York congressman bit back at Romney after the State of the Union ended, tweeting at the 2012 Republican presidential nominee: “Just a reminder that you will NEVER be PRESIDENT!”

Earlier in the night, Vice President Kamala Harris seemed to turn around when she saw Santos as she walked to the front, according to the Daily Beast.

Santos is facing calls from all sides to resign over his rapidly multiplying scandals. The freshman congressman recently recused himself from his committee assignments amid investigations into his finances.