It gets even funnier as the day goes on.......................
Brian DePeña's staff told reporters the Lawrence mayor doesn't speak English when pressed about his arrest for allegedly misusing funds.
www.foxnews.com
The mayor of a northern
Massachusetts town went viral on social media in recent days after
his lawyer told reporters the mayor doesn’t speak English when they pressed him about being arrested for COVID-19 pandemic relief fraud.
Lawrence Mayor Brian DePeña, 61, was arrested Friday morning after an investigation into his alleged misuse of more than $1.5 million of Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), a program administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the CARES Act to assist struggling businesses during the
COVID-19 pandemic.
"He doesn’t speak English. No comment," DePeña's lawyer said in the clip as DePeña repeatedly smiles and says, "God bless you," to the reporters.
"‘He doesn’t speak English, no comment’ says the assistant of the mayor of an American city," conservative radio host Mike Gallagher posted on X. "Our melting pot has completely melted."
On my best day, I do not think I could tell a better story.
You cannot make this chit up!