House GOP candidate in New York says he’s been ‘scorned’ by gay community for his political beliefs

House Republicans’ campaign arm is pouring resources into suburban Long Island ahead of the November midterm elections, where a seat being vacated by outgoing Democrat Rep. Tom Suozzi has set up an opportunity for the GOP to add one more lawmaker to its New York Congressional delegation.

From that vacuum of New York’s Third Congressional District emerged George Santos, a Republican private equity executive who proudly billed himself as a ‘walking contradiction.’ 

‘It’s just me being authentic, authentically me. I am gay, yes. I am Latino, yes. I am a Republican, unapologetically,’ Santos told DailyMail.com in a phone interview.

The son of…