George Santos is defending J.D. Vance as he faces allegations of dressing up like a girl when he was in legislation faculty … George says one factor is evident, it is undoubtedly NOT drag.

The ousted GOP congressman tells TMZ … the photographs allegedly displaying Donald Trump‘s working mate sporting a blonde wig and a skirt come throughout as extra cross-dresser than drag queen.

George, after all, has handled an analogous scandal himself … when a former good friend in Brazil posted an previous picture from his days as a drag performer.

Difference is … George says he was a full-on drag queen as an adolescent … and the Vance pictures look extra like a foolish costume from a school home get together.

The manner George sees it … if these pictures present a drag queen, then the fellas on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” are bona fide girls.

Vance has not commented on the pictures … and George is not positive that is the very best political technique on this case.

George’s recommendation for Vance … personal this and go after the Political Left for attempting to disgrace him and body him as a drag queen, at a time when the Left is preventing for authorized protections for drag queens.

George is uniquely certified for this subject … and he tells us why Vance would not want to fret about Trump right here.

We reached out to a rep for Vance, who had no remark.