Antonio Sabato Jr. sympathizes with Sarah Huckabee Sanders

WASHINGTON – GOP Congress candidate Antonio Sabato Jr. called White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave a Virginia restaurant for an "unfortunate" incident, but said he was personally accustomed to this kind of treatment.

"It's an adorable woman and it's disgusting," Sabato told The Post Sunday as he was attending a Virginia Women for Trump event at the Trump International Hotel in DC. And I know more than anyone because I've been through it and I'm still crossing it. "

During his brief appearance on stage – a tea meant to celebrate the president's birthday in June – Sabato said he was "blacklisted," just as Hollywood people thought he was Communists in the 1940s and 1950s.

"When I went to Cleveland and spoke to our president, on my return, my agent, my managers were all gone, I had jobs lined up, they were all gone," Sabato said. .

Sabato and Scott Baio were the two types of Hollywood who spoke in favor of the current president at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

Highlighting the incident Friday evening, in which the owner of the red chicken in Lexington, Virginia, asked the press secretary of the White House to leave, Sabato said: "I have the same treatment. "

"For me, since my return from Cleveland, it was all," he told the Post. "It woke me up.It was still communism.You know, they do not allow us to say what we think, to express our love for this country and it's unfortunate . "

Sabato said that there are "many people" in stereotypically liberal California who support Trump, but most keep their fandom quiet.

"I know them very well and they are very scared and they care about their salary and they care about working in TV shows and movies and they do not want to compromise that and I totally understand," he said. .

Sabato has decided to take a different route, running for a congressional seat in Ventura County, California. Earlier this month, Sabato advanced to the general election for the siege, arriving in number 2 in the primary, which moves the first two voters-voters apart from the party on the ballot for the general election.

Democrat Julia Brownley more than doubled Sabato's support.

Still, he remains full of hope.

"This seat in my riding is a winnable seat," he told the crowd on Sunday. "And we will win, we come together."