Nassau Republicans urge George Santos to resign via LongIslandPress
amNY Sports email newsletterNassau County Republican party leaders and lawmakers called for the resignation of U.S. Rep. George Santos , who is facing multiple investigations upon his first week in office after admitting he lied about his background.
The Nassau GOP’s unprecedented call for the resignation of a congressman that the party twice nominated to represent the 3rd Congressional District came five days after he was sworn in and three weeks after“George Santos has disgraced the House of Representatives and the Republican Party with a veritable profusion of lies, dishonesty, misstatements and hurtful false claims,” said Joseph Cairo, chairman of the Nassau GOP. “It’s time for George Santos to resign his seat.
Santos rode a red wave of surging Republican voters to victory over Democrat Robert Zimmerman in the midterm elections after U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi made a second failed gubernatorial bid instead of seeking re-election to the district that includes the North Shore of Nassau and northeastern Queens.
Fellow freshman U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito said his office will have “no contact with Santos’ staff until he resigns.”Santos, who has repeatedly ignored questions from reporters in the U.S. Capitol, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. FILE – Republican candidate for New York’s 3rd Congressional District George Santos campaigns outside a Stop and Shop store, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, in Glen Cove, N.Y. Santos, who won a seat in Congress in the November election is under pressure to explain himself amid evidence that he fabricated parts of the life story that endeared him to New York voters.
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