Republican officials on Long Island held a press conference on Wednesday to formally call on embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., to resign amid a firestorm over the 34-year-old's admitted fabrications about key parts of his life story.
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“His campaign last year was a campaign of deceit, lies and fabrication,” Nassau County Republican Committee Chairman Joseph Cairo, Jr. told reporters. “His lies were not mere fibs. “He has betrayed the public's trust and given insincere glib and insulting answers when asked legitimate questions about his finances and his background,” DeSena continued. “By all accounts, he seems incapable and unwilling to take full responsibility for his lies and fabrications.
Before the event started, the Doobie Brothers’s 1979 hit"What a Fool Believes" was played over the loudspeakers.
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