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Nassau County’s Republican Party is calling on Rep. George Santos to resign.
More than two dozen members were at the party’s republican headquarters, united in their call for his resignation.
“Today, on behalf of the Nassau County Republican Committee, I’m calling for his immediate resignation,” Chairman Joe Cairo said at the news conference.
Santos’ “campaign last year was a campaign of deceit, lies, fabrications” Cairo said.
“His lies were not mere fibs. He disgraced the House of Representatives,” Cairo said, adding that some of the “fabrications went too far,” and that “many groups were hurt” including those who lost families in the Holocaust.
At the new conference, officials said they would not work with Santos. Instead, Cairo said, “other members of the party will fill the gap for us,” while adhering to Congressional rules.
Santos told reporters today that he had no intention of stepping down.
Cairo said the party would have more rigorous vetting protocols going forward, especially with candidates who are relatively unknown in the county.
On Tuesday, the House Ethics Committee was asked to investigate Rep. George Santos, the newly-elected Republican from New York who has admitted to lying about his job experience, college education and even family heritage, and now faces questions about his campaign financial disclosures.
Two Democrats requested the probe, saying Santos “has failed to uphold the integrity expected of members of the House of Representatives.”
In a letter to the Ethics Committee, Democratic Reps. Ritchie Torres and Dan Goldman, both of New York, said Santos also failed to file “timely, accurate and complete” financial disclosure reports as required by law. They said the reports Santos did file are “sparse and perplexing.” They asked the panel to investigate and “take appropriate action as soon as possible.”
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