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Santos may get committee assignments, dares his constituents to kick him out [1]
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Date: 2023-01-12
As Charlie’s cousin Kevin McCarthy says, he’s innocent until proven guilty. Darn that court of public opinion. “The GQP can put George Santos in one committee and Anthony Devolder in another. So the American Taxpayers can save a lot of money.” Can a recall election be far behind.
'If 142 people ask for me to resign, I'll resign'
x Santos: 'If 142 people ask for me to resign, I'll resign'
https://t.co/WHOD4qJjWB via @politico — Carlos Cohen (@CarlosC62128224) January 12, 2023
"Two-thirds of House GOP conference would be... 148? Maybe he's bad at math? (which would be surprising for a ex-Goldman guy)," said Jonathan Nicholson of HuffPost.
“Can someone get the tarot card and crystal ball girlies to the hill to figure out why Santos says his magic resignation number is ‘142 people,’” added Daily Beast reporter Ursula Perano.
Fox News producer Kelly Phares offered a potential explanation: “Why did Rep George Santos say this morning 'if 142 people ask for me to resign, I will resign'? I honestly don't know. But Fox colleague Peter Kasperowicz points out that Santos got about 142,000 votes in his NY-3 election. So maybe he's somehow referring to that number?”
This comes amid a torrent of calls for Santos to resign from key politicians in New York, including four Republican members of Congress, and the chair of the Nassau County Republican Party, which is part of his district. A fifth New York Republican congressman, Mike Lawler, is expected to call on him to resign today.
Santos, an openly gay Brazilian immigrant, has faced a torrent of allegations that he lied about major facts of his life and identity while running for Congress, including fabricating the schools and colleges he attended, his employment at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, and a supposed pet charity. He has also falsely claimed to be Jewish, that his parents were Holocaust refugees, and that he knew four people who died in the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida. He is also facing a House Ethics Committee investigation and a criminal investigation by the District Attorney of Nassau County, who is probing, among other things, how he got the money to loan his own campaign $700,000.
Despite all the pressure from members of his own party, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and other members of GOP leadership have not called on him to step down. Santos resigning would open up a special election, giving Democrats an opening to flip his seat and narrow the GOP's already precarious House majority.
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x New York GOP Congressman George Santos, who is accused of falsifying his resume, says "if 142 people ask" him to he resign, he will. Santos later clarified that he meant to say 142,000, referring to the amount of voters that elected him. pic.twitter.com/GZq0AXVNwy — CBS News (@CBSNews) January 12, 2023
Richard Friedman @Richard54061235
House Speaker #KevinMcCarthy has embattled Republican Rep. #GeorgeSantos (NY) administered #sodiumthiopental, known As #TRUTHSERUM. In an attempt to extract truthful information from Santos about his education and work experience. That to seat him on a possible #House committee…
x George Santos - RESIGN NOW! - Sign the Petition!
https://t.co/486dX6Akhs via @Change
George said he would leave if 142 people asked him to.
More than 500 people have signed.
Let’s get him out! — Beeron Ƒʉͫcͧкͭιͪηͣ B (@BeeronB) January 12, 2023
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