We Done Backing You!

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The New York Republican Party and Nassau County GOP has formally recalled its endorsement and support of Rep. George Santos (R-NY). They have formally called for him to resign and want the state authorities to investigate him.

The newly appointed U.S. Representative has become a distraction to the Republican agenda. The revelations that this man lied about his education, his religion, his sexuality, his wealth and his residency has become so bad, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) became one of the first lawmakers to call for his ouster. Mind you, we are still waiting on the criminal who spray painted on Mace's sidewalk. I mean the RING camera was on and the tagger did not take that nice bicycle in front of her home.

"It is deeply troubling to have someone like that in our body," Mace said in an interview, adding that she supported an Ethics Committee investigation. “It can take a few months and probably will. It will work itself out in the end.”

At least four House Republicans from New York said Santos should step down after Nassau County GOP officials on Wednesday first called for him to give up his congressional seat.

“George Santos’ campaign last year was a campaign of deceit, lies and fabrication,” county GOP Chairman Joe Cairo said at a news conference with other party officials.

Cairo took aim at Santos for having “disgraced” the House and made it clear that Santos is “not welcome here at Republican headquarters.”

“We do not consider him one of our congresspeople,” Cairo said.

Cairo pointed to various false claims by Santos, including his previous claims of having Jewish heritage. Cairo also told reporters that Santos gave the local GOP a fake résumé that included lies about having been a volleyball “star” at Baruch College who led his team to a “league championship.”

Santos, however, isn't backing down, saying in a tweet that he has no plans to resign.

Freshman Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., who was also just sworn into Congress and is the chair of the state Republican Party, said in a statement Wednesday that he supports Cairo’s decision to request Santos’ resignation.

“It’s clear that he cannot be an effective representative and it would be in the best interest of the taxpayers to have new leadership,” Langworthy said. “I will continue working with our local elected officials to ensure that trust and dignity are restored to the 3rd Congressional District.”

Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, a first-term Republican whose district borders Santos’, joined the Cairo news conference virtually. “At this point, I don’t think that George Santos can move forward as a member of Congress,” he said.

GOP Rep. Brandon Williams of New York said in a statement: “As more revelations become public, I concur with the Nassau Republicans’ decision to request George Santos’s resignation. The constituents in NY-3 elected Representative Santos in part due to his biographical exaggerations and apparent deceptions. He must resign.”

And in an interview with Axios, Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., said he thought Santos should resign. LaLota's office later confirmed his remarks to NBC News.

But House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Cairo’s call for Santos’ resignation doesn’t affect his thinking on the issue.

“I try to stick by the Constitution. The voters elected him to serve,” McCarthy said. “If there is a concern, he has to go through the Ethics [Committee]; let him move through that. But right now, the voters have a voice in the decision. It’s not where people pick and choose based upon what somebody’s press has. So he will continue to serve.”

Asked whether he trusts Santos, McCarthy said, “Look, he is going to have to build the trust here, and he’s going to have the opportunity to try to do that.”

Other local party officials also took aim at Santos throughout the news conference Wednesday.

Asked why Santos was urged to resign after he was sworn in, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said that he believes in due process but that the situation became “untenable” when Santos admitted to lying.

“He needs help,” Blakeman said, while calling out Santos for being an “outright liar.”

My kind of people.

Santos officially took office following the election of McCarthy as speaker last week. Santos voted for McCarthy.

The Nassau County GOP's demand for Santos' resignation could put pressure on McCarthy, who leads a slim GOP majority that includes a group of detractors who threatened to tank his leadership bid.

Most congressional Republicans appeared to give Santos the cold shoulder upon entering Congress. Santos was often seen sitting by himself during numerous rounds of speaker votes last week.

In a complaint filed Tuesday, Democratic Reps. Dan Goldman and Ritchie Torres, both of New York, requested that the House Ethics Committee investigate Santos for his “failure to file timely, accurate and complete financial disclosure reports.”

In their complaint, Goldman and Torres allege Santos violated the Ethics in Government Act, and they pointed to recent reports, as well as Santos’ own admission, saying he “misled voters in his district about his ethnicity, his religion, his education, and his employment and professional history, among other things.” They also cited Santos’ financial disclosure reports in 2020 and 2022, which they described as “sparse and perplexing.”

"George Santos is a man without a country," Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., said in an interview Wednesday. "The GOP's turning on him. Dems obviously don't want him. His voters don't want him. Oh, my goodness, this guy's unbelievable."