George Santos Remains Defiant As Republicans Call For His Resignation

The Nassau County Republican Party officially called for the resignation of Congressman George Santos on Wednesday, even though they are the group that put him in Congress. Santos has made it clear, as of now, that he has absolutely no intention of resigning, prompting Democrats to demand that he NOT be given access to classified information in Congress. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins sorts through the ongoing mess.

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Yesterday, the Nassau County Republican Party, the party that, by the way, gave us George Santos to begin with publicly came out in a press conference calling on Santos to resign because as they put it, he has violated the public's trust. Here's a full statement. This is from, uh, north Hempsted town supervisor, Jennifer c uh, DeSena. She said, quote, today I'm calling on George Santos to immediately resign from Congress for the third district. The lies George Santos told are too numerous to count. He lied to me personally when he sought my endorsement. And while I'm offended and disgusted at his deceit, my true concern is for the residents of the third Congressional District. He has betrayed the public's trust and given insincere, glib and insulting answers when asked legitimate questions about his background. And see, I think that's what's them off the most. Take for example, yesterday, Adam Kinzinger said that, uh, you know, Santos should resign.

He said that on, on Twitter. Santos responded with a quote tweet saying, why don't you go cry about it on cnn? So Santos is clearly not taking this seriously. Reporters asked him yesterday as well, like, Hey, they want you to resign your own party. The people that elevated you think you need to get the hell outta here, you gonna resign? And he said, no. And then later in the day, Kevin McCarthy was asked to weigh in on it. And you know what McCarthy said, well, I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna ask him to. I think it's up to the voters to decide that. So he wants to let Santo sit. And of course he has very good reason to want Santos to not resign or be forced out of office. And that is because Santos flipped the district from blue to red. It was a traditionally Democratic district, but that was a pickup seat for the Republicans.

So if Santos gets booted for being a fraud, you think those people who traditionally vote Democrat are gonna go back and vote for another Republican? Hell no, they're not. So they would lose that seat, not just while the county sets up a special election, but they would probably lose it for good. And Kevin McCarthy can't risk that when he is got such a narrow majority as it is. But that is a reality he's probably going to have to face at some point, because Santos is under investigation from international federal authorities, state authorities here in the United States, local authorities back in his district, uh, authorities in Washington, dc like four different investigations at least that we know of with possibly another Federal Elections Commission investigation in the pipeline. So at least four, possibly up to five very soon. And it's not just, you know, little odds and ends trying to pick on him. We're talking about potentially serious

Crimes including fraud and deception. And that could actually put Santos away in prison. So, yeah, uh, the guys got a very, uh, I just say shaky future at this point. Yesterday also, the Democrats, the day after they filed their ethics complaint with him to the newly gutted office of Congressional Ethics. Yesterday, a group of, uh, Democrats who have military experience sent a letter to Kevin McCarthy, begging him to not give Santos access to classified information that he might be privy to as a member of Congress. They say, this guy is a national security threat.