{"id":1790609,"date":"2022-12-30T10:03:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T15:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1790609"},"modified":"2022-12-30T10:04:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T15:04:30","slug":"republican-official-casts-doubt-on-rep-elect-george-santoss-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-official-casts-doubt-on-rep-elect-george-santoss-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Official Casts Doubt on Rep.-Elect George Santos\u2019s Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublican-official-casts-doubt-on-rep-elect-george-santoss-future%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1790609&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Rep.-elect was questioned by a Republican Party official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-george-santos\">George Santos<\/a>\u2019s (R-N.Y.) future in politics after reports alleged he falsified portions of his background and resume, triggering a local investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Nassau County GOP Chairman Joe Cairo told a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZachReports\/status\/1608477913711616001?s=20&#038;t=nNER8SxJWHXB_zNhQPN_jA\">New York Post reporter<\/a> According to recent interviews Santos did in response to questions regarding his past, Santos is unlikely not be receiving any endorsements from Republican lawmakers or other legislators in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what party would endorse him as a candidate \u2026 this Republican Committee will not support George Santos in 2024,\u201d He was referring to the date Santos would stand for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>Santos has admitted to \u201cembellishing\u201d His resume was reviewed during a recent interview.\u00a0\u201cI am not a criminal,\u201d Santos said the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/26\/rep-elect-george-santos-admits-fabricating-key-details-of-his-bio\/\">New York Post<\/a> This week. \u201cThis [controversy] will not deter me from having good legislative success. I will be effective. I will be good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Santos stated that he had never graduated from college. However, he previously claimed that he received a degree at Baruch College in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t graduate from any institution of higher learning. I\u2019m embarrassed and sorry for having embellished my resume,\u201d He stated. \u201cI own up to that \u2026 we do stupid things in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There was also confusion over his ancestry. \u201cI never claimed to be Jewish,\u201d Santos spoke to the paper. \u201cI am Catholic. Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was \u2018Jew-ish.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Santos indicated that he would not resign and will be sworn into office next week.\u00a0\u201cI campaigned talking about the people\u2019s concerns, not my resume,\u201d He stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI intend to deliver on the promises I made during the campaign\u2014fighting crime, fighting to lower inflation, improving education,\u201d Santos stated that \u201cpeople elected me to fight for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>But\u00a0Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly, a Republican, said the inconsistencies were \u201cnothing short of stunning.\u201d\u00a0Donnelly announced that she would open an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe residents of Nassau County and other parts of the third district must have an honest and accountable representative in Congress,\u201d She spoke. \u201cIf a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Santos will be sworn into office next Tuesday when the U.S. House of Representatives resumes. He could be subject to investigation by the House Committee on Ethics or the Justice Department if he takes office.<\/p>\n<p>Rep.-elect Nick LaLota of Long Island said that he was disturbed by the revelations. \u201cI believe a full investigation by the House Ethics Committee and, if necessary, law enforcement, is required,\u201d Tuesday&#8217;s statement was made by LaLota.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeorge Santos owes the people of his district the complete and total truth about his personal and professional background, and a sincere apology for his behavior,\u201d Rep.-elect Mike Lawler (R.N.Y.), stated in a statement. \u201cAttempts to blame others or minimize his actions are only making things worse and a complete distraction from the task at hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Santos was interviewed by former\u00a0Democrat Rep. Tulsi Gabbard on Fox News on Tuesday in which Gabbard asked if he had \u201cno shame.\u201d He replied:\u00a0\u201cTulsi, I can say the same thing about the Democrats and, and the party \u2026 look at Joe Biden. Joe Biden\u2019s been lying to the American people for 40 years. He\u2019s the president of the United States. Democrats over-resoundingly support him. Do they have no shame?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not a fraud. I\u2019m not a fake. I didn\u2019t materialize from thin air. I worked damn hard to get where I got my entire life. I made some mistakes, and I own up to them, and now I want to move past them so I can deliver for the American people,\u201d Gabbard was also told by Santos.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, neither Santos nor his campaign made public comments on the investigation. The Epoch Times reached out to his office to request comment.<\/p>\n<p><em>This report was compiled by the Associated Press.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-jack-phillips\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2019\/06\/13\/Jack-Phillips.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Phillips\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"names\">\n<p>Breaking News Reporter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bio\">Jack Phillips, a senior reporter at The Epoch Times with a base in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-nyc\">New York<\/a>. He is a reporter for breaking news.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep.-elect was questioned by a Republican Party official George Santos\u2019s (R-N.Y.) future in politics after reports alleged he falsified portions of his background and resume, triggering a local investigation. Nassau County GOP Chairman Joe Cairo told a New York Post reporter According to recent interviews Santos did in response to questions regarding his past, Santos &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1899525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5458,10917,11246,3899,5811,4808,11268,3819,3911,12529],"class_list":["post-1790609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bongino","tag-casts","tag-doubt","tag-future","tag-george","tag-official","tag-rep-elect","tag-report","tag-republican","tag-santoss"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1790609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1790609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1790609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1899525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1790609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1790609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1790609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}