{"id":1916526,"date":"2023-04-19T03:11:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T07:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-george-santos-announces-reelection-bid-despite-calls-for-resignation\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T03:11:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T07:11:20","slug":"rep-george-santos-announces-reelection-bid-despite-calls-for-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-george-santos-announces-reelection-bid-despite-calls-for-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. George Santos Announces Reelection Bid Despite Calls for Resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Frep-george-santos-announces-reelection-bid-despite-calls-for-resignation%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=1916526&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--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0418\/a9a6c80e-f3b5-4ebb-ba5e-d9b82c6ef2d0\/audio.mp3?length=2803725&#038;duration=234\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) announced on Monday that he\u2019s running for reelection, despite facing multiple ongoing investigations, questions over his background, and repeated calls to resign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a first-generation American, I am no stranger to the issues affecting my district. I grew up poor with a single mom, and thanks to the American dream, a poor boy of immigrant parents in Queens can grow up to serve his community in the halls of Congress,\u201d Santos said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Santos4Congress\/status\/1648042407907192863?cxt=HHwWvsCzodP1gt8tAAAA\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Santos, who represents New York\u2019s 3rd Congressional District, has been in Congress since January after defeating Rob Zimmerman, a Democrat, in the 2022 midterm elections with 53.8 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican formally declared his candidacy on March 14 when he <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/H0NY03083\/1692937\/\">filed paperwork<\/a> with the Federal Election Commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was elected to fulfill my campaign promises of securing our border, lowering the high cost of living, solving the disastrous SALT issue in our tax code, and fighting the [Gov. Kathy] Hochul crime crisis of policies empowering criminals to terrorize the people of New York,\u201d Santos said in his announcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been in office for 100 days, and through legislation and my votes, I\u2019ve already made significant efforts to honor those promises,\u201d the 34-year-old continued. \u201cSince the Left is pushing radical agendas, the economy is struggling, and Washington is incapable of solving anything, we need a fighter who knows the district and can serve the people fearlessly, and independent of local or national party influence.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8ANNOUNCEMENT: I am proudly announcing my bid for re-election for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NY03?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NY03<\/a>. This is about TAKING BACK our country and restoring greatness back to New York.\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<p>To support donate here:\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffd<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BH2nGK54vp\">https:\/\/t.co\/BH2nGK54vp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LGJdPcsyP6\">pic.twitter.com\/LGJdPcsyP6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 George Santos (@Santos4Congress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Santos4Congress\/status\/1648042407907192863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><h2>Background Scrutiny<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>During his last campaign, Santos portrayed himself as a graduate of Baruch College who went on to work for high-profile financial firms Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, while also touting he ran an animal charity, in addition to other falsehoods.<\/p>\n<p>In December, Santos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/new-york-congressman-elect-george-santos-confesses-to-embellishing-his-resume_4947049.html\">admitted<\/a> that he lied about his employment and education history, saying he never actually graduated from any college and also never directly\u00a0worked for the two Wall Street firms.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I7p-6HHUgl4\">Piers Morgan Uncensored<\/a>\u201d in February, the New York lawmaker admitted that he\u2019s a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/george-santos-admits-to-lies-says-he-thought-he-could-get-away-with-it_5072655.html\">bad liar<\/a>,\u201d but he defended his deceptions by saying that he was trying to get the support of his local political party.<\/p>\n<p>Following news of Santos fabricating much of his resume, the Nassau County Republican Committee publicly called for his resignation in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NassauCountyGOP\/posts\/pfbid035RXaAkmhyHdB33e1A9W4mSppuVCMGr9grPiHWXsPHXjFfMiuvu5zvcapfU6bHWjsl\">statement<\/a> on social media, stating that \u201cover 40 Republican elected officials have rebuked Congressman George Santos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chairman of the Nassau GOP and the elected officials condemned Santos\u2019 campaign of deceit and lies,\u201d the statement said. \u201cHis fabrications have hurt people. What\u2019s more, he deceived voters and has disgraced the House of Representatives. Santos has got to go!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Santos is also under a House Ethics Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/george-santos-officially-under-house-ethics-investigation_5096520.html\">investigation<\/a> over claims he engaged in unlawful activity on the campaign trail. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has said that Santos would be expelled from Congress if the committee finds that he broke the law.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_913653\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript> Then House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) announced on Monday that he\u2019s running for reelection, despite facing multiple ongoing investigations, questions over his background, and repeated calls to resign. \u201cAs a first-generation American, I am no stranger to the issues affecting my district. I grew up poor with a single mom, and thanks to the American dream, a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":1916527,"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":[543],"tags":[4156,7564,3755,5811,8313,7129,6522,12040],"class_list":["post-1916526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-announces","tag-bid","tag-calls","tag-george","tag-reelection","tag-rep","tag-resignation","tag-santos"],"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\/1916526","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\/124"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1916526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1916527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1916526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1916526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1916526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}