Tom Suozzi, Santos’s forerunner for New York’s third district, says the Republican winner should be ‘removed by Congress’
that federal prosecutors in New York are examining Santos’s background and financial dealings, Republicans in Congress have not acted.for the New York Times that on being sworn in, Santos would take “an oath to ‘bear true faith’ to the constitution and [to] take this obligation without any ‘purpose of evasion’”.: “I’ve lost track of how many evasions and lies Mr Santos has told about himself, his finances and his history and relationship with our stretch of Long Island and north-eastern Queens.
“It saddens me that after 30 years of public service rooted in hard work and service to the people of this area, I’m being succeeded by a con man.”from a scrum of reporters. Before being sworn in, he supported Kevin McCarthy for speaker. He could not be formally sworn in until the speakership had been decided. That process was delayed until Wednesday at least, an overnight adjournment having followed three inconclusive votes.
“The fact is that Mr Santos’s behavior went beyond BS: he fabricated the basics of his biography to an extent that most voters wouldn’t have thought possible. The shame would be too great, right?”that “he could ‘shoot somebody’ on Fifth Avenue and still not lose supporters”.
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