New York State Republican Party chair Ed Cox led the charge Wednesday in calling on serial lying Long Island GOP Rep. George Santos to resign following a bombshell federal indictment of the congres…
If Santos refuses to resign and runs for re-election before his case is resolved next year, the Republican Party will nominate someone else in the 3rd Congressional District covering Nassau County and Eastern Queens and defeat him in the primary, Cox said.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Republican, said Santos was a disgrace and stain on the GOP before the indictment. Other local Republicans don’t want to be on the ballot with an alleged fraudster in the 2024 presidential election year when more voters show up at the polls in swing districts like in Long Island.
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