George Santos: ‘I Will NOT Resign’—As Nassau County GOP Calls On Him To Step Down Over ‘Deceit, Lies And Fabrication’

George Santos: ‘I Will NOT Resign’—As Nassau County GOP Calls On Him To Step Down Over ‘Deceit, Lies And Fabrication’

Share to Linkedin New York's Nassau County Republican Party urged Rep. George Santos (R-N. Y.) to immediately resign on Wednesday, calling his 2022 bid for Congress "a campaign of deceit, lies and fabrication"--marking the strongest rebuke of Santos' conduct to date, less than a month after a New York Times report cast serious doubts on a series of claims he made on the campaign trail. Rep. George Santos (R-NY) speeds past reporters as he departs from a Republican Conference meeting ... [+] at the U. S. Capitol Building on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Nassau GOP officials held a press conference Wednesday–four days after Santos was sworn into Congress–to issue their damning condemnation of the first-term congressman, which was attended by a handful of local and state Republican officials. Santos "has no place in the Nassau County Republican Committee, nor should he serve in public service nor as an elected official official," Nassau County Republican Party Chairman Joseph Cairo Jr. said, adding that Santos "is not welcome" at Nassau County Republican Committee headquarters. Rep. Anthony D'Esposito (R-N. Y.) joined the party's calls for Santos to resign and said, via