Sign now: George Santos must resign from Congress or be expelled.
Dear MoveOn member,
Representative George Santos has just been sworn in, but we've already seen enough: It's time for him to go.
The version of Santos elected by voters is a complete fiction. Santos built his campaign on a series of outrageous and offensive lies, deceiving the voters of New York's 3rd District about his qualifications, work background, and who he really is. His continued presence in the House is a disservice and disrespect to the people of Long Island and Queens—and the entire nation. Santos cannot possibly represent the people of his district with the truth of his deception out there.
Santos's litany of lies is too long to recount: false claims that he is the descendant of Holocaust survivors, fabrications about his education and past employment, glaring gaps in his financial disclosures, and more.1 His excessive campaign spending and the unknown sources of his wealth have also raised flags.
His constituents and New York lawmakers—even some fellow Republicans—have called for him to resign.2 Prosecutors are investigating whether his lies crossed the line into criminal activity—his official filings to run for office seem to include fraudulent claims.3
Yet Santos continues to dig himself deeper into a hole, while lashing out and avoiding accountability. Instead of coming clean or focusing on his constituents, he'll now be tied up in investigations by local, state, federal, and international authorities because of the long trail of deception and fraud that's just beginning to be uncovered, and his ability to meaningfully represent his constituents in Washington will be zero—imagine him speaking in any committee hearing!
Our elected officials must at the very least be held to the same, if not a higher, standard as the rest of us. Otherwise we reinforce a system where the rules we all follow don't apply to people with political power. That's why Santos must resign—and if he doesn't, Congress should expel him from office under its constitutionally granted powers.
Thanks for all you do.
–Kelsey, Justin, Casey, Jensine, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Calls for George Santos to resign mount as he is seated in Congress," WSHU, January 3, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/170189?t=6&akid=342165%2E40999114%2Eo_ydwa
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
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