These House Republicans are openly calling for George Santos' resignation: report

08 February 2023

Many House Republicans are keeping quiet about the embattled Rep. George Santos (R-NY), and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) hasn’t been shy about defending him. Greene, in fact, lambasted former Democrat turned Fox News pundit Tulsi Gabbard for criticizing Santos when she guest-hosted Tucker Carlson’s show.

But some House Republicans, journalists Andrew Solender and Erin Doherty report for Axios in a February 8 article, are openly calling for Santos’ resignation. And they range from Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) to Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-NY) and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY).

Molinaro told Axios, “I just don’t see how he can fulfill his duty. I don’t think he should serve on committees.”

Santos was appointed to the House Science Committee but has since resigned from that assignment.

The Queens/Long Island congressman has come under fire for all the lies he told during his 2022 campaign, from falsely claiming that his grandparents were Holocaust survivors to saying that his mother, Fatima Devolder, was inside the World Trade Center on 9/11. Records, according to the New York Times, show that Devolder was in Brazil that day.

In a statement released in January, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) said of Santos, “I believe voters have the right to hold government officials to the very highest standard of honesty and trustworthiness. The people's representatives must respect the need for transparency and candor with Americans. It is not OK to fabricate or lie for political gain. This is especially true when the lie seeks benefit from the murder of millions of Jewish people. I do not believe George Santos can effectively serve and should resign.”

Rep. Brandon Williams (R-NY) also called out Santos in a statement, saying, “The constituents in NY-3 elected Rep. Santos in part due to his biographical exaggerations and apparent deceptions…. He must resign.”

Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY), who chairs the New York GOP, told Axios, “I think he should resign.… He hasn't shown any remorse, he hasn't corrected any of the behavior.”

But Solender and Doherty note that other House Republicans are keeping quiet about Santos because the GOP “holds just a five-seat majority” in the House “and his seat could easily go to a Democrat in a special election.”

Read Axios’ full report at this link.

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