Scandal-plagued Rep.-elect George Santos is headed to Washington, D.C. as his life of fantasy is coming into focus, POLITICO reported.
Santos is under scrutiny for lies about his background. Records, colleagues, and friends are continuing to divulge more about his past.
But the newly elected Republican from New York’s 3rd Congressional District is set to be sworn into congress tomorrow.
Santos, elected in November, has refused to step down after investigations into his background found he falsified key portions of his biography from his Jewish ancestry to his career and education.
Despite increasing calls by Democrats and some GOP officials for Santos to resign or not be sworn in, the House Republican leadership has remained silent.
Some outgoing Republican leaders are condemning Santos and suggesting that he resigns, NBC News reported.
Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, said Sunday that Rep.-elect George Santos, R-N.Y., should consider resigning after he admitted that he had fabricated and “embellished” several claims about his background involving his education and work history.
Santos “is certainly is going to have to consider resigning,” Brady, who is retiring from Congress, said in an interview on Fox News Sunday.
“Right now, he would not be on the committee that I led,” said Brady when asked by guest anchor Gillian Turner whether he would have been comfortable chairing a committee that included Santos.
“And, frankly, he’s got to take some huge steps if he wants to regain trust and respect in his district,” said Brady, who was the top Republican on the Committee on Ways and Means.
Outgoing Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican and former House member, called Santos’ falsifications “unacceptable.” The House Ethics Committee should “deal with this,” Hutchinson said ABC’s This Week in an interview on Sunday.
“It breaches the trust between the electorate and their elected official,” Hutchinson said. “We have to have more integrity in our political environment, in our elected leaders.”
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., the outgoing chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, have ignored questions from reporters about Santos and whether he should be seated.
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