Besieged US Republican George Santos says he will continue to represent the people who elected him despite calls for him to be removed from office after revelations he lied about his past.
While Mr Santos faces investigations — by the House Ethics Committee and a county prosecutor in New York — as well as questions from earlier charges in Brazil, where he lived for a time, he appears unmoved by the challenges."It used to be that when a politician lied, and they got caught, they were ashamed or there was some sort of accountability," Boston University fellow and author Lee McIntyre said.
Mr Santos has admitted he portrayed himself as someone he was not — not a college graduate, not a Wall Street whiz, not from a Jewish family of Holocaust survivors, not the son who lost his mother in the 9/11 World Trade Center attack.In the time since, more questions have arisen, including about the origins of a $US700,000 loan he made to his campaign for Congress and his own reported wealth.
"This is not just Democrats saying this and his Republican colleagues in New York," Mr Garcia said. "Nobody wants him in DC."He has introduced his own bills in Congress — including one to require cognitive tests for presidents — and is trying to move on. When US President Joe Biden arrived to deliver the State of the Union address last month, Mr Santos infuriated colleagues by situating himself on the centre aisle — the place to see and be seen greeting the high-profile guests.
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