Santos reportedly won’t run for a second term – By Jazz Shaw (Hot Air) / Dec 31, 2022
Congressman-elect George Santos has rapidly emerged as the least popular person in Congress and he’s actually not even in Congress yet. The message seems to have finally begun to sink in for him, however. The local ABC News outlet in New York is reporting that Santos has already told associates that he will not seek reelection in 2024, assuming he manages to remain in office until then. ABC is only citing “sources” for this report, but it’s not much of a stretch of the imagination to believe it’s true. Here’s the brief video report they released last night.
The obvious question here is whether or not Santos really intends to retire after one term. I mean, why would anyone believe him? Of course, there’s no assurance that he would even be the party’s nominee if he tried. A spokesman for the state Republican party asked why they would even consider endorsing him for another run. There doesn’t appear to be anyone supporting Santos at this point except whoever it was that gave him all that money earlier this year.
Others are trying to capitalize on Santos’ unpopularity already. Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15) has introduced the SANTOS Act (Stop Another Non-Truthful Office Seeker). If passed, the bill would compel congressional candidates to testify under oath about three aspects of their resumes, providing details about their education, employment and military records. The bill would not cover less objective claims regarding things such as the candidate’s sexual orientation or religion. Having made those statements under oath, anyone who turned out to be lying could be removed from Congress on that basis.
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