Disgraced Rep. George Santos defiant after local GOP officials call for ‘immediate’ resignation over campaign lies

Calling GOP Rep. George Santos a joke, a disgrace, abnormal and a pathological liar, local Republican officials in New York state on Wednesday said the newly elected congressman needed to immediately resign, accusing him of running a campaign of “deceit and lies.”

But Santos has refused, doubling down on his intent to stay in Congress at the same time as his fellow Republicans on Long Island have urged him to step down.

“George Santos’ campaign last year was a campaign of deceit, lies and fabrication,” Nassau County Republican Party Chairman Joseph Cairo said at a news conference.

“He deceived the voters of the 3rd Congressional District, he deceived members of the Nassau County Republican committee, elected officials, his colleagues, candidates, his opponents and even some of the media,” Cairo said. “He’s disgraced the House of Representatives and we do not consider him one of our congresspeople.”

Cairo’s searing remarks were the first in a parade of more than a dozen Republican officials from around Santos’ district, each of whom called on the new lawmaker to give up his seat.

“He’s a national joke, he’s an international joke, but this joke’s got to go,” said Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin.

Other speakers called him a “stain” on the party who has acted like a “pathological liar.”

As his state allies abandoned him, Santos sounded defiant in Washington, D.C.

“I will not,” he said when bombarded by reporters on Capitol Hill asking if he will resign.

In a tweet Wednesday afternoon, Santos swung back at the Nassau Republicans, saying he regrets that they “refuse to work with my office to deliver results to keep our community safe and lower the cost of living.”

“I will NOT resign!” he added.