The Long Island NY Republican House member under indictment has survived efforts by his other Island Republicans to get him fired…
If he survives in office by election day next November?
Any one think he’s gonna win election in a Democratic district?
The guy needs a reality check…
The Long Island Republican, facing federal fraud charges, signaled he will run again for his House seat next year if lawmakers successfully expel him from office.
Santos pointed to his own victory last year for a House district won by President Joe Biden in 2020 as a sign of his political strength.
“Could I have won the general election last time? Nobody said I could. But I survived,” Santos told CNN in an interview set to air Sunday.
But that victory came before a flood of scrutiny for Santos. Soon after he won, broad swaths of his biography were found to have been fabricated. But the lawmaker has insisted voters would look past his fraudulent claims.
“People elected me because I said I’d come here to fight the swamp, I’d come here to lower inflation, create more jobs, make life more affordable, and the Commitment to America. That’s why people voted for anybody,” he said. “To say that they voted based on anybody’s biography, I can beg you this. Nobody knew my biography. Nobody opened my biography who voted for me in the campaign.”
Democrats are eagerly eyeing Santos’ district as a potential pickup opportunity next year as they look to re-gain power in the narrowly divided House. Republicans were able to flip a handful of seats — including pivotal districts in New York like Santos’ — that enabled them to win a razor-thin majority. And there’s plenty of candidates ready to run if Santos is ousted.
And beyond biography, Santos’ legal troubles have mounted….