Santos ends congressional bid for New York's 1st District
Source: CNN Politics
Published 5:31 PM EDT, Tue April 23, 2024
CNN Former New York Rep. George Santos, who was expelled from the House and is facing federal charges, said he is withdrawing his bid for Congress in New Yorks 1st District.
I have decided to withdraw from my independent run for #NY1
I dont want my run to be portrayed as reprisal against Nick Lalota
Although Nick and I dont have the same voting record and I remain critical of his abysmal record, I dont want to split the ticket and be responsible for handing the house to Dems, Santos said in a post on X.
Santos previously announced he was leaving the Republican Party and would run his congressional comeback bid as an independent.
I have meet with leaders and with constituents and I have made the decision to hang it up here and stop perusing this race, THIS YEAR! The future holds countless possibilities and I am ready willing and able to step up to the plate and go fight for my country at anytime, Santos said. Santos has pleaded not guilty to 23 federal charges, including alleg
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OnDoutside
(19,998 posts)lastlib
(23,533 posts)is composed wholly of the same stuff I used to shovel out of my barn. It's bullshit. HE is bullshit.
Permanut
(5,834 posts)for a position in the restored and glorious administration of His Heiny Mango Mussolini, something commensurate with his abilities
PatSeg
(48,169 posts)All his supporters will be so disappointed.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(8,400 posts)onlyadream
(2,168 posts)And its bad enough we were stuck with Zeldin.
AZ8theist
(5,634 posts)Was this a Scaramucci-length campaign???
GreenWave
(7,122 posts)brush
(54,304 posts)It will envelop him soon though as there's no market for such a scoundrel. Those tricks of his only work once.
cstanleytech
(26,444 posts)Angelo244b
(1 post)Maybe George can move to Skeeter Holler Louisiana, or maybe to Fister Suck Alabama. He could probably win there, those idiots will believe anything...
Oopsie Daisy
(3,035 posts)Kennah
(14,404 posts)electric_blue68
(15,260 posts)ZonkerHarris
(24,411 posts)oasis
(49,760 posts)hey hey .....Goodbye.
TBF
(32,243 posts)TlalocW
(15,406 posts)But just the thought of his running again and opening up the possibility that he would return to Congress pissed me off.
republianmushroom
(14,396 posts)area51
(11,965 posts)Ah, so he'll be moving back to his native Brazil. Cool.
Eugene
(62,056 posts)Mr. Santos/Devolder/Zabrowski needs to find a new grift.
SomewhereInTheMiddle
(302 posts)"I am ready willing and able to step up to the plate and go fight for my country at anytime,
He is only 35 years old and you can join the Army up to age 42.
I can just see him as the new Sgt. Bilko.