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Top Republicans in Nassau County, New York, called on GOP Rep. George Santos to immediately resign Wednesday for fabricating major details of his resume, blasting the freshman lawmaker for running a "campaign of deceit and lies."
"He's disgraced the House of Representatives and we do not consider him one of our congresspeople," Nassau County Republican Party Chairman Joseph Cairo said of Santos at a press conference.
Cairo's searing remarks were the first in a parade of more than a dozen Republican officials from Santos' area, each of whom excoriated Santos' lies and urged him to step down.
"He's a national joke, he's an international joke, but this joke's gotta go," said Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin.
The latest blow to Santos came as the embattled freshman congressman, who was sworn into office early Saturday morning, has admitted making up key elements of his personal life, and is now under scrutiny by federal and local lawmakers.
Nassau County Republican officials holding a press conference at their headquarters regarding Rep. George Santos.
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Santos has been caught embellishing and, at times, outright lying, about his past, including his claims that he worked on Wall Street.
Santos has apologized to anyone "disappointed by resume embellishments," but he vehemently denies committing any crimes.
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