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Blakeman, a Republican, while calling for Santos to resign, said the congressman’s lies about his Jewish heritage and family lineage during the Holocaust were outrageous.

“What was really tragic is the fact that there are so many people here in Nassau County that are survivors of the Holocaust,” Blakeman said several weeks ago. “These are people whose families were decimated and it many instances wiped out… For him to make up this story that his parents were Holocaust survivors is beyond the pale.”

Santos, who claimed his grandparents were survivors of the Holocaust, condemned antisemitism during a speech he gave on Holocaust Remembrance Day at the House foor. Screenshots of old social media posts allegedly made by Santos included a salute to Adolf Hitler and comments about “the Jews and black[s],” according to Patch.

“Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh hiiiiiiiiiiiitlerrrrrrrrrrr (hight hitler) lolololololololololololol sombody kill her!! the jews and black mostly lolllolol!!! Dum,” a Facebook comment from a profle named “George A D Santos” posted more than a decade ago with the congressman’s face as the profle picture.

Santos defeated Democrat Robert Zimmerman by 142,017-120,060 in the district’s November election.

After multiple publications, including The New York Times, unearthed falsehoods in his personal and professional background, the new- ly elected congressman said he would continue to serve the 3rd District constituents until the same number of people who voted for him call for him to step down.

“I was elected by 142,000 people,” Santos told U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), who hosted Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast two weeks ago. “Until those same 142,000 people tell me they don’t want me, we’ll fnd out in two years.”

Santos also tweeted weeks ago that he would not resign from Congress, touting his desire to serve the constituents of the 3rd District rather than other politicians or political parties.

3rd District residents who want Santos out have already begun to band together in the form of online petitions. Great Neck’s Jody Kass Finkel launched a change.org petition calling on Santos to step down which had received more than 35,000 signatures as of Tuesday.

Finkel, along with Nassau County and state Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs, called for Cairo and other local Republican ofcials to sign a bipartisan statement on congressional integrity. The statement advocates for Congress to expel Santos from his position if he does not resign.

“Bipartisan calls for George Santos’ resignation are a welcomed step forward,” Jacobs said in a statement. “All of us, from both parties, that value and respect the responsibility and stature of elected ofce, particularly that of the House of Representatives, should unite in demanding Santos’ expeditious expulsion from the House, should he refuse to resign.”