Santos, Romney clash at State of Union

Continued from Page 1 facing the nation, but said he does not wish Biden ill will.

“I do not wish failure upon any sitting president,” Santos said in a statement. “President Biden’s success should be our success, and this should serve as an opportunity for the president to work with Republicans to reverse two years of abysmal Democrat-led policy.”

Santos notably attended the “stop the seal” rally on Jan. 6 where Biden defeated former President Donald Trump.

The congressman lauded the work done by the now-Republican-controlled House, despite Santos recusing himself from a pair of congressional committees amidst a furry of investigations against him.

Romney was not the only one in Washington Tuesday who felt Santos was out of place in Capitol Hill, as dozens of 3rd District constituents trekked from Roslyn to the nation’s capital to have their voices heard. Their message- to have McCarthy and the House Ethics Committee expel Santos.

Chants of “New York 3, Santos-free” and “Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Santos has got to go” rang out early Tuesday morning at the Roslyn train station as the group of 3rd District residents and political activists of all ages boarded their bus to Washington.

Once there, the residents fooded the hallways of the Capitol outside Santos’ ofce before joining New York Democratic Reps. Dan Goldman and Ritchie Torres, who fled a complaint against Santos last month, called for him to be removed from ofce.

“The George Santos that was elected to repre- sent NY-03 is not the real George Santos, and he’s deprived us of a real representative who can be trusted to serve us,” Aidan Davis, a youth activist, said. “That’s why we need Congress to act now— and that’s why I’m here today to call on Speaker

Kevin McCarthy to ensure that the House Ethics Committee not only investigates his misconduct but that the entire House of Representatives votes to expel him from Congress immediately.”

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