NY Rep. George Santos, who flipped blue seat, says he received’t run for re-election in wake of ethics report

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., introduced Thursday that he won’t search re-election within the wake of a Home ethics report. 

“If there was a single ounce of ETHICS within the ‘Ethics committee’, they might haven’t launched this biased report. The Committee went to extraordinary lengths to smear myself and my authorized workforce about me not being forthcoming (My authorized payments counsel in any other case),” Santos wrote on X. “It’s a disgusting politicized smear that reveals the depths of how low our federal authorities has sunk. Everybody who participated on this grave miscarriage of Justice ought to all be ashamed of themselves. We the Folks desperately want an Article V Constitutional Conference.”

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves the U.S. Capitol after the Monetary Companies invoice was pulled from the ground on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023.  (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc by way of Getty Pictures)

“I’ll proceed on my mission to serve my constituents up till I’m allowed. I’ll nevertheless NOT be in search of re-election for a second time period in 2024 as my household deserves higher than to be below the gun from the press on a regular basis,” he wrote. “Public service life was by no means a objective or a dream, however I stepped as much as the event after I felt my nation wanted it most. I’ll 100% proceed to keep up my dedication to my conservative values in my remaining time in Congress.”

Santos additionally mentioned, “We’re rapidly approaching $34 trillion {dollars} in debt, the federal government is constantly on the verge of a shutdown, our southern border is large open, our present President is the pinnacle of an affect peddling crime household, and all this Congress needs to do is assault their political enemies with tit for tat unconstitutional censures, impeachments, expulsions and ethics investigations. THE TIME IS NOW FOR THE STATES TO RISE UP AND COMMENCE AN ARTICLE V CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION!”

 “I’ve come to count on vitriol like this from political opposition however not from the hallowed halls of public service,” he wrote. “I’ll stay steadfast in combating for my rights and for defending my identify within the face of adversity. I’m humbled but once more and reminded that I’m human and I’ve flaws, however I cannot stand by as I’m stoned by those that have flaws themselves.”

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