Posted on 03/08/2024 3:27:54 PM PST by Coronal
Former Rep. George Santos announced Thursday night that he will run for New York's 1st Congressional District, challenging a Republican who voted to expel him from Congress.
"Tonight, I want to announce that I will be returning to the arena of politics and challenging Nick for the battle over #NY1," Santos wrote on X, referring to Rep. Nick LaLota.
Santos argued that "New York hasn’t had a real conservative represent them since I left office arbitrarily, thanks to RINO, empty suits like [LaLota]."
"I look forward to debating him on the issues and on his weak record as a Republican," he added.
The tweet was posted during President Joe Biden's State of the Union address.
Asked by NBC News about Santos’ announcement, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said, “I wasn’t aware he was doing that.”
In a fundraising post shortly after the announcement, LaLota said: “To raise the standard in Congress, and to hold a pathological liar who stole an election accountable, I led the charge to expel George Santos. If finishing the job requires beating him in a primary, count me in."
Santos was elected in 2022 to represent New York's 3rd District, based in Long Island and Queens. He was part of a group of New York Republican representatives, elected in districts Biden won just two years earlier, who were instrumental in helping the GOP gain a majority in the House.
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I don’t think Trump cares. FWIW, Trump is a New Yorker. All he cares is that you’re on his train. That’s it.
Claims to be a Floridian now.
>> All he cares is that you’re on his train. That’s it.
And that is why he did not "drain the swamp" in his first term, and ended up appointing "swamp creatures" like Rex Tillerson instead, all of whom later stabbed him in the back.
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Good points. Fair enough. We’ll see what happens IF Trump wins. At this point I doubt he’ll win anyway. But it’s possible.
Hope he wins, and then I hope he gloats loudly.
He should run as a democrat.
He votes 100% MAGA. He never says anything about being gay. There are no other MAGA candidates in this district and there hasn't been any such candidate in my lifetime.
Reading your profile, I would suggest that you worrying more about your crappy congressmen and worry less about my unabashedly pro-life and anti illegal immigration, MAGA candidate.
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