NEW YORK — Rep. George Santos, the newly sworn-in New York Republican under criticism for fabricating much of his resume, told NBC News Thursday that “if 142 people ask me to resign, I’ll resign.”
He later clarified in a Steve Bannon War Room interview with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., that he was referring to the more than 142,000 people who elected him in the November race for New York’s 3rd Congressional District. Santos said he would be in Congress “until those same 142,000 people tell me they don’t want me.”
Santos has said repeatedly this week that he will not resign, despite calls for him to do so by top Republican officials in his state and a handful of his House Republican colleagues.
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