Senator Anna Kaplan Calls for Investigation into George Santos

Kaplan delivered remarks calling for investigations during a "Hold Santos Accountable" rally attended by hundreds of residents of New York's Third Congressional District

Kaplan also called for apologies from the Nassau Republican leaders and elected officials who enabled the rise of the man who would become a national embarrassment and a stain on Long Island

MINEOLA, NY (December 29, 2022) - Today, New York State Senator Anna M. Kaplan (D-Port Washington) joined hundreds of community members from the district of Congressman-Elect George Santos (NY-03) for a "Hold Santos Accountable" press conference and rally to call for investigations into George Santos following the news that his entire personal biography is a fabrication, and that there are significant concerns he potentially engaged in illegal conduct.

During the press conference, Senator Kaplan delivered the following remarks calling for accountability: “George Santos has perpetrated a complete and total fraud on our community, but we cannot forget that for the last three years, he was enabled and supported by the entire Nassau County Republican machine and his Republican running mates, many of whom sit in elected office today and others who will soon take office.

The questions about exactly who George Santos is are not new, but they were brushed aside and minimized by local Republicans desperate to flip this congressional seat at any cost.

Our entire community has been victimized, and we demand accountability. George Santos must be investigated by all appropriate authorities, particularly surrounding his shady business dealings and mystery millions that seem to have appeared overnight despite having no legitimate career to speak of.

The outstanding criminal charges against George Santos in Brazil must be answered for.

And we all deserve an apology for his reprehensible lies about his nonexistent Jewish faith and his completely fake connection to the Holocaust.

To allow George Santos to be seated as a member of Congress would be a further knife in the heart of this community, and I’m urging Congressional Republican leadership to stop that from happening while investigations are ongoing.

I’m also calling on every Republican in Nassau County who stood with this man over the course of the last three years to apologize to the voters, and renounce their support, along with every organization who endorsed his candidacy.

We all deserve answers, and we all deserve a chance to heal from this dark chapter. It’s time for George Santos and the Republicans who enabled him to do the right thing and allow that process to move forward.”

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