Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) went after Pinocchio nose-growing Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) for being a “pathological liar” and referred to as for the Home Ethics Committee to analyze him on Wednesday. (Watch Torres’ remarks under.)
Torres, who's one in every of a quantity of lawmakers calling for Santos’ resignation, hasn’tletuponhisoutrage over Santos’ admission to mendacity on the marketing campaign path after the Republican owned as much as “embellishing” his resume on Monday.
Santos ― whose lies included these on his work historical past and his academic background ― is reportedly set to face a federal investigation on his funds and a neighborhood investigation involving his “fabrications and inconsistencies” in Lengthy Island.
Torres, throughout an look on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” on Wednesday, informed Jonathan Capehart that Santos “is a pathological liar who’s defrauded the voters of New York state.”
“I imply he has lied systematically about practically each side of his life,” mentioned Torres, who listed off the “depth and breadth of his deception.”
Torres added that Santos must be the goal of a number of investigations together with one by the Home Ethics Committee.
“The Home Ethics Committee ought to examine him for his possible falsification of official federal paperwork,” he mentioned.
“We now have to ship a transparent message that when you defraud the voters you’re going to be held accountable. You’re going to be even prosecuted to the fullest extent of the legislation.”
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