Embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., on Thursday insisted he won’t resign from Congress unless “142,000 people who voted for me” tell him to step down.
Santos, 34, who has admitted to telling a string of lies, actually got just under 146,000 votes in winning his Democratic-leaning Long Island district in one of the bigger upsets of the 2022 midterm elections.
He corrected his latest statement minutes after initially saying he would resign if “142 people” wanted him to, a slip-up that briefly sparked a new wave of calls for him to step down.
