NEW YORK — George Santos needs to be again in Congress — or maybe simply again within the highlight.
The indicted, ousted former Home Republican introduced late Thursday that he plans to major Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.) on Lengthy Island. Santos posted the information in the course of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union deal with, which he attended after which insulted.
“My promise is that I’ll by no means again down due to my love for this nation,” Santos posted on X. “New York hasn’t had an actual conservative signify them since I left workplace arbitrarily, due to RINO, empty fits like @nicklalota.”
Santos faces 23 federal fraud prices and his trial is scheduled to start in September.
“To boost the usual in Congress, and to carry a pathological liar who stole an election accountable, I led the cost to expel George Santos,” LaLota responded in an announcement. “If ending the job requires beating him in a major, depend me in.”
The LaLota seat that Santos is in search of is farther east on Lengthy Island than the district he represented till December, when he was expelled by his colleagues.
Democrats are holding a major of their very own, which incorporates chemist Nancy Goroff and former CNN analyst John Avlon.
