The House votes to refer Rep. George Santos to the Ethics Committee
Fox News Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram has the latest on House Republicans blocking a Democratic attempt to expel Rep. George Santos, R-N., and the health concerns surrounding Sens. John Fetterman and Diane Feinstein in “Special Report”.
An Afghanistan war veteran seeking to unseat Rep. George Santos, RN.Y., accuses the embattled congressman of making a “mockery of our political system” as he faces numerous federal charges related to his bid for charge
“I threw my hat in the ring because Long Island deserves the best leadership our country has to offer, and right now we’re getting the exact opposite,” Kellen Curry, an Air Force officer and former JP Morgan banker, told Fox News. Digital in an interview.
“I’m a third-generation veteran. Our family was raised with the expectation that if we saw something that needed to be fixed, we didn’t wait for someone else to do it,” he added.
Curry, who served two tours in Afghanistan and said he lost friends and Air Force Academy classmates to the war, said part of the reason he jumped into the race to represent the New York’s 3rd Congressional District was to see the Biden administration’s “disastrous” withdrawal from the war-torn country in 2021.
REPUBLICANS BLOCK THE EXPULSION OF GEORGE SANTOS, RENEW THE ASSUME TO THE HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE
Republican congressional candidate Kellen Curry wants to unseat Rep. George Santos, RN.Y., in the Republican primary for New York’s 3rd Congressional District. (Kellen for Congress)
“Seeing this catastrophic failure of leadership and the total lack of accountability that followed, was really an eye-opening moment for me,” he said. “But to see the degree to which Mr. Santos has made a mockery of our political system — and worse — deprived Long Islanders of an effective representative in Washington.”
Curry told Fox that he “refused” to let the sacrifice of New Yorkers who gave their lives protecting our freedoms and our democracy “be represented in our legislature by anything but the best leadership that this country can provide”.
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Asked specifically about Santos’ alleged criminal activity, Curry told Fox he wanted Congress to hold the congressman accountable.
“If the bipartisan House Ethics Committee finds that he broke the law, he should face the consequences,” Curry said. “My main concern, however, is not the status of their multiple legal problems. It’s that the people of New York’s 3rd District have no voice in Washington right now. They have no one to sit on committees or provide voter services. .”
Congressman George Santos, RNY, arrives at Congress for the State of the Union address on February 7, 2023 in Washington, DC (Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
“I know it’s easy to get caught up in the shamelessness with which Santos has behaved, but the shame is that Long Islanders right now have an ineffective member of Congress who cares more about getting ahead than get anything in his way. on behalf of,” he said.
Curry dismissed any notion that people in the 3rd District would be less likely to vote for a Republican candidate after experiencing Santos’ whirlwind time in office, arguing that they’re just looking for “leadership.”
“Right now, they don’t have that in the White House, and they certainly don’t have that in Mr. Santos,” Curry said. “Their focus isn’t on electing another Democrat or Republican. They’re thinking about the kitchen table issues that keep them up at night.
“I’ve been all over this district, and in conversation after conversation I feel the same way. People here just want someone they can trust and who’s willing to do whatever it takes to make their lives better. I’m that person and I’m the ‘only candidate who can keep this seat in Republican hands.’
Republican congressional candidate Kellen Curry is seeking to unseat Rep. George Santos, RN.Y., in the Republican primary for New York’s 3rd Congressional District. (Kellen for Congress)
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Santos was taken into federal custody last month after the indictment against him was unsealed. It included 13 charges against the congressman: seven counts of electronic fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds and two counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives.
Santos announced he would run for re-election in April. Attempts to reach his campaign for comment were unsuccessful.
Fox News’ Chad Pergram contributed to this report.
Brandon Gillespie is an associate editor at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @brandon_cg.
