New York constituents flooded the hallway outside George Santos’ office in Congress, demanding he be removed from office: ‘We’re not being seen’

• Constituents from George Santos’ congressional district gathered in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.
• They demanded Santos’ removing from Congress and questioned why he wouldn’t meet with them.
• Santos has refused to resign till the individuals who voted for him in New York demand it.

A bunch of constituents from Rep. George Santos’ district in New York turned up at his workplace in Washington, D.C., demanding his removing from Congress.

The group was seen flooding the hallway exterior Santos’ room within the Longworth Home Workplace Constructing on Tuesday. Santos aide Vish Burra opened the door and spoke briefly with a feminine constituent, who handed Burra a petition demanding Santos be faraway from Congress.

“We aren’t comfy with the lies, and the deceit,” mentioned the lady, who was sporting a shirt from the nonprofit group Braveness for America. “We wanna vote to expel. We wish him to answer us. We despatched over 50 totally different assembly requests and didn’t get a response again.”

After Burra went again into Santos’ workplace and shut the door behind him, the folks gathered exterior began to clamor for a response.

“The place is George?” one individual shouted.

“We got here down from New York, and we’re not being seen,” one other girl mentioned. “All of us despatched emails, no person received a response, and he isn’t right here to fulfill with us. That is unacceptable.” 

A spokesperson for Braveness for America advised Insider that 45 constituents from New York traveled to DC collectively to attempt to meet Santos. The journey was organized by Braveness for America in collaboration with “Involved Residents of NY-03,” a grassroots group that desires Santos out of workplace, the spokesperson mentioned.

Braveness for America additionally posted a number of movies on its Twitter web page that present the group exterior the Capitol constructing.

“@RepSantosNY03 ‘s constituents have travelled all the best way to DC as a result of they need an sincere and credible individual representing them in Congress, not a fraud,” the group tweeted.

In one other video, the constituents had been seen holding up indicators and chanting “Santos has received to go.” One signal learn: “SCAMTOS.” This can be a reference to accusations from a number of those who Santos pocketed hundreds of {dollars} raised for animal welfare and pet rescue initiatives.

On Tuesday, Braveness for America tweeted {that a} letter with near 1,500 signatures from Santos’ constituents was delivered to Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The group known as for McCarthy to “do what’s proper” and maintain a vote to expel Santos from Congress. McCarthy didn’t instantly reply to the petition, and didn’t meet with the group.

Nevertheless, a McCarthy aide individually advised Reuters that the Home Ethics committee has “acquired complaints” about Santos.

Santos has admitted to mendacity about going to college, being Jewish, and dealing at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup.

Santos has refused to resign from his congressional seat, saying he’ll solely achieve this if the individuals who voted for him in New York demand it. Santos, nevertheless, did say in January that he would step down from his committee assignments on the science and small enterprise panels.

Representatives for Santos and McCarthy didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s requests for remark.