investigating immediately. you re the congressman from the bronx, he is the congressman elect from long island. why is this is this of such concern to you? it s of concern to me because george santos is a pathological liar. was defrauded the voters of new york state. i mean, he has lied systematically on nearly every aspect of his life. his family heritage, his educational background, his employment history, his ties to historical events like the holocaust or the pulse club massacre. and the breadth and depth of his deception is simply staggering, it s unprecedented. even worse than his lying, it is possible lawbreaking. he should be the target of multiple investigations, the house ethics committee should investigate him for his likely falsification of official federal documents. we have to send a clear message that if you defraud the voters, you re going to be held
in whatever fabulous george santos. that is your coalition. you have to keep that together. it s showing itself because the first vote is going to be on the speaker of the house. and if and when kevin mccarthy s elected, he s going to have no ability to get the second vote through or third vote through. because it s the same coalition of craziness. that has been building the election after election. that is the inevitable result of that. matthew, speaking of. the prospect, first time in the 18 hundreds. that is speaker will have to go on through ballot after ballot after ballot. to get the speakers battle.
accountable. you re going to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. robert, i you are the democratic nominee running against george santos, and during the campaign, you were trying to get anyone and everyone to listen to the red flags that you are seeing, the evidence that you had, why do you think no one paid attention? why are you not surprised that george santos is in the hot water he s in? first, i have to thank congressman torres for his leadership on this issue. he and his colleagues have been bringing this to the forefront, i think we re all grateful. democrats and republicans in a lake for his leadership. i would say to you, you know, when you look at this issue, look at the story, it really speaks to the importance of our local media, and the need to invest in our local media. whether it s steve blanket media on the north shore national county, or reporters at newsday, they did
look into these issues and do their best to investigate, and explore these issues. unfortunately, this race was not considered a high-profile race. and i m very contentious midterm election year, very contentious race for governor, try as we might, we couldn t get a number of these issues on the radar, that was very unfortunate. but it does give an important lesson of what we have to support and pay attention to our local media. that is the answer for protecting our democracy. robert, what recourse do you have as a citizen of the district? but also as the democratic nominee? is there anything that can be done that would prevent george santos from taking the oath in six days. we re having a rally tomorrow in nassau county at the courthouse, bringing together democrats and republicans to make that demand. and we re gonna keep the public pressure on, i know it s very difficult to block him from being seated, but keeping the
me and call me a liar. look, congressman-elect santos, congressman-elect santos, we ve given you a lot of time, i think the time that is owed is to the people of new york s third. it s hard to imagine how they could possibly trust your explanations when you re not really even to admit the depth of your deception. you re getting schooled by, tulsi gabbard. joining me now is congressman and robert zimmerman, the democrat who ran against congressman elect george santos in this year s election. gentlemen, thank you both very much for coming to the readout. great to be here. let me start with you, congressman torres, you put out a tweet demanding an investigation. i want to read it. george santos, a former coal center employee, falling behind on his rent, let his campaign a staggering $705,000. where did all that money come from? the ethics committee must start