Congressman George Santos announces his candidature once more

The U.S past Representative George Santos, who got kicked out of Congress in December and is accused of cheating people who donated to his campaign, says he is running for the House again.

Santos, a member of the Republican Party, was kicked out by other members of the House on Thursday. He said on X that he will compete against another Republican Rep. Nick LaLota represents a different area on Long Island than Santos did before he was kicked out.

Santos said this after going to President Biden’s speech and talking with old friends who voted to remove him from Congress because of a report by the House Ethics Committee.

Santos changed his mind and decided to run for office again, after talking and praying with his friends and family. He is going to challenge LaLota in New York’s 1st Congressional District on Long Island.

“Tonight, I want to say that I’m getting back into politics and competing against Nick for control of NY1,” Santos wrote.

Santos filled out papers with the Federal Election Commission to officially start his campaign and said that he wants to compete against LaLota in the June Republican primary.

LaLota, who is leading the effort to remove Santos, said, “I am willing to compete in a primary election to make sure he is no longer in power. ”

Democrat Tom Suozzi used to have the seat that Santos won in 2022, but he left to run for governor and lost. He recently won back the district in a special election.

Santos said he lied about his work and college when he ran for office before.

He says he did not do the things he’s accused of, like lying to Congress about how much money he has, taking unemployment money he wasn’t supposed to, and using money meant for his political campaign to buy expensive clothes for himself.

A judge has set a trial date for September, after the primary election.