Santos won't run for reelection in 2024

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

11/16/23 11:11 AM ET


Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) announced Thursday he will no longer run for reelection in 2024, dropping out of the race shortly after the House Ethics Committee released a scathing report detailing “substantial evidence” that the embattled Congressman “violated federal crimes.” Santos, however, said he will continue to serve his district “up until I am allowed,” indicating that he does not plan to resign.

“I will continue on my mission to serve my constituents up until I am allowed. I will however NOT be seeking re-election for a second term in 2024 as my family deserves better than to be under the gun from the press all the time,” Santos wrote on X, formerly called Twitter.

The announcement is a reversal for Santos, who told CNN in an interview earlier this month that he would run for his seat next year even if the House voted to expel him.

The report from the Ethics Committee, which followed a months-long investigation, said the New York Republican “cannot be trusted,” adding “At nearly every opportunity, he placed his desire for private gain above his duty to uphold the Constitution, federal law, and ethical principles.”


Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4313020-santos-wont-run-for-re-election-in-2024/

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11/16/23 11:11 AM ET


Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) announced Thursday he will no longer run for reelection in 2024, dropping out of the race shortly after the House Ethics Committee released a scathing report detailing "substantial evidence" that the embattled Congressman "violated federal crimes."

Santos, while revealing he will not seek another term in Congress, did not say he plans to resign in the wake of the Ethics panel's report.

"I will continue on my mission to serve my constituents up until I am allowed. I will however NOT be seeking re-election for a second term in 2024 as my family deserves better than to be under the gun from the press all the time," Santos wrote on X, formerly called Twitter.

DEVELOPING

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Resign today, you punk!

[dweller]

2. I will continue on my mission to serve my constituents up until I am allowed

to what ? Occupy a jail cell ?
🤔

Take his passport now


✌🏻

[thesquanderer]

3. He's probably just doing what his leadership wants.

With the narrow House majority, they don't want a vacant seat. But they also don't want the liability of his running again next year.

[Docreed2003]

4. 🤣🤣 what a riot..."my family deserves better"

Dude, now you're concerned about protecting your family?!?

This guy is a con artist and a scumbag. What I'd like to know is how this chaos agent made it as far as he did without being exposed!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Santos wants to shoot messenger (press) because he can't face truth about himself. . . . nt

[KPN]

16. Lol. Yeah, for me that was a real laugher right there. If I didn't know better,

I would think this was all just really bad fiction.

In reality, it's not one single shred about concern for his family (does he even have one?); more like his ability to raise campaign funds just ran 100% dry. Time for a new grift.

[Docreed2003]

17. His whole story is too outlandish for Hollywood.

I can't believe he thought he wouldn't get called on it.

[JoseBalow]

24. "Truth is stranger than fiction;

fiction has to make sense."
- Leo Rosten

[Escurumbele]

28. The criminal mind thinks in different ways, he is a criminal, just like trump, and they never believe

they will get caught, no matter how bad the crime the commit may be. Yes, narcissism plays a part, but its mostly a belief system that doesn't measure crime as normal people do. Normal people understand what is right and what is wrong, these criminals don't, they only see points A and Z, and never the points in between which are full of consequences from their actions.

[Eugene]

5. Someone needs to watch that campaign war chest closely.

Account for every penny.

[Wild blueberry]

7. Good riddance

to bad rubbish (as we used to say).

[Bayard]

8. He knows he'd get his ass kicked!

Even if a rutabaga was running against him.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. Santos needs to be expelled

Santos should be expelled. Santos is already under indictment and additional charges are somewhat meaningless. Santos not running is also meaningless in that there is no way that Santos could win a GOP primary

Link to tweet

[twodogsbarking]

10. Are we sure? He has a reputation.

[republianmushroom]

11. Well he should be in jail like trump, but we shall see about jail, like trump.

I won't bet jail for either of them.

[progressoid]

22. Jail would be nice but I'm skeptical that anything will happen.

Maybe a fine.

Gotta wonder what RW think tank or Super Pac he'll be working for in a couple years.

[MustBeTheBooz]

27. No jail. He's a republican congress critter.

The law doesn’t hold repuke politicians accountable for jack squat. I could list all of the examples but don’t have time at the moment.

[IronLionZion]

13. He and Donny should share a cell

they can both run from prison or form a government in exile. Trump/Santos

[Blue Owl]

14. Diarrhea Donny's gonna need a new toilet licker in the klink

Santos has all the requirements….

[rsdsharp]

15. George was the last to know.

Everybody else in the country knew he wasn’t going [to be allowed] to run again.

[live love laugh]

18. Republicans lie all the time. It remains to be seen if he's telling the truth.

[Paladin]

19. I don't trust him. Not even a little bit. (nt)

[dlk]

20. Onward to the next scam...

He’s milked this one for all it’s worth.

[NNadir]

21. He's probably going to be Trump's running mate.

It will be convenient if they share a prison.

[LaMouffette]

23. I bet he thinks that, like Trump's corrupt federal judge sister, if he steps down, the investigations will stop.

Sorry, Santos. Doesn't work that way for representatives.

[PortTack]

25. So...he finally understands what his fate is??

[Blue Owl]

26. *Oh the poor, persecuted victim...*

[Escurumbele]

29. Its a lie, HE WILL RUN again. If he is not thrown in jail he will come up with some story

that his constituents, overwhelmingly, asked him to run again because he is doing such a great job...blah, blah, blah...Unless of course he made a deal where he will not run again and they will just give him a slap on the wrist so that he start coning people in other places. What a character this guy is.

[Crataegus]

30. Pension

Santos was reported as saying that a full term in congress gives him a fat pension and free lifetime healthcare for him and his family. Pretty good deal for a grifter like him.

[BumRushDaShow]

31. Uh nope. He lied again.

Pretty much every federal employee, including members of Congress, need to have at least 5 years vested in order to be eligible for benefits.

Good little article here - https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/2015/01/23/fact-check-does-one-term-congress-member-get-full-pension/15648164007/

Fact Check: Does a one-term Congress member get a full pension?
Carole Fader
Published 11:44 a.m. ET Jan. 23, 2015


Times-Union readers want to know:

A friend told me that she read on the Internet that members of Congress who only serve one term get full pay. Is that true?

FactCheck.org also recently was asked about congressional pay again and, with the 115th Congress now in session, it decided to do an update on pension and health benefits for former members. Members of Congress never receive full pay as a pension when they leave office, no matter if they serve one term or several, FactCheck.org reports.

The basic eligibility for a pension is the following, according to a June 13 report from the Congressional Research Service, the nonpartisan research arm of Congress:

"Members of Congress are eligible for a pension at the age of 62 if they have completed at least five years of service. Members are eligible for a pension at age 50 if they have completed 20 years of service, or at any age after completing 25 years of service. The amount of the pension depends on years of service and the average of the highest three years of salary. By law, the starting amount of a member's retirement annuity may not exceed 80 percent of his or her final salary."

As FactCheck.org notes, that means that members of the House of Representatives - who are up for reelection every two years - would not be able to collect pensions of any amount if they only served one term. U.S. senators, on the other hand, serve six-year terms and would be able to collect pensions after one full term. But the pensions wouldn't equal their full salaries.

(snip)

Because a Senator's term is 6 years, if they served 1 term and were out, then that Senator WOULD BE eligible for retirement benefits (as the one term would be more than 5 years). I believe like most (post-1983 EOD) regular civil service employees in the Executive Branch, Congress is under FERS as well.

[Chainfire]

32. He will probably be running for higher office.