>>> MORE TROUBLE TOD FOR NEWLY ELECTED CONGRESSMAN GEORGE
SANTOS. MOMENTS AGO LEADING REPUBLICANS
BACK HOME, ON LONG ISLAND IN NEW YORK DEMANDING THE CONGRESSMAN
RESIGN. >> GEORGE SANTOS' CAMPAIGN LAST
YEAR WAS A CAMPAIGN OF DECEIT, LIES AND FABRICATION.
HE'S DISGRACED THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND WE DO NOT
CONSIDER HIM ONE OF OUR CONGRESSPEOPLE.
TODAY, ON BEHALF OF THE NASSAU COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE, I'M
CALLING FOR HIS IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION.
>> HERE IN WASHINGTON, AS YOU CAN SEE, CONGRESSMAN SANTOS
IMMEDIATELY SWARMED BY REPORTERS ASKING IF HE WILL QUIT.
HIS ANSWER, QUOTE, I WILL NOT. ALSO MOMENTS AGO, HOUSE SPEAKER
KEVIN McCARTHY, OTHER TOP REPUBLICAN LEADERS, NO ANSWER AT
ALL TO THAT QUESTION SHOULD SANTOS RESIGN.
OUR REPORTERS ARE BACK AT THE TABLE.
CARL, YOU'VE BEEN AT THIS A LONG TIME ON CAPITOL HILL.
THIS IS A PROBLEM. THE CYNIC SAYS KEVIN McCARTHY
DIDN'T DEAL WITH IT BEFORE THE SPEAKER'S VOTE BECAUSE HE NEEDED
SANTOS' VOTE. HE'S SPEAKER NOW.
WILL HE DEAL WITH THIS OR WILL HE TELL HIM TO RESIGN?
THAT'S A RISK OF BEING A COMPETITIVE DISTRICT.
CONNECTION HAVE A CHANCE TO NARROW THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY
EVEN MORE. >> I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE A
VERY COMPETITIVE DISTRICT IN A SPECIAL ELECTION IF HE RESIGNS.
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID THEY'LL HANDLE THIS INTERNALLY.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO SUSTAIN WHEN YOU HAVE THE
REPUBLICANS BACK HOME SAYING YOU'VE GOT TO GO.
I THINK THEIR WORRY BACK HOME IS THEY COULD LOSE THIS SEAT
FOREVER IF THIS IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE.
ALREADY THE DEMOCRATS ARE TAKING AIM AT THESE REPUBLICANS WHO
WERE ELECTED IN NEW YORK, GOING TO FACE A TOUGH TIME IN A
PRESIDENTIAL YEAR. HE'S CANNON FODDER AS FAR AS THE
DEMOCRATS ARE CONCERNED. I'D SAY THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO
KEEP HIM AROUND BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT MESSAGE FOR THEM.
>> HE'S A POSTER CHILD FOR THIS IS TODAY'S MODERN REPUBLICAN
PARTY. THIS GUY LIED ABOUT JUST ABOUT
EVERYTHING. LEADER McCARTHY SUPPORTERS
SAYING DO NOT PUT THIS MAN ON ANY COMMITTEES.
>> I DON'T THINK HE SHOULD BE ON ANY COMMITTEES.
THAT'S FOR LEADERSHIP TO DECIDE. >> HE CERTAINLY HASN'T EARNED MY
TRUST. WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS BACKGROUND,
IF THE KIND OF LIES HE TOLD DON'T MERIT AN ETHICS
INVESTIGATION, IT REALLY WILL MAKE EVERYONE SCRATCH THEIR
HEADS. >> AGAIN, KEVIN McCARTHY IS NOW
THE SPEAKER. CYNICALLY MAYBE HE NEEDED THAT
VOTE SO HE LET THIS PLAY OUT THIS FAR.
WILL HE LEAVE? WILL HE MAKE A DECISION?
AT LEAST ANSWER THE QUESTION, SORRY, I'M GOING TO POUT HIM ON
COMMITTEES. >> THE COMMITTEE QUESTION IS AN
ENTERING ONE. AS RELATES TO MR. SANTOS'
STANDING IN CONGRESS, HE NEEDED HIS VOTE FOR SPEAKER.
HE MAY NEED IT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
KEVIN McCARTHY WITH THE MOTION TO VACATE MECHANISM WHERE ANY
ONE PERSON CAN CALL FOR OUSTING. IT SEEMS WHAT POLICE SAID
YESTERDAY, THEY'RE HANDLING THE MATTER INTERNALLY.
THE FACT THERE ARE INVESTIGATIONS IN NEW YORK
STATE, POTENTIAL FEDERAL INVESTIGATIONS, POW TENL HOUSE
ETHICS COMMITTEE INVESTIGATION, WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT GOES.
I THINK THAT DOES GIVE KEVIN McCARTHY AN OUTLET TO SAY WE'RE
GOING TO DEFER TO THESE ON GOING PROBES.
OBVIOUSLY THOSE CAN LAST FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
GEORGE SANTOS MAY NOT EVEN BE A MEMBER BY THE TIME THOSE START
TO GET GOING. >> MAYBE ONE OF THE EASIEST
THINGS WOULD BE TO LIMIT HIS MEMBERSHIP ON COMMITTEES,
PARTICULARLY NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEES WHICH PEOPLE SEEM TO
BE WANTING TO KEEP HIM AT ARM'S LENGTH.
THEY HAVE NO REASON TO TRUST HIM.
I THINK IF KEVIN McCARTHY COMES OUT AND ASKS HIM TO RESIGN, IT
WOULD BE A SHOCK IN SO MANY WAYS.
THE OTHER THING IS WHY WOULD HE RESIGN?
IF YOU'RE GEORGE SANTOS, HE'S GOT A DREAM JOB.
HE MAKES A GOOD BIT OF MONEY. HE ESSENTIALLY WON.
HIS LIES WORKED TO GET HIM THIS FAR.
IF HE COMES OUT, SANTOS WOULD LIKELY IGNORE HIM.
>> IT'S HARD TO GET A MEMBER OUT WHO DOESN'T WANT TO LEAVE.
>> I WAS GOING TO COME BACK TO THAT.
I WANT TO READ THIS FROM MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES,
WHEN WILL HOUSE REPUBLICANS DECIDE IT'S TIME FOR SANTOS TO
GO? THEY SEE THIS AS A PIÑATA.
WHEN YOU WROTE ABOUT THE NEW RULES SMARTLY, KEVIN McCARTHY
CAN SAY THIS IS BEING HANDLED INTERNALLY.
HE CAN TRY TO STAY -- HAVE THEY WATERED DOWN THAT PROCESS?
>> THAT'S NOT EVEN SET UP AND RUNNING.
>> AS WE ALL KNOW, THESE ETHICS INVESTIGATIONS TAKE FOREVER.
IT EASILY WOULD TAKE THE TWO FULL YEARS.
IF HE DOESN'T WANT TO GO, THERE'S NOT MUCH THEY CAN DO TO
GET HIM OUT. THEY NEEDED THOSE VOTES.
>> THEY NEEDED THOSE VOTES.