Josh Lafazan announces 'Where's George?' campaign against George Santos

George Santos has done an excellent job hiding from the public eye during his first week in Washington. When he returns home to Long Island, it might not be so easy.

Santos, who is at the center of a media firestorm for allegedly fabricating most of his resume while running for office, is facing calls to resign from every corner of politics. Earlier this week, the Nassau County Republican Party called on him to resign and announced they would not be working with his office in any capacity. 

 Nassau County Legislator Josh Lafazan announced the next step in the effort to force the resignation of Congressman George Santos during a news conference on Jan 13. This was announced in Little Neck, Queens, outside former Rep. Tom Suozzi's office, which appears vacant and has not been renovated to reflect Santos's tenure yet.

"Despite pressure from Republican and Democratic elected officials, despite outrage from constituents here, despite local, state, federal and international headlines, he refuses to go," Lafazan told reporters. "That is why today we are launching the 'Where's George' campaign, we are encouraging people across Long Island and Queens. If you see George Santos in public, take a picture of him and upload social media with the hashtag 'Where's George?'"

According to Lafazan, this is a way to force Santos to answer to his constituents, whom he appears to be hiding from. 

"If George Santos will not come to us, we will come to him," Lafazan added.

Aidan Davis and Jody Kass Finkel of the group "Concerned Citizens of NY-03," called on the Nassau GOP to do even more.

"We need Republicans, we need Democrats," Kass Finkel said. "We need our local elected officials to get together and join hands and call for his his expulsion from Congress. We need our our members of Congress of the entire states to do that."

Kass Finkel brandished a news release with a petition calling for Congress to expel Santos, which has been signed by Tom Suozzi, Robert Zimmerman, Jon Kaiman, Josh Lafazan, Melanie, D'Arrigo, Reema Rasool, and Jay Jacobs. They are awaiting signatures from Jack Martins, Joe Cairo, and Bruce Blakeman.  Kass Finkel called the Nassau GOP's news conference on Wednesday "lip service."

"We applaud them," Kass Finkel said, referring to the Nassau GOP's calls on Santos to resign. "It's a wonderful thing. But while they held their press conference, he announced he wouldn't resign. There's one other path, and that is to get Congress to expel him, and so far they have refused to resign. That's why we're saying it's lip service."

The end goals of the "Where's George?" campaign are very clear.

"We will make every day in this district a living nightmare until you find us," Lafazan said. "You will not be able to go into the bagel store, you won't be able to go to the supermarket, you won't be able to get a bite to eat. Everywhere you go, we will be there to hold you accountable."