Will a Black, Jewish Republican Woman Replace George Santos if he resigns?

It's obvious that the newly-elected Rep. George Santos (R-NY) simply cannot stop lying about everything, even about things that seem mundane. He completed his second week in Congress last week and the GOP is not happy about having him in office--he makes them look bad.

Santos has portrayed himself as a high school grad, a college grad, a big time businessman, a Jew, a Black gay man, a volleyball champion at a school he never attended, a mother who fell victim to the  9/11 attack, and more.

Although Santos told these lies, he got elected in spite of them. However, there happens to be a Republican in the Great Neck area of Long Island, NY, who actually fits the bill: Mazi Melesa Pilip, a Black Jewish Republican woman who really did overcome the hardships that Santos claimed to have overcome but didn't.

Pilip says she will not discount a run for Congress if Santos accedes for demands to step down and resign like  a man. Santos says he plans to serve the two-year term, possibly because he has no marketable skills other than lying like a cheap trick pretending to be turned on.

Rep. George Santos

“I’m not going to lie to you, people are definitely asking me to run,” she told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in an interview as she drove while shopping for Shabbat. “That doesn’t mean nothing.” In other words, being that this is a double-negative, it does mean something.

Pilip said her journey into American politics was propelled by her experience advocating for fellow Ethiopian immigrants in Israel — where she moved as a child through the Operation Solomon airlift and lived until marrying her American husband — and by her children’s experience with antisemitism in their Long Island schools.

“I am a strong believer, if you see something’s not working well for your community, or for yourself, you have to be involved,” she said. “You can’t just complain from outside.”

The truth is [a foreign word to Santos] he should resign. He lied about his actual qualifications, and that should not be tolerated, and is facing multiple criminal investigations.

According to a tweet by Olivia Beavers of Politico, Pilip is one of two Republicans the Nassau County Party is considering to run for Santos' seat if he resigns. Jack Martins, a state senator, is the other. Both he and Pilip ousted Democrats in their elections.

Pilip said that at this time she is focusing on serving her constituents through the Nassau County legislature. Any decision about replacing Santos, she said, is up to Joseph Cairo, the GOP chairman in Nassau County.

“The only person who can make a decision on who’s going to run will be the chairman,” Pilip said. “Time will show — it’s too early to say anything to be honest. I will continue to serve my residents and I love serving the people. I want to be a voice for the people, and anything I can do to help more people, I will definitely consider it.”

Cairo has not said yet who he would like to run to replace Santos, but two things are clear: He wants Santos to go, and he likes Pilip, a lot.

“Today, on behalf of the Nassau County Republican Committee, I’m calling for his immediate resignation,” Cairo said at the press conference.

I concur.

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