{"id":541250,"date":"2023-01-19T22:31:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T19:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/zeldin-district-support-for-santos-cratering\/"},"modified":"2023-01-19T22:31:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T19:31:45","slug":"zeldin-district-support-for-santos-cratering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/zeldin-district-support-for-santos-cratering\/","title":{"rendered":"#Zeldin: District support for Santos \u2018cratering\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d69f84aa35\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d69f84aa35\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/zeldin-district-support-for-santos-cratering\/#Zeldin_District_support_for_Santos_%E2%80%98cratering\" >Zeldin: District support for Santos \u2018cratering\u2019<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Zeldin_District_support_for_Santos_%E2%80%98cratering\"><\/span>Zeldin: District support for Santos \u2018cratering\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/zeldinlee_06132022ap.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) said in an interview that the support in the district Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) represents is \u201ccratering\u201d by the day as the embattled first-term lawmaker is facing investigations into his deceit and campaign fundraising.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance on Fox Business\u2019s \u201cKennedy,\u201d Zeldin, who lost to incumbent New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) in the state\u2019s gubernatorial election in November, expressed frustration with the controversy surrounding Santos, describing Santos as \u201cpersonable\u201d and \u201ccharming\u201d during interactions they had on the campaign trail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThere were a lot of people who were genuinely supporting him, voting for him, volunteering for him,\u201d Zeldin told Kennedy on Wednesday. \u201cAnd they were just at this point crushed once the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> came out, of what was true and what wasn\u2019t true, and unfortunately a lot more has come out that was false than accurate.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin also said more people who supported and voted for Santos are \u201cupset\u201d and \u201coutraged\u201d with the controversy surrounding the lawmaker than those who voted against him in the election, noting that Santos will have a difficult time during his tenure in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Santos, 34, defeated Democrat Robert Zimmerman in New York\u2019s 3rd Congressional District in November\u2019s midterm elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s going to have \u2026 an extremely difficult time, not just in Washington, D.C., and he pointed out that he just got seated on two different committees,\u201d Zeldin added. \u201cBut especially back home, where there\u2019s just cratering support by the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin\u2019s remarks come after several current and former New York-based lawmakers such as Rep. Ritchie Torres (D) and former Rep. Peter King (R) have called for Santos to resign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Santos is currently facing a federal investigation over potential campaign finance violations and an investigation from Nassau County over his fabrications during his campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Santos\u2019s lies range from inventing his professional r\u00e9sum\u00e9 as a Wall Street financier, claiming to be Jewish and have grandparents who escaped the Holocaust, claiming to have played volleyball for a university he did not attend and stating that he ran a charity that saved animals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite the calls for his resignation, Santos has remained defiant. The House GOP leadership on Tuesday assigned him to two committees: the House Small Business Committee and the House <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>, Space and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology<\/a> Committee. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) said in an interview that the support in the district Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) represents is \u201ccratering\u201d by the day as the embattled first-term lawmaker is facing investigations into his deceit and campaign fundraising.\u00a0 During an appearance on Fox Business\u2019s \u201cKennedy,\u201d Zeldin, who lost&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":541251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/zeldinlee_06132022ap.jpg?w=1280","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[134343,134353,73798,79973,137726,98806,94363,3885,138576,134540,134419,73295,137833],"class_list":["post-541250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-campaign","tag-court-battles","tag-defense","tag-fox-business-network","tag-george-santos","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-lee-zeldin","tag-new-york","tag-ny-3","tag-overnight-defense","tag-overnight-technology","tag-transportation","tag-u-s-house-of-representatives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}