Governor Hochul: “I'm glad he's gone.”
Earlier today, Governor Kathy Hochul was a guest on NY1 after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to expel George Santos from Congress.
By law, when there is a vacancy in the House of Representatives, a governor has 10 days to issue a proclamation for a special election. The special election must be scheduled 70-80 days from the date the proclamation is issued.
AUDIO of the Governor's remarks is available here.
A rush transcript of the Governor's remarks is available below:
When you look at his lack of ethics and the fact that, you know, he has not served the people of our state, particularly New York 3 where he resides, it's been an abysmal run for him.
And he has not done what he has to do for New Yorkers, and I'm glad he's gone because I need people I can work with to fight for New York, to bring federal money to our state, to create jobs and opportunities. And George Santos just took up space.