Rep. George Santos faces censure push by Democratic lawmakers

Rep. George Santos already faces a federal indictment and Congressional ethics probe. Now the serial liar and accused fraudster could face a censure vote by fellow lawmakers.

Three Democratic politicians, including New Yorkers Rep. Ritchie Torres and Rep. Dan Goldman, plan to introduce the censure measure aimed at the first-term Long Island Republican.

“He has disgraced the institution, and the institution should speak with one voice against his misconduct,” Torres said.

The so-called privileged resolution cites Santos’ lies about graduating from college, scoring a volleyball scholarship, working for Wall Street investment giants and even being Jewish.

Once the Democrats introduce the bill, Congress will have two days to either vote on it or refer it to a committee.

Republicans may try to shunt the measure off to the Ethics Committee, but that would be another black eye for Santos’ New York Republican colleagues who say they are trying to get rid of him.

It was two months ago that Republicans were forced to do just that when Democrats made a push for Santos to be expelled from Congress.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has resisted calls for Santos’ ouster in large part because he needs every vote he can get in the legislature that is nearly half Democratic.

Santos, who says he will run for reelection, countered that he is focused on “crafting keen legislation.”

“It is time to stop the political ping-pong and get real work done,” the rep said in a statement.

Santos, 34, won election last year in a major upset in a Democratic-leaning district spanning the North Shore and a slice of eastern Queens. He ran as a trailblazing gay conservative but within weeks he was exposed for lying about most of his life story.

Santos attracted the attention of federal prosecutors and was indicted on 13 federal charges, including misleading donors and lying about his finances to the public and government agencies.

Even as they have mounted repeated efforts to oust him, Democrats are happy to have Santos as a punching bag. A Democratic-allied campaign group has made him the poster boy of a $45 million push to take back up to six congressional seats grabbed by the GOP in a midterms sweep of the Empire State.

That effort could get a boost from a court order that could allow Democrats to redistrict New York seats in the coming 2024 election.