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N.Y. Republicans brainstorm replacements for disgraced Rep.-elect George Santos

Rep.-elect George Santos hasn’t been sworn in yet as a freshman congressman but prominent GOP leaders in New York are already mulling potential replacements in hopes he can be forced to resign.

They’ve compiled a list of substitutes to send in for Mr. Santos, a New York Republican who’s been exposed as a serial liar, misrepresenting almost everything about himself to voters during his campaign last year for a House seat from Long Island.

The list includes Assemblyman Mike Durso, Nassau County Comptroller Elaine Phillips and former Assemblyman Mike LiPetri, GOP sources told The Washington Times.

“The wheels are already spinning.