As revelations about Rep. George Santos continue to pile up, some of his fellow New Yorkers are leading the fight in demanding accountability.

Perhaps none have been more outspoken than Rep. Ritchie Torres.

What You Need To Know

  • Torres has called for the Federal Election Commission, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the House Ethics Committee to investigate Santos

  • Torres and Santos have exchanged barbs on Twitter, with Santos accusing the Bronx Democratic of “performance politics”

  • Torres says he has always been a bare-knuckles politician, pointing to his time in the New York City Council

  •  “I’m bringing that same aggressive approach to the United States Congress," Torres said

Over the past month and a half, the Bronx Democrat has urged the Federal Election Commission and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate the embattled Republican.

He filed a complaint against Santos with the House Ethics Committee, and introduced a bill — dubbed the “SANTOS” Act — to prevent candidates from lying about their resumes.

And just last week, he joined other lawmakers who were introducing a resolution to expel Santos from Congress.

“There's something sick about a man who not only lies pathologically, but violates almost every law imaginable,” Torres said at the event introducing the resolution.

Torres and Santos have exchanged barbs on Twitter. Santos at one point accused Torres of “performance politics” due to his calls for an SEC investigation.

In the hours after the State of the Union address earlier this month, Torres tweeted that gaslighting is Santos’ “specialty.” Santos, in reply, told Torres to “stop obsessing over me, I’m married!”

Both Torres and Santos are openly gay, a factor that Torres noted, saying the LGBTQ community historically has not had a seat at the table.

“When we do achieve representation, we want to ensure that the representatives we have reflect well on our community and I cannot think of a greater embarrassment to the LGBTQ community,” Torres said of Santos.

Torres’ relentlessness on Santos has made him a fixture of cable news in recent weeks, with regular appearances on MSNBC and CNN.

Asked if going after Santos is politically advantageous for him, potentially helping raise his own profile, Torres pushed back.

“I think I have a decent profile,” Torres said. “I’ve been in politics for 10 years. I’m pretty comfortable with my profile.”

Instead, Torres argues he has always been a bare-knuckles Bronx politician, citing the years he spent on the New York City Council.

“When I was the public housing chair, I was aggressive in shining a spotlight on mismanagement at the New York City Housing Authority on issues like the lead crisis,” Torres said. “I’m bringing that same aggressive approach to the United States Congress.”

Torres is not alone in taking on Santos.

His fellow New York Democrat Dan Goldman — a freshman representing Manhattan and Brooklyn — is also outspoken. Torres and Goldman teamed up, for example, on the ethics complaint and the so-called SANTOS Act.