House expels George Santos in historic vote

[ThatRobGuy]

House expels George Santos in historic vote

The House voted Friday to expel Rep. George Santos, ending the New York Republican’s tumultuous tenure in Congress and officially etching his name in the history books as the sixth lawmaker ever to…

thehill.com

The House voted Friday to expel Rep. George Santos, ending the New York Republican’s tumultuous tenure in Congress and officially etching his name in the history books as the sixth lawmaker ever to be ousted from the lower chamber.

Santos’s ouster also creates immediate hassles for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his leadership team, whose razor-thin House majority just got a seat thinner heading into high-stakes battles to prevent a government shutdown and provide new funding for Ukraine and Israel — two topics that have created fierce rifts within the GOP conference.

While I think any legislative entity is better without the likes of Santos in it... I'm hoping this just kind of fizzles out and fades away and doesn't "kick a hornet's nest" like previous punitive actions have led to, where now we'll have 2 years worth of tit-for-tat politics where GOP members start trying to expel any old Democratic house rep they think they can even make a marginal case for targeting in order to "get even"

Given that he was a relatively inconsequential member of congress (who only became a household name for all the wrong reasons) who going to be up for re-election in under a year (and was likely going to lose given his bad reputation), hopefully the congressional reps knew what they were doing by moving forward with an early ouster instead of just letting the voters take care of the problem a few months down the road.

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

I admit, I did not believe it would happen.

 

[Whyayeman]

Interestingly, a majority of Republicans voted for him to retain his seat in Congress - 112 out of 222. only 105 voted for the motion to expel.

A majority of Republicans, 112 of 222, voted not to expel. Five did not vote, 105 supporting the motion. Among the New York delegation, 22 members voted for expulsion. Three New York Republicans voted no: Santos himself, Claudia Tenney and Elise Stefanik, the House Republican conference chair.​

Republican George Santos expelled from Congress in bipartisan vote

Congressman, who has pleaded not guilty to 23 federal fraud charges, becomes only sixth member ever expelled from US House

www.theguardian.com

Why on Earth would lawmakers vote to retain a fraudster?

 

[FenderTL5]

Interestingly, a majority of Republicans voted for him to retain his seat in Congress - 112 out of 222. only 105 voted for the motion to expel.

A majority of Republicans, 112 of 222, voted not to expel. Five did not vote, 105 supporting the motion. Among the New York delegation, 22 members voted for expulsion. Three New York Republicans voted no: Santos himself, Claudia Tenney and Elise Stefanik, the House Republican conference chair.​

Republican George Santos expelled from Congress in bipartisan vote

Congressman, who has pleaded not guilty to 23 federal fraud charges, becomes only sixth member ever expelled from US House

www.theguardian.com

Why on Earth would lawmakers vote to retain a fraudster?

Simple, the lawmakers that once claimed to be in the party of law and order are now entrenched as the party of fraud and corruption and it starts at the top.

 

[essentialsaltes]

AP and CNN project Democrat Tom Suozzi wins the special election to fill (and flip) the seat left vacant by Santos' expulsion.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Expelled congressman George Santos plans another House bid​

Santos looks to unseat one of the Republicans who led a bipartisan effort to oust him in December​

Paperwork filed with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday indicates Santos will run for the Republican-leaning 1st Congressional District, a suburban seat in Suffolk, Long Island, represented by Rep. Nick LaLota (R). That district is farther east and more Republican-leaning than the nearby district that elected Santos in 2022.

Santos’s filing came as he made a surprise visit to the Capitol where his former colleagues were gathered for President Biden’s State of the Union address. As a former House member, Santos retains certain privileges, including access to the House floor. Republican House staffers at one point before Biden’s speech asked Santos to move from the seat he had taken and to stand in the back to make room for current members, according to a CNN report.