House rejects effort to expel Rep. George Santos of New York
House rejects effort to expel Rep. George Santos of New York
Rep. George Santos has easily survived a vote to expel him from the House as most Republicans opted to withhold punishment as both his criminal trial and a House Ethics Committee investigation proceed.
The House republicans couldn't even do one good thing lol
31 Dems voted against this? Why?
This may well be a "never interrupt your enemy while he is making a mistake" situation. GOP leadership knows that Santos is a liability going into Election Day next week, and they're trying to get him out before the Ethics Committee releases their official report in two weeks. The Democrats are probably inclined to allow that report to come out.
This is why I keep telling people we can't pass an Amendment to do things like change gun control.
It starts with a 2/3rds majority in the House, 290 votes.
We couldn't get 290 votes to agree on Santos' obvious crimimal behavior, we'll NEVER get it on something like the 2nd Amendment, or Supreme Court term limits, or anything else remotely useful.
Gun control doesn't require repealing the 2nd amendment. Term limits for the Supreme Court might, but we can get most of the good of that by packing the Supreme Court to water down the influence of a single corrupt judge and to maybe even reevaluating allowing the Supreme Court to hold the authority of judicial review
Congress rarely expels members before they have been found guilty.
They forced a congressman to resign over sending a dick pic.
Come now.
Yes, but Democrats have standards for Democrats. A Republican that is so shitty that even Republicans reject him is wonderful. Make the conservatives keep him as long as possible. Let the world watch as they squirm to defend him when they can't just replace him.
Fuck conservatives. Let them sleep in the bed they make.
Greene brought up this reason. Of course, she might have been the wrong spokesperson for "we can't punish a person until they've been found guilty in a court of law" given that she filed articles of impeachment against President Biden on his first day in office for crimes she claimed that he committed as President. You know, within the first hour or two (and ignoring that she obviously wrote these out long before he took the oath of office).
Greene is stupid and didn't submit this.
In the past what members of congress did, or did not do, was not quite as readability available.
It's a good thing lying isn't against the bible!
Creepy rubber-faced shitstain.
Grand Ol' Paedophiles protecting one of their own.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The effort to kick Santos out of the House was led by his fellow New York Republicans, who are anxious to distance themselves from a colleague infamous for fabricating his life story and accused of stealing from donors, lying to Congress and receiving unemployment benefits he did not deserve.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. George Santos faces a vote Wednesday evening to expel him from the House as part of an effort led by fellow New York Republicans who are anxious to distance themselves from a colleague infamous for fabricating his life story and accused of stealing from donors, lying to Congress and receiving unemployment benefits he did not deserve.
Johnson, R-La., also recently told Fox News that if Congress is going to expel members because they are charged with a crime or accused of wrongdoing, “that’s a problem.”
On one side, Republican Reps. Anthony D’Esposito, Nick LaLota and Mike Lawler laid out their case for expelling Santos.
Santos has said expelling him before he is formally charged and found guilty would create a new precedent in this body, one that could have negative consequences for generations,” LaLota said.
We have due process in America,” said GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee who opposes the expulsion resolution.
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