A majority of Republicans STILL voted to keep known con man Santos in Congress reaffirming they are the party of crime and criminals.
Santos joins a list of other conservative lawmakers who were expelled.
https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-expulsion-vote-ethics-investigation-fd0f1524065883c6b2fe3e6f9afd84db WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted on Friday to expel Republican Rep. George Santos of New York after a blistering ethics report on his conduct heightened lawmakers’ concerns about the scandal-plagued freshman. Santos became just the sixth member in the chamber’s history to be ousted by colleagues, and the third since the Civil War.
The vote to expel was 311-114, easily clearing the two-thirds majority required. House Republican leaders opposed removing Santos, whose departure leaves them with a razor-thin majority, but in the end 105 GOP lawmakers sided with nearly all Democrats to expel him.
The expulsion marked the final congressional chapter in a spectacular fall from grace for Santos. Celebrated as an up-and-comer after he flipped a district from Democrats last year, Santos’ life story began to unravel before he was even sworn into office. Reports emerged that he had lied about having Jewish ancestry, a career at top Wall Street firms and a college degree, among other things.
Then, in May, Santos was indicted by federal prosecutors on multiple charges, turning his presence in the House into a growing distraction and embarrassment to the party.
Santos joins a short list of lawmakers expelled from the House, and for reasons uniquely his own. Of the previous expulsions in the House, three were for siding with the Confederacy during the Civil War. The remaining two occurred after the lawmakers were convicted of crimes in federal court, the most recent in 2002.
Seeking to remain in office, Santos had appealed to colleagues to let the court process play out. He warned of the precedent they would set by expelling a member not yet convicted of a crime.
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“This will haunt them in the future,” Santos told lawmakers on Thursday evening as they debated his removal. As it became clear Friday that he would be expelled, Santos appeared resigned to his fate. He placed his overcoat over his shoulders and shook hands with conservative members who voted against his expulsion. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who voted against expelling Santos, was solemn as he announced the result of the vote and declared the New York seat vacant. Outside the Capitol, trailed by a crush of reporters and cameras, he quickly ducked inside a vehicle and left. Santos’ fellow Republicans from New York were front and center in the effort to boot him. Among them were fellow freshmen who serve in key swing districts and had helped the GOP take the House majority. They sought to generate as much political distance as they could from Santos, whose lies about his past made him a pariah in the House before he even took the oath of office. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, whose district is next to Santos’, led the debate for expulsion and argued that voters would welcome lawmakers holding themselves to a high standard. Another New York Republican, Rep. Nick Langworthy, said Santos had only himself to blame. “Every precedent under the sun has been broken by George Santos,” Langworthy said. “Has there ever been anyone here that’s made up a whole life?” Santos had survived two previous expulsion attempts, but a scathing House Ethics Committee report released the week before the Thanksgiving holiday appeared to turn colleagues decisively against him. After eight months of work, Ethics Committee investigators said they had found “overwhelming evidence” that Santos had broken the law and exploited his public position for his own profit. “It’s a solemn day,” said the chairman of the ethics panel, Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss. “I mean no one wants to have to remove a member from Congress. But the allegations against him, the evidence was overwhelming.”
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Rep. Susan Wild, the top Democrat on the Ethics Committee, reminded members that the decision approving the investigators’ findings was unanimous. “Mr. Santos is not a victim,” Wild said. “He is a perpetrator of a massive fraud on his constituents and the American people.” Santos’ troubles are far from over, as he faces trial next year in New York. Federal prosecutors in a 23-count indictment have accused him of duping donors, stealing from his campaign and lying to Congress. The indictment alleges specifically that Santos stole the identities of campaign donors and then used their credit cards to make tens of thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges. He then wired some of the money to his personal bank account and used the rest to pad his campaign coffers, prosecutors say. Santos has pleaded not guilty, Santos’ expulsion narrows the GOP’s majority to 221-213 and Democrats will have a good opportunity to fill the vacancy. Shortly after the vote, Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, said she’s prepared to call a special election for the seat, likely in mid-to-late February under a timeframe set by state law. “When you look at his lack of ethics and the fact that, you know, he has not served the people of our state, particularly New York 3 where he resides, it’s been an abysmal run for him,” Hochul said Friday. The special election will kick off a hotly contested year of congressional races in New York as Democrats look to flip a handful of seats in the state and retake control of the House. The field of candidates for Santos’ seat is already crowded and includes former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat who represented the district before an unsuccessful run for governor last year.
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Now that he has been removed from office, Santos’ congressional office will remain operational under the management of the Clerk of the House. No additional staff can be hired, but the current staff can stay on and perform constituent casework. They will be unable to undertake any legislative activity, such as the drafting of bills. Santos, for his part, hasn’t lost all the privileges afforded to former members. He will still be permitted to walk onto the House floor and fraternize with members. According to House rules, any former lawmaker can maintain their floor privileges unless they are a lobbyist, foreign agent, have a direct interest in the bill being considered at the time, or have been convicted of a crime in relation to their election or service.
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>>1241589 >The vote to expel was 311-114 So those 114 Republicans wouldn't vote to expel him even after the ethics report? Jesus how do these people keep getting reelected?
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>>1241593 2 of the no votes were Dems. Also 2 Dems voted present. Hope the feds are looking at those fuckers. Anyone not voting yes is doing so for self-preservation IMHO. Like when Gaetz supported child trafficking.
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>>1241589 What does mega milk have to do with this? Don't mix art with your stupid politics.
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>>1241594 Bobby Scott of Virginia and Nikema Williams of Georgia voted no. Two Democrats voted present: Jonathan Jackson of Illinois and Al Green of Texas.
From the press statement I found, some where worried that Republicans would weaponize this and start expelling democratic lawmakers at will, similar to how Republicans weaponized censure votes.
>>1241595 >SmugTittyMonster.jpg Anonymous
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>>1241589 The Republicans who voted to expel Mr. Santos did so because they were jealous that he was getting away with even more overt lies and fraud than they were.
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>>1241596 If either side has a 2/3s majority, they're not going to be expelling members because they'll have more important fuckery to accomplish, you can do almost anything with a 2/3s majority.
The real story here is how many Republicunts are fine with frauds, liars, and cheaters.
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>>1241594 >114 Republicans do something despicable >BUT WHAT ABOUT THESE TWO DEMOCRATS!!!! Modern politics in a nutshell.
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>>1241619 Republicans could easily find a way and get backed up by the Republican controlled courts.
Impeachment used to be unthinkable except for the biggest crimes. Then Republicans used it against Clinton and are now using it as a political tool to hurt Biden to help Trump's election.
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>>1241595 Tranime ruins everything and everyone it touches.
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>>1241620 Don't forget, the entire Republican leadership voted against removing Santos too.
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>>1241589 So he didn't play volleyball in high school
Who gives a shit
The fact that Democrats had to make such a public event out of his prosecution speaks to how desperate they are to hide their shitty policies.
Republicans deciding to side with Democrats also speaks to how far Republicans are willing to cave for the sake of bipartisanship. Democrats on the other hand don't give a shit.
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>>1241620 To be clear, I was including the majority of Republicans in the list of the people that should be under FBI investigation for being criminal shitbags. I was just saying not to forget some of the motherfuckers were Dems because I'm principled and want anyone that was okay with this shit to be made a public pariah. Those fuckers shouldn't get off getting overlooked just cause the vast majority of Dems did the right thing. Shit wasn't a group project.
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>>1241596 Which is bullshit because Republicans don't even stand by their own standards, so why would they need Dem go ahead for any corrupt bullshit?
What's next, refusing to convict murderers because someone might use that shit to imprison dissidents? If you're too scared to get corrupt shitbags out of politics, you shouldn't be in politics, and you definitely shouldn't be using the excuse that you're letting off corruption to prevent corruption.
Santos is a hot tranny(lose 40lbs)
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>>1241589 Santos got bigger melons then that megamilker
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>>1241713 This is the problem with the overton window moving so far to the right.
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>>1241655 4chan is immune from that?
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What's the big deal? Everyone in Congress is a lying conman.
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>>1242163 Only Republicans
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>>1242163 >both sides are bad he said the words
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>>1242232 >my side is infallible dum dum moment
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>>1242232 what do you expect, accountability?
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>>1241589 are they defending him or are they smart enough to know giving the dems another seat/vote in the house is fucking stupid?