Rep. Ted Lieu Calls For House Expulsion Vote On George Santos

After Rep.-elect George Santos (R-NY) admitted to mendacity to voters about his instructional {and professional} resume, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) referred to as for an expulsion vote if Santos is seated within the Home.

Rep. Lieu tweeted:

GOP Congressman-elect George Santos, who has now admitted his whopping lies, ought to resign. If he doesn’t, then @GOPLeader ought to name for a vote to expel @Santos4Congress. https://t.co/WutPzhaTEX

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 27, 2022

Santos defrauded the voters of his district, and if Democrats have been nonetheless accountable for the Home, he wouldn’t be seated.

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There isn’t a approach that Republicans are going to vote to expel Santos as a result of they’ve solely a 4-seat majority. Since Santos has been accused of potential felony exercise, a extra possible end result is that he’s criminally charged and has to resign.

Ought to Santos keep away from felony fees, he’ll serve his one time period within the Home and certain get bounced by the voters in his district in 2024. George Santos’s congressional profession is probably going over earlier than it began.

Since this is almost all that Kevin McCarthy needs to guide, and McCarthy wants each vote he can get his mitts on to be elected speaker, he’ll keep quiet on Santos, and in return, George Santos will forged his vote for Kevin McCarthy to be the subsequent Speaker of the Home.

The Home underneath the management of the incoming Republican majority is corrupt and can do nothing to cease a fraudster from being seated in Congress.

George Santos would be the poster boy for Democratic efforts to take again the Home in 2024.