Who sez bipartisanship is dead?

[MU82]

Buh-bye, George Santos.

You won't be missed (except as comic relief).

[tower912]

Why?   Unnecessary.

[MU82]

Why?   Unnecessary.

Santos' fellow congresspeople agreed that he's unnecessary.

[dgies9156]

Let's start with the obvious: George Santos is a dishonest crook.

That said, I have serious questions about Congress removing a member from the assembly. He's duly elected by the people he represents and that's apparently what his District wanted.

Remove him from committees, isolate his perks and don't count on him for anything. All he does is vote when a matter reaches the House floor. Instead, you now have a District in New York unrepresented for a year.

It will teach people to dig further before they vote for someone.

[Jockey]

Let's start with the obvious: George Santos is a dishonest crook.

That said, I have serious questions about Congress removing a member from the assembly. He's duly elected by the people he represents and that's apparently what his District wanted.

Remove him from committees, isolate his perks and don't count on him for anything. All he does is vote when a matter reaches the House floor. Instead, you now have a District in New York unrepresented for a year.

It will teach people to dig further before they vote for someone.

I think they actually wanted the person that George Santos SAID he was - not the person he really was.

[WhiteTrash]

I think they actually wanted the person that George Santos SAID he was - not the person he really was.

Said every voter, everywhere, forever.

[GOO]

Let's start with the obvious: George Santos is a dishonest crook.

That said, I have serious questions about Congress removing a member from the assembly. He's duly elected by the people he represents and that's apparently what his District wanted.

Remove him from committees, isolate his perks and don't count on him for anything. All he does is vote when a matter reaches the House floor. Instead, you now have a District in New York unrepresented for a year.

It will teach people to dig further before they vote for someone.

I more or less agree with this, despite how crazy this all is, the standard to remove should be even more extreme cases, too easy to abuse this power.

But if his constituents really want him back in office, I suppose they can vote him back in…

[tower912]

Lying to his constituents on virtually every level?   Meh.    Vote him out next time.      Complete and utter disregard for even the most lenient of fundraising laws?   That is an ethics problem worthy of expulsion.    He invented new ways to break laws.   Kudos for creativity, I guess.   

[muwarrior69]

Mean while Bob Menendez is still serving in the Senate.

[Jockey]

Mean while Bob Menendez is still serving in the Senate.

And republicans aren’t calling for his resignation. Why wouldn’t these bastions of integrity call for his expulsion?

They want to use it for fundraising, obviously. But D voters are not like R voters. He will be ousted by Dems in the primary.

[rocket surgeon]

And republicans aren’t calling for his resignation. Why wouldn’t these bastions of integrity call for his expulsion?

They want to use it for fundraising, obviously. But D voters are not like R voters. He will be ousted by Dems in the primary.

  as usual, the people who put ice cream breath in position got it arse backwards

anything about eric swallow sleeping with a chinese spy while serving on the homeland security committee?  priceless

it's called projection

[SoCalEagle]

Let's start with the obvious: George Santos is a dishonest crook.

That said, I have serious questions about Congress removing a member from the assembly. He's duly elected by the people he represents and that's apparently what his District wanted.

Remove him from committees, isolate his perks and don't count on him for anything. All he does is vote when a matter reaches the House floor. Instead, you now have a District in New York unrepresented for a year.

It will teach people to dig further before they vote for someone.

This is where you lost me.  They did not vote for him. They voted for the man he falsely claimed to be.  The lies he told voters were way over the top and seriously egregious.  Not just exaggerations, but multiple outlandish lies.  Fake resume, fake degree, misuse of campaign funds to the level he will probably go to jail for it.  If you did these things to get a job and your employer found out about it what do you think would happen? 

The standard that, until convicted of a crime, he can't be removed from office is ridiculous.  There have to be some standards that must be met before you can serve in office, no? 

[Pakuni]

  anything about eric swallow sleeping with a chinese spy while serving on the homeland security committee?  priceless

Yeah. A House committee investigated and found nothing.
Always behind, Rocket

https://thehill.com/homenews/4018047-house-ethics-concludes-swalwell-probe-into-link-to-chinese-spy-taking-no-action/

[Uncle Rico]

  as usual, the people who put ice cream breath in position got it arse backwards

anything about eric swallow sleeping with a chinese spy while serving on the homeland security committee?  priceless

it's called projection

9 out of 10

[Lennys Tap]

And republicans aren’t calling for his resignation. Why wouldn’t these bastions of integrity call for his expulsion?

They want to use it for fundraising, obviously. But D voters are not like R voters. He will be ousted by Dems in the primary.

Democrats control the Senate, not Republicans. And while some have called for him to RESIGN, none (to my knowledge) have advocated for his expulsion. A lot of the resignation noise comes from Dem Senators up for re-election trying to get ahead of the issue. It’s all politics (this and Santos) and to suggest otherwise is naively partisan. The idea that George Santos will be renominated by the Rs is scary stupid.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

  as usual, the people who put ice cream breath in position got it arse backwards

anything about eric swallow sleeping with a chinese spy while serving on the homeland security committee?  priceless

it's called projection

100 out of 10

Rico is way too hard of a grader.

Ice cream breath? Check
Eric swallow? Check
Alternate facts completely disconnected from reality? Check

[Pakuni]

Democrats control the Senate, not Republicans. And while some have called for him to RESIGN, none (to my knowledge) have advocated for his expulsion. A lot of the resignation noise comes from Dem Senators up for re-election trying to get ahead of the issue. It’s all politics (this and Santos) and to suggest otherwise is naively partisan. The idea that George Santos will be renominated by the Rs is scary stupid.

While it's true that Dems have the slimmest of majorities in the Senate, it's also true that expelling him would require a 2/3rds majority vote ... so 16 Republicans at a minimum.
And, interestingly enough (wink wink) the Republicans are among those most vocally opposed to his ouster. Including your guy, Tom Cotton.
In fact, while a couple dozen Democrats have called on Menendez to resign, I don't believe any Republicans have.
Now why might that be?

https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/bob-menendez-bribery-indictment-republicans

[Lennys Tap]

While it's true that Dems have the slimmest of majorities in the Senate, it's also true that expelling him would require a 2/3rds majority vote ... so 16 Republicans at a minimum.
And, interestingly enough (wink wink) the Republicans are among those most vocally opposed to his ouster. Including your guy, Tom Cotton.
In fact, while a couple dozen Democrats have called on Menendez to resign, I don't believe any Republicans have.
Now why might that be?

https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/bob-menendez-bribery-indictment-republicans

Of course Dems want him to resign. Not because he’s a crook, but because he’s an embarrassment, especially to those up for re-election. They don’t want to expel him and get their hands dirty though. They want him to go - quietly..

[lawdog77]

This is where you lost me.  They did not vote for him. They voted for the man he falsely claimed to be.  The lies he told voters were way over the top and seriously egregious.  Not just exaggerations, but multiple outlandish lies.  Fake resume, fake degree, misuse of campaign funds to the level he will probably go to jail for it.  If you did these things to get a job and your employer found out about it what do you think would happen? 

The standard that, until convicted of a crime, he can't be removed from office is ridiculous.  There have to be some standards that must be met before you can serve in office, no?

New picture of Congress showing members who have kept their campaign promises. Politicians suck.
 

[Not A Serious Person]

Let's start with the obvious: George Santos is a dishonest crook.

That said, I have serious questions about Congress removing a member from the assembly. He's duly elected by the people he represents and that's apparently what his District wanted.

Remove him from committees, isolate his perks and don't count on him for anything. All he does is vote when a matter reaches the House floor. Instead, you now have a District in New York unrepresented for a year.

It will teach people to dig further before they vote for someone.

Santos is the sixth member of the House to be expelled

In 1861 three members were expelled for supporting the Confederate rebellion.

In 1980 Congressman Mike Myers was expelled AFTER he was CONVICTED of taking bribes (Abscam) while serving in the House.

In 2002 Congressman James Traficant was expelled AFTER he was CONVICTED on ten counts including bribery, conspiracy to defraud the United States, corruption, obstruction of justice, tax evasion, and racketeering while serving in the House.

So until yesterday the only reason a congressman was expelled was either supporting the Confederacy or being convicted for crimes committed while serving in the House.

Santos was neither of these. So yesterday the House lowered the standard for expulsion.  This is a dangerous precedent.

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Is Santos a scumbag... Yes
Should he be in Congress.… No

But it's not for the other members of the House to remove him. 

His District can recall him or vote him out.

[The Sultan of Semantics]

Shocked that Heisey is a hypocrite about this too. 

[4everwarriors]

Last I checked the BOTUS still occupies the White House, hey?

[Uncle Rico]

Last I checked the BOTUS still occupies the White House, hey?

Yeah, he routed the previous guy