Republican lawmakers to introduce resolution to expel Rep. George Santos from Congress
A group of House Republicans from New York are introducing a resolution to expel Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., from Congress.
"Today, I’ll be introducing an expulsion resolution to rid the People’s House of fraudster George Santos," Rep. Anthony D'Esposito, R-N.Y., said in a post on the social media platform X.
He said the resolution will be co-sponsored by fellow New York House Republicans Nick LaLota, Mike Lawler, Marc Molinaro, Nick Langworthy and Brandon Williams.
Booting Santos would require a two-thirds vote of the entire House.
The move comes a day after federal prosecutors issued Santos a 23-count superseding indictment alleging he committed identity theft, fraud and other offenses. Santos has said he plans on fighting the charges and pleaded not guilty to the charges in the original 13-count indictment earlier this year.
Plot twist: the Republicans will now fail to elect a speaker so the resolution will never be read.
Yeah, they've given George Santos a perverse incentive to vote against any viable speaker candidate to prevent this measure from coming to the floor. Or he could make his vote contingent on the new speaker not bringing it.
Can’t he also bring up a vote to unseat any speaker? The Gift That Keeps Giving.
That was the deal with McCarthy, not clear if that's the deal that anyone else will have
It's House rules for this legislative session unless they vote to change it.
He can bring up the vote, but that doesn't mean it will succeed. If they want him gone, they will vote it down and then vote him out. Or they will just do the vote him out first.
I was gonna say...can they even do that without a Speaker?
So this is just performance, it seems, with no ability or intention of following through.