Last week, every House Republican voted to block a vote on a resolution to expel out Rep. George Santos.
Three gay Democratic members of Congress introduced the resolution. Despite it being dropped, two congress members from Santos’s state – Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman – heckled Santos on the steps of the Capitol. Later Bowman and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene argued, and Ocasio-Cortez had to pull Bowman away.
Last week, out Rep. Robert Garcia– along with lead cosponsors and out Reps. Becca Balint and Eric Sorensen – introduced a privileged resolution to expel Santos, who has been caught lying about numerous parts of his background and accused of a variety of crimes.
Santos still faces 13 federal criminal charges that could get him sent to prison for over a century if convicted.
Republicans, though, control the House narrowly and a vote to expel Santos would require a two-thirds majority, meaning that a substantial number of Republicans would have to support expelling Santos for him to be forced out. And Republicans need his reliably conservative vote in the House because of their four-seat majority over Democrats.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he wants the House Ethics Committee to “move rapidly on this.” #Queer Up Politics