Democrats Introduce Resolution To EXPEL George Santos From Congress

A group of House Democrats have introduced a resolution to expel Republican Representative George Santos from Congress. While the resolution will likely fail because it would require a huge number of Republicans to join in, it is a first step in letting the public know that his behavior - both what has been confirmed and what has been alleged - will not be tolerated. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins discusses this.

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Democratic representative Robert Garcia from the state of California yesterday introduced a resolution to expel Republican representative George Santos from the United States Congress. Multiple other Democrats were on board as co-signers. You had representatives, Richie Torres, Dan Goldman, Ted Lou and David Cini. So all of these Democrats got together and they said, enough is enough. Republicans aren't doing anything about this. S o b, we're gonna do something ourselves. We are introducing the resolution to kick this bastard outta Congress. And they have good reason to do that. As I'm sure by now, the entire country is aware of all of the scandals that, uh, George Santos is involved in the least of, which at this point is lying to the voters who elected him in the first place. And I know that sounds weird to say, but all of the horrible information that has come out since then that all could be criminal in nature.

Yeah, that's far worse than him lying to his constituents. You know, he would have to answer to them in 2024, and I have no doubt he would never win an election again here in the United States. But it's the potentially criminal activities he is now. Santos is currently facing numerous investigations including ongoing, pending, or possible investigations from the US Department of Justice, the Federal Election Commission, the Securities in Exchange Commission, the Nassau District Attorney, the Queen's District Attorney, the New York State Attorney General, the House Ethics Committee, and of course authorities down in Brazil. Eight entities on this planet, cuz you can't even say in this country because he is got international feds coming after him. Eight entities on this planet are investigating or are about to investigate George Santos for potentially criminal behavior. And it runs the gamut from lying about donors lying about the amount that donors are giving, forging signatures, stealing from charities, a Ponzi scheme, and of course stealing money fraud.

And of course, now we found out this week that there was some kind of Amish dog breeding scandal that, that Santos was involved in. Like, my God, like what has he not done? He's the Forest Gump of crime at this point. Like he just travels the country. Just, uh oh no, I've stumbled into a Ponzi scheme. I don't know if he's just that unlucky and stupid or if this man is like somehow some kind of criminal mastermind. Doesn't seem like he's a mastermind. So, I think the stupidity defense is probably gonna be his best bet here. But he loves the attention, as I've repeatedly said. But more importantly, this resolution to expel him isn't gonna go anywhere. Unfortunately.

You have to have two thirds of the House of Representatives, which means you have to have a huge chunk of Republicans who are willing to vote with every single Democrat to expel him. And I don't think you have that right now, especially because Kevin McCarthy has made it clear like, we're gonna wait until the results of the investigation. You know, and he's also said, even if that happens, you know, it's up to the voters. No, the voters were duped. So that doesn't count. But I would love to see Santos expelled. But more than that, I would actually like to see the guy go to jail. He is a smug little s o b that seems to revel in what he has done showing no remorse whatsoever. And I think maybe a couple years in the Fed would, uh, you know, make him realize the errors of his ways.