Jesus, after all the shit that has been uncovered about this fucker, 114 voted "No" to throw him out?
Investigate those 114 motherfuckers.
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I can't believe that they treated the first Congolese-American female PHD/Astronaut this way. Did she cure polio for nothing? You can't do enough for some people.
I thought he stormed Delaware Beach at Normandy while solving P=NP.
Wow it finally happened. Now I wonder if they'll take away his Grammy, 2 Oscar's, MTV Movie Award, Nickelodeon Teen Choice Award, and induction into the Grand Ole Opry.
Wasn't he also a winner of the Beijing Film Festival's coveted Crying Monkey Award?
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You can't just kick a Galactic Emperor out of Congress, WTF?
He's not our Lord zaphod beeble brox, he's one hoopy frood
Now convict him of his crimes so he doesn’t have any of the other perks of Congress.
Seven counts of Wire Fraud. He's donezo.
According to factcheck.org
Members of Congress are eligible for a pension at age 62 if they have completed at least five years of service.
He didn't last a year...
And he went home and masturbated and the world went on like nothing happened.
Seriously wtf, is this the actual end?
He's still under indictment
I'm shocked the former King of Spain doesn't have diplomatic immunity.
The emperor-king of Ceylon might though
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Goodbye to Rep. Evil Pee Wee Herman. He was often hilarious, but he had to go. 
You shouldn't sully Pee Wee Herman's good name with this man, lol.
I did say Evil Pee Wee Herman 
Which two Democrats voted against expulsion and which two voted Present?
According to NYT, Robert Scott of VA and Nikema Williams of GA voted No.
Al Green of TX and Jonathan Jackson of IL votes Present
Sheila Jackson Lee (TX), AOC (NY) and Dean Phillips (MN) have no vote recorded
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/01/us/politics/santos-expulsion-vote.html
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/01/us/politics/santos-expulsion-vote.html
[No]
Nikema Williams
Robert C. Scott
[Present]
Jonathan Jackson
Al Green
Their no votes were because they wanted due process and judicial conviction before kicking him out.
“Unfortunately, George Santos won a free and fair election and elections have consequences. He also has not yet been convicted of a crime and the ethics investigation is ongoing. It would be dangerous to set the precedent of expelling a Member of Congress who has not been convicted of a crime. When and if Santos is convicted of these serious offenses an expulsion resolution would be more appropriate. Let’s be clear – we have current members who have been accused of even more egregious crimes while the Republican majority continues to look the other way.”
“The Ethics Committee is charged with investigating alleged wrongdoing by members of the U.S. House of Representatives. In the past, I have been appointed to serve on multiple investigative subcommittees, and I can personally attest to the nonpartisan, rigorous and deliberative process conducted by the committee. In fact, the committee is expected to soon release findings and recommendations on the Santos matter. These resolutions were rushed to the floor outside of that deliberative process. In 2002, I voted to expel Rep. James Traficant but that was after he was found guilty in a court of law. Absent any report or recommendation from the committee, or a criminal conviction, these resolutions are premature. For the sake of the institution, we must stop the cheapening of the censure and expulsion processes for political expediency and get back to the process that we already have in place to appropriately deal with these matters.”
Congressional expulsion is not a “innocent ‘til proven guilty” situation and has never intended to be. Expulsion and conviction are unrelated, and these people struggle with basic elementary school level civic concepts for their reasonings.
"We want to drag things out when people are blatantly lying because there is a sliver of a chance that it might set a precedent that clearly does not apply to the things we are worried about, like false accusations."
If any of those processes took less time than the two year term of a Representative I might agree with them.
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Which is bullshit, because his open, verified non-criminal lies should have been enough to have him expelled from Congress.
I guess we know which side of the truth these particular so called politicians are on.
He needs jail time for his theft and fraud.
That's still in the works. Congress doesn't have control over that.
So just like any other government job, it was porn at work that does a person in.
Poor guy, he’s never going to have good work references.
We live in historic times. Sixth congressman ejected. First speaker voted out. I wonder what happened around all the other historic times?
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Or did they... apparently the NY Times source was a Mr. George Santos...
You might remember him because he was the first Asian-American to join the Harlem Globetrotters.
The comment sections are killing me 😭
It's about time!
Go shit your pants, fuck face.
About fucking time. I'm shocked some Republicans still support the rule of law being used against their own.
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