Rep. LaHood set to vote to expel Rep. Santos
A House Republican is in hot water for alleged misuse of campaign funds, and a Central Illinois lawmaker wants to remove him from office.
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A House Republican is in hot water for alleged misuse of campaign funds, and a Central Illinois lawmaker wants to remove him from office.
Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement after voting against H. Res. 878 on Friday.Today, I voted against H. Res. 878 to expel George Santos from Congress. While the allegations — and evidence of those allegations — regarding Representative Santos are certainly concerning, his guilt has yet to be determined in a court of law. Jumping to our own
“The accusations against Mr. Santos are very serious and credible. While I find his behavior appalling, every American deserves their day in court."
GOP Rep. George Santos has become the sixth member to be expelled from the US House, and is the first member to be ousted in more than two decades. There were 311 votes to expel
The House debate on Thursday boiled down to a central question: Should Mr. Santos’s series of lies and alleged crimes outweigh historical precedence?