George Santos Dared Congress To Expel Him, So They Did

Republican George Santos’ tenure in Congress has come to an end. The New York representative, who flew too close to the sun in his embodiment of the meme-ified screed “be gay, do crimes,” has officially been expelled from Congress by 311 members—just days after daring them to do so.

The House voted on Friday, December 1 to formally expel Santos, a noted pathological liar and the subject of a recent House Ethics Committee investigation which found that the congressman had broken numerous federal criminal laws. A two-thirds majority (that’s 290 votes) was required to expel Santos; the measure passed by a vote of 311 to 114, with 105 Republicans voting yes.

Santos, who was elected to Congress as a New York representative in 2022, has since made a name for himself as a messy bitch who just can’t help himself. Following a New York Times exposé, Santos was revealed to have lied about an absolutely insane list of easily debunkable claims including (but nowhere near limited to): where he went to college, that his mom almost died in the September 11 terrorist attack, that his grandparents were Jewish and left Ukraine to escape the Holocaust, and that he produced the failed Spider-Man musical.

Of course, lying is all but a job requirement in politics, so no one felt moved to do anything about Santos until he was an actual criminal (it’s all very “no one cared who I was until I put on the mask”). In October, Santos was indicted on 23 felony counts including wire fraud, conspiracy, making false statements, aggravated identity theft, and credit card fraud. After two attempts to expel Santos, Congress has finally succeeded, making the now former congressman the sixth-ever member of the House to be expelled.

For the curious, nearly every Democratic member of Congress voted to expel Santos, with only Rep. Bobby Scott of Virginia and Rep. Nikema Williams of Georgia voting against, and Reps. Al Green of Texas and Jonathan Jackson of Illinois voting “present.”

And these are the 105 Republican members of Congress who voted in favor of expelling George Santos, the clown prince of political crimes:

1. Robert Aderholt, Alabama
2. Rick Allen, Georgia
3. Mark Amodei, Nevada
4. Kelly Armstrong, North Dakota
5. Don Bacon, Nebraska
6. Troy Balderson, Ohio
7. Andy Barr, Kentucky
8. Cliff Bentz, Oregon
9. Jack Bergman, Michigan
10. Stephanie Bice, Oklahoma
11. Ken Buck, Colorado
12. Larry Bucshon, Indiana
13. Michael Burgess, Texas
14. Ken Calvery, California
15. Mike Carey, Ohio
16. Buddy Carter, Georgia
17. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Oregon
18. Juan Ciscomani, Arizona
19. Tom Cole, Oklahoma
20. James Comer, Kentucky
21. Dan Crenshaw, Texas
22. John Curtis, Utah
23. Anthony D’Esposito, New York
24. Monica De La Cruz, Texas
25. Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida
26. John Duarte, California
27. Neal Dunn, Florida
28. Chuck Edwards, North Carolina
29. Jake Ellzey, Texas
30. Ron Estes, Kansas
31. Randy Feenstra, Iowa
32. Drew Ferguson, Georgia
33. Brian Fitzpatrick, Pennsylvania
34. Mike Flood, Nebraska
35. Virginia Foxx, North Carolina
36. Scott Franklin, Florida
37. Andrew Garbarino, New York
38. Mike Garcia, California
39. Carlos Gimenez, Florida
40. Tony Gonzalez, Texas
41. Kay Granger, Texas
42. Garet Graves, Louisiana
43. Mark Green, Tennessee
44. Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin
45. Michael Guest, Texas
46. Brett Guthrie, Kentucky
47. Ashley Hinson, Iowa
48. Erin Houchin, Indiana
49. Richard Hudson, North Carolina
50. John James, Michigan
51. Dusty Johnson, South Dakota
52. David Joyce, Ohio
53. John Joyce, Pennsylvania
54. Thomas Kean, New Jersey
55. Jen Kiggans, Virginia
56. Kevin Kiley, California
57. Young Kim, California
58. Darin LaHood, Illinois
59. Nick LaLota, New York
60. Nick Langworthy, New York
61. Bob Latta, Ohio
62. Jake LaTurner, Kansas
63. Mike Lawler, New York
64. Julia Letlow, Louisiana
65. Frank Lucas, Oklahoma
66. Nicole Malliotakis, New York
67. Celeste Maloy, Utah
68. Tracey Mann, Kansas
69. Lisa McClain, Michigan
70. Dan Meuser, Pennsylvania
71. Max Miller, Ohio
72. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Iowa
73. Marcus Molinaro, New York
74. Blake Moore, Utah
75. Nathaniel Moran, Texas
76. Greg Murphy, North Carolina
77. Dan Newhouse, Washington
78. Zack Nunn, Iowa
79. Jay Obernolte, California
80. Burgess Owens, Utah
81. Greg Pence, Indiana
82. August Pfluger, Texas
83. Hal Rogers, Kentucky
84. John Rose, Tennessee
85. David Rouzer, North Carolina
86. John Rutherford, Florida
87. David Schweikert, Arizona
88. Austin Scott, Georgia
89. Mike Simpson, Idaho
90. Chris Smith, New Jersey
91. Lloyd Smucker, Pennsylvania
92. Pete Stauber, Minnesota
93. Michelle Steel, California
94. Bryan Steil, Wisconsin
95. Glenn Thompson, Pennsylvania
96. David Valadao, California
97. Jeff Van Drew, New Jersey
98. Ann Wagner, Missouri
99. Dan Webster, Florida
100. Brad Wenstrup, Ohio
101. Bruce Westerman, Arkansas
102. Brandon Williams, New York
103. Steve Womack, Arkansas
104. Rudy Yakym, Indiana
105. Ryan Zinke, Montana

Goodbye, George!

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