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Santos kicked out of Congress, even with Stefanik's backing

Dec 01, 2023 1:03 pm

Joseph Konig reports for New York State of Politics that the U.S. House of Representatives 311-to-114 on Dec. 1 to expel Rep. George Santos. The lying Long Island Congressperson is only the sixth House member to be removed in U.S. history. Local Republican Marc Molinaro, and Democrats Paul Tonko and Pat Ryan, voted to get rid of Santos, while Rep. Elise Stefanik voted to keep him in the House. In October Santos pleaded not guilty to 23 federal charges, including wire fraud, identity theft, lying to federal election officials, money laundering, and stealing thousands of dollars from his campaign donors. He's also been caught in hundreds of lies, some strange ones about how is mother died and what sports he played in college. Now there will be a special election in the Long Island and Queens district early next year, in a district that voted for President Joe Biden by 10 percentage points in 2020. Read more about this story at New York State of Politics.