Do Democrats care more about getting Republicans on the record over Santos or building their best chance to vacate the alleged fraudster's seat?
has called on Santos to resign, even if they’d all voted in favor of expulsion, the yeas would still be far short of the required supermajority.
The New York delegation was still enough of a wild card for GOP leadership to have McCarthy convene a meeting with them on Tuesday to lay out their strategy,. The Ethics Committee referral bid was presented as the least divisive option in the caucus between tabling the resolution altogether and allowing the vote to go forward as Democrats hoped.
It feels unlikely that either the Ethics Committee or a jury will acquit Santos of the charges filed against him, a sentiment that Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., reflected after the vote. “We all know where this ends,” Langworthy . “George Santos won’t be in Congress for long.” And McCarthy himself noted to reporters on Tuesday that the House panel “could come back faster than a court case could.”In fairness to critics of the referral vote, the Ethics Committeewind up producing a report before Santos goes on trial — but that’s not exactly in line with the reputation that the committee has developed for not being particularly speedy.
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