Democratic House members plan to bring another motion to censure Republican conman and New York Congressman George Santos to the floor for a vote, but unlike their May attempt, they expect a number of GOP colleagues to join them in this effort, Politico reports.
Speaker pro tem Kevin McCarthy was able to fend off the last effort to oust a valuable ally to McCarthy’s speakership by moving the complaint to the House Ethics Committee after New York Republicans pushed to expel Santos, who has been an ongoing embarrassment to New York Republicans.
The New York delegation set a 60-day timeframe to revisit the issue, during which time the Ethics Committee launched an extensive investigation into the various alleged illegal and unethical acts by Santos. The Committee has issued more than 30 subpoenas and received information from 40 different sources from which it had requested information.
The Democrats measure will use the same “privilege motion” maneuver Florida Woman and Republican cult member Anna Paulina Luna(tic) used to bring a bogus censure measure against California Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff for presenting evidence regarding Donald Trump’s numerous crimes.
Not all Republicans believe the measure is necessary, however. “We have a lot of shit going on in Congress right now — George Santos is the least of my problems,” said New York Republican Nicole Malliotakis. “I think at the end of the day he is just not going to win reelection, and there’s a very good chance that he ends up in jail. It’ll sort itself out.“