Well, I guess I'm dumb. I figured the House leadership was giving him up as a precedent and pretext to expel political enemies, like, maybe Rep. Tlaib.
He's threatened retaliation against those of his own party. Be interesting to see who he goes all "Sammy the Bull" on.
I may have missed this in the news coverage, but Rep. Santos is the first Republican to be expelled from the House. The other five were all Democrats. Rep. James Trafficant of Ohio, who I recall got a lot of free air time in a "60 Minutes" piece on his outspokenness, was the last one to be expelled, in 2002 after his conviction on 10 criminal counts of bribery, fraud, obstruction of justice and racketeering. Prior to that, it was Michael J. Myers, D-Pa., expelled in 1980 after a bribery conviction in the FBI's Abscam sting operation.
The there was incumbent Rep. Adam Clayton Powell D-N.Y., who was not expelled, but excluded from Congress by his Democratic leadership after his re-election in 1966 amid allegations of misapprpriation and other matters. His seat was declared vacant. He sued and was elected again in 1968. Six months after he was seated, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in his favor, that he had been unconstitutionally excluded from office.
The other three Congressmen were kicked out in 1861 for supporting the Confederate rebellion in the Civil War. Speaking of which, how many members of Congress voted against upholding the 2020 election results? And how many of those voted against expelling Rep. Santos?
It will be hard to keep from laughing when he comes to town to campaign in the 2024 election campaign and starts to preach about the integrity of Republican candidates...
Surprised all four Iowa Republican representatives voted to expel him.
Well, I guess I'm dumb. I figured the House leadership was giving him up as a precedent and pretext to expel political enemies, like, maybe Rep. Tlaib.
He's threatened retaliation against those of his own party. Be interesting to see who he goes all "Sammy the Bull" on.
I may have missed this in the news coverage, but Rep. Santos is the first Republican to be expelled from the House. The other five were all Democrats. Rep. James Trafficant of Ohio, who I recall got a lot of free air time in a "60 Minutes" piece on his outspokenness, was the last one to be expelled, in 2002 after his conviction on 10 criminal counts of bribery, fraud, obstruction of justice and racketeering. Prior to that, it was Michael J. Myers, D-Pa., expelled in 1980 after a bribery conviction in the FBI's Abscam sting operation.
The there was incumbent Rep. Adam Clayton Powell D-N.Y., who was not expelled, but excluded from Congress by his Democratic leadership after his re-election in 1966 amid allegations of misapprpriation and other matters. His seat was declared vacant. He sued and was elected again in 1968. Six months after he was seated, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in his favor, that he had been unconstitutionally excluded from office.
The other three Congressmen were kicked out in 1861 for supporting the Confederate rebellion in the Civil War. Speaking of which, how many members of Congress voted against upholding the 2020 election results? And how many of those voted against expelling Rep. Santos?
It will be hard to keep from laughing when he comes to town to campaign in the 2024 election campaign and starts to preach about the integrity of Republican candidates...
Nah. No, it won’t. 😏