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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

it says no santos; theyre allowed to have one

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago
[–] _number8_@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

wow that only took half a year. good thing he still got to sit there and vote and get paid in the meantime

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Longer than that. His antics were public knowledge about a minute after he took the oath.

[–] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

His antics were public knowledge weeks before he took office. It was just impossible trying to get someone to actually give a damn at the time.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

There was a phrase back in Jim Crow days; a 'yellow dog' Democrat was a Party stalwart who'd vote for a yellow dog if they had a 'D' next to their name. The Party has changed but the dogs haven't

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Thank fuck, I won’t have to see that shitpile and his sweaters in the news.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Good riddance

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

So long, screwy! See you in Saint Louie!

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

He was cool until he stole from other R's.

Bye bozo

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Do you guys think he is going to get a job with a lobbyist group before or after he serves time in federal prison?

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Former Congresscritters are only useful to lobbyists because they still have influence in Congress. Who the fuck listens to former Representative George Santos?

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[–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Fuck that big fat liar.

[–] Kronusdark@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

So dumb question, what happens if his district sends him back and he doesn't resign, do they just not get representation?

Expelling is all good for George Santos, but what if they wanted to expel someone for racist or homophobic reasons. This feels like it could be abused.

[–] RedditReject@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

2/3 of the House has to vote for expelling so it is likely difficult to actually abuse this since 2/3 is not all one party

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