New York Republican Rep. George Santos’ short and dazzling political career came to an end on Friday as a supermajority of his colleagues executed a maneuver as rare as the man they’re poised to evict from the House.
No less than two-thirds of the chamber voted for a resolution from Ethics Committee Chair Michael Guest, a fellow Republican from Mississippi, that made Santos only the third person to be booted from Congress since the Civil War – a dishonorable distinction previously reserved for convicted felons.
Santos is not one – at least, not yet. He’s been charged with a litany of wrongdoing, from fraud and money laundering to theft and stealing donors’ identities. His list of offenses, some alleged and others confirmed (often by him), runs much longer and places him comfortably among the foremost rogues and reprobates to make a cameo on America’s nearly 250-year-old political scene.
In less sweeping terms, Santos’ many transgressions are sure to endanger the GOP House majority, thin before and now looking downright bony after his number was taken off the board.
I think the American government wants to turn their politics into as much of a joke as possible because even more stupid and insane stuff is on the way in about a year.
Insanity is becoming the norm and in a year George Santos will look like a reasonable controversy compared to what’s coming.
Interesting thought. I keep thinking that we are rapidly approacing a “snapback” moment wherein folks will see the abyss below and edge away fom the cliff and towards functional politics. Then I think of Brexit and the like and feel just a bit ill.
That’s called hope … I lost mine a good while ago