America is in crisis mode. We have an invasion at our southern border, a president in severe mental decline who’s involved in a foreign influence-peddling scheme, skyrocketing inflation, a “rainbow” military, Democrats trying to “trans” children, and a federal government that’s weaponizing the legal system to target conservatives, interfere in elections, and collude with Big Tech to stifle free speech online, just to name a few examples.
With all of these major issues at the forefront of U.S. politics, surely congressional Republicans are using every tool at their disposal to confront them, right? Wrong.
Instead of tackling any of the aforementioned crises plaguing the country, House Republicans spent Friday colluding with Democrats to remove one of their GOP allies from Congress. In a 311-114 vote, the GOP-controlled House voted to expel Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., making him “the third member” removed from the lower chamber “since the Civil War.” the Justice Department previously indicted the New York Republican on charges related to identity theft, wire fraud, and other crimes earlier this year, but he has yet to be convicted.
As The Federalist’s Tristan Justice reported, 105 Republicans sided with Democrats in ousting Santos.
It’s perfectly rational to believe that Santos is an unethical guy who doesn’t deserve to be reelected. But what’s completely insane is Republicans — who control the House with a slim majority — giving floor time to Democrat priorities and expelling one of their own members from Congress. Rather than shoot down this ridiculous bid to expel Santos, here’s
