George Santos REMOVES from the committees for a fabricated past
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Republican fabulist George Santos WILL REMOVE from committees over a fabricated past after meeting with Kevin McCarthy and as a new poll shows 78% of his New York voters want him OUT
- Beleaguered Republican Rep. George Santos told colleagues Tuesday morning that he will recuse himself from serving on House committees.
- Santos is under fire for fabricating most of his back story, with calls for him to resign
- The typical punishment for members who misbehave is to be stripped of their committee assignments.
Long Island liar Rep. George Santos told fellow Republicans Tuesday morning that he will recuse himself from House committees after fabricating much of his biography.
Santos has been under fire since December after The New York Times initially reported that he had lied on his campaign website about where he attended college and where he worked for high-powered financial institutions, such as Citigroup and Goldman Sach.
His backstory unraveled from there.
Polls by Newsday and Siena College showed that 78 percent of Santos’ New York voters believe he should resign.
While lawmakers can be expelled from Congress, the most typical punishment for members who misbehave has been to be stripped of their committee assignments.
Long Island liar Rep. George Santos told fellow Republicans Tuesday morning that he will recuse himself from House committees after fabricating much of his biography.
During the last Congress, Democrats voted to remove Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar from committees after their social media posts showed violence against Democratic members, including then-House Speaker Nancy. Pelosi, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
As the new Republican-led Congress begins, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy unilaterally removed Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell from the House Intelligence Committee.
He justified the action by saying that Schiff, the former chairman of the Intelligence Committee, lied about Russiagate and Hunter Biden’s laptop, while pointing to Swalwell’s entanglement with an alleged Chinese spy.
Schiff said he was being punished for his role in the first impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump.
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