In December 2023, Rep. George Santos (R-NY) was expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives, as my colleague Joe Cunningham wrote at the time, “by an overwhelming majority”:
Congressman George Santos, the controversial Republican at the center of a major fraud scandal, has been expelled from the House of Representatives by an overwhelming majority.
In a 311-114 vote (with two members voting “Present” and eight not voting), Santos lost all but two Democrats and roughly half the Republican conference.
The vote came after it was revealed, among other things, that the Santos campaign had allegedly committed fraud not just on voters, but on some of Santos’ own colleagues.
Cunningham also noted that Santos was just the third congressman to be expelled from the lower chamber since the Civil War.
BREAKING: George Santos Expelled From House of Representatives
Then in late December, during a…
