Former Republican Representative George Santos of New York

George Santos Dared Congress To Expel Him, So They Did

Britt Hayes

Published: Dec 1, 2023 12:54 pm

Republican George Santos’ tenure in Congress has come to an end. The New York representative, who flew too close to the sun in his embodiment of the meme-ified screed “be gay, do crimes,” has officially been expelled from Congress by 311 members—just days after daring them to do so.

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The House voted on Friday, December 1 to formally expel Santos, a noted pathological liar and the subject of a recent House Ethics Committee investigation which found that the congressman had broken numerous federal criminal laws. A two-thirds majority (that’s 290 votes) was required to expel Santos; the measure passed by a vote of 311 to 114, with 105 Republicans voting yes.

Santos, who was elected to Congress as a New York representative in 2022, has since made a name for himself as a messy bitch who just can’t help himself. Following a New York Times exposé, Santos was revealed to have lied about an absolutely insane list of easily debunkable claims including (but nowhere near limited to): where he went to college, that his mom almost died in the September 11 terrorist attack, that his grandparents were Jewish and left Ukraine to escape the Holocaust, and that he produced the failed Spider-Man musical.

Of course, lying is all but a job requirement in politics, so no one felt moved to do anything about Santos until he was an actual criminal (it’s all very “no one cared who I was until I put on the mask”). In October, Santos was indicted on 23 felony counts including wire fraud, conspiracy, making false statements, aggravated identity theft, and credit card fraud. After two attempts to expel Santos, Congress has finally succeeded, making the now former congressman the sixth-ever member of the House to be expelled.

For the curious, nearly every Democratic member of Congress voted to expel Santos, with only Rep. Bobby Scott of Virginia and Rep. Nikema Williams of Georgia voting against, and Reps. Al Green of Texas and Jonathan Jackson of Illinois voting “present.”

And these are the 105 Republican members of Congress who voted in favor of expelling George Santos, the clown prince of political crimes: