News media has had a great time exploiting the single best story from Congress in awhile. A Republican representative elected in New York's Queens and Long Island district, bounced around for over a year before critics were able to publicize that this representative was: 1) a liar, 2) a crook, 3) an uneducated lout, 4) a confused individual without a shred of character, 5) a criminal on the lam, 6) a charlaton, 7) a snake oil salesman, 8) a spendthrift, 9) a talented schemer, 10) and a Republican.
George Santos, 35, was expelled from the house after a vote by members that finally put a rest to all the allegations and evidence against him. He has become only the third House member to be expelled since the Civil War( a long time ago!). He won't be off the hook for many of his alleged crimes, many of them involving fraud, theft, and other federal crimes. He will probably face a prison sentence by the time the dust has settled.
The Republican Party will breathe a sigh of relief, briefly, because they tolerated his position much longer than they had to. Screaming headlines over the last year dragged the GOP through the mud of scandal linked to this young man. Not to mention that at the same time, the Leader of the GOP, former President Donald T. was having charges of various types filed against him for much worse crimes. It's been a bad year for the GOP, one of the worst.
Unfazed by it all, they kicked Rep. Kevin McCarthy out of his role as Speaker; then chose a DoDo bird from the Deep South: Mike Johnson. Ha,ha, ha, ha. Can you imagine? This lunkhead is now Speaker. And then he goes and visits the deranged former President seeking advice. Congress gets sicker everyday. Woe the people.
So, OLd george Santos can now crawl back to his rat hole of a life and tell stories about what it was like to be an elected member of Congress for a year. He'll spin his tales endlessly, especially when he's behind bars in a minimum security institution.
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