Bye George

George Santos, AKA Kitara Ravache has been expelled from the House of Representatives.

I kind of get the sense that it was less for being a criminal than it was for being a profoundly blatant and incompetent criminal.

The House voted Friday to expel Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from Congress — an action the chamber had previously taken only five times in U.S. history, and not for more than 20 years — in response to an array of alleged crimes and ethical lapses that came to light after the freshman lawmaker was found to have fabricated key parts of his biography.

The resolution to expel Santos passed in a 311-114 vote, easily exceeding the required two-thirds threshold for removal, with numerous Republican lawmakers turning against Santos in what was the third effort to expel the New York congressman this year. Two Democrats voted present, and eight lawmakers did not vote.

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The vote followed the release two weeks ago of a 56-page House Ethics Committee report that accused Santos of an array of misconduct, including stealing money from his campaign, deceiving donors about how contributions would be used, creating fictitious loans and engaging in fraudulent business dealings. Santos, the report alleges, spent hefty sums on personal enrichment, including visits to spas and casinos, shopping trips to high-end stores, and payments to a subscription site that contains adult content. 

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Santos also faces 23 federal criminal counts, including fraud, money laundering, falsifying records and aggravated identity theft. He pleaded not guilty to those charges.

I have mixed emotions on this, not because I feel that the expulsion was unjustified, it was completely justified, but because he was a constant irritant to Congressional Republicans, and when they are busy stepping on rakes, I would prefer that the rakes are not removed. 

I profoundly believe in never preventing your enemy from stepping on their own dick, and Santos was a big foot, in a big shoe, with golf cleats.

It should be noted that the now-former Congressman claimed that he had specific knowledge of other Republicans drunkenly sleeping with lobbyists.

Please, dish that dirt.