A Republican-led effort to oust Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from Congress failed Wednesday, allowing the embattled GOP lawmaker to remain in the House despite mounting legal and political troubles.

The chamber voted 179-213-19 on a resolution to oust Santos from office, far short of the two-thirds threshold needed to expel a member of Congress. Twenty-four Republicans voted to expel Santos while 31 Democrats voted to keep him in place. Nineteen lawmakers voted present, 15 of them Democrats.

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    Democrats voted to keep him in place. Nineteen lawmakers voted present, 15 of them Democrats.

    I know why they are doing this, because they want to run against him in the next election.

    But, that is some seriously fucked up shit. This guys is a con artist and should not be in a position of power.

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      They are waiting for a committee to release their investigation first. That is supposed to happen by 11/17.

      They dovthis because as obvious as it is that Santos is a crook its just as “obvious” to republicans that Biden is guilty of who knows what.

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      Had 100% of Democrats voted to expel him. The vote still would have failed. Getting upset at what some Democrats did in this instance is the exact opposite thing we should be getting worked up about. Missing the point. 90% of Republicans voted against it. And that’s the problem.

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        The Democrats that broke with the party to vote for Santos are the ones who caused these muddled stories. That he would have been kept alive by Republicans anyways makes those votes even worse. We could have had stories about “only 24 Republicans vote to expel Santos”, but instead we get all this reporting about Democrats. None of the Democrats who voted for Santos should be surprised that they’re becoming the focus of the vote and it’s their fault for playing into that.

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          No. We never could have. People like yourself are much too easy to stir up disingenuously. And the media will always criticize Democrats for not going above and beyond to stop Republicans. But never focus enough on just how bad Republicans are

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            People like yourself are much too easy to stir up disingenuously.

            Oh fuck off.

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      Exactly.

      They know it’s an easy w in 2024 against Santos. Less of a w if it’s a Republican without the baggage

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        To be fair, republicans accumulate baggage faster than a budget airline’s lost luggage desk.