The House of Representatives voted 311-114 to expel Representative George Santos (R-N.Y.) today. Santos is the sixth Congressman in U.S. history to be expelled from Congress, and the first who isn’t a Confederate or convicted of a felony.
Santos said on a X broadcast last week, “I know I’m going to get expelled when this expulsion resolution goes to the floor,” adding, “I have done the math over and over and it doesn’t look really good.”
Santos also said being expelled from Congress would be “like a badge of honor,” and believes being expelled sets a precedent in Congress saying on X, “Expel me and set the precedent so we can see who the judge, jury and executioners in Congress are.”
House Republicans hoped to avoid expelling Santos, requesting that he resign. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) told Republicans they should vote how their districts would want, but stated that he would not vote to expel Santos. The expulsion narrows the Republican majority in the House to 221-213.
