House Democrats demand Republicans expel Rep. George SantosĀ
āEvery single day that George Santos is in Congress, the Republican partyā¦are complicit in him being here in Congress,ā Daniel Goldman, D-NY
Calls for the resignation of Congressman George Santos (R-NY) continue to ring throughout the U.S. Capitol as congressional members on both sides of the political aisle are demanding the disgraced politician step down.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) held a press conference Wednesday morning to discuss his efforts to expel Santos from Congress.
āRepresentative George Santos is a liar and a fraud and should be expelled from Congress,ā Garcia said.
āRepublicans in the House now have an opportunity to either stand with the American public and their constituents or to stand with someone who has been indicted on 13 counts,ā he told reporters.
On Tuesday, Garcia issued a privileged resolution to have Santos expelled from office granting the Republican-controlled House only two days to bring it up to a vote.
This measure comes less than a week since the Department of Justice handed down a 13-count indictment against Santos for years of deceitful conduct, as theGrio previously reported.
Garcia addressed Republicans who argue that Santos should not be forced to leave office and should be presumed innocent until proven guilty. However, Garcia contends that Santos has āalready admitted to lying and defraudingā and should be held accountable for his deceptive actions.
āPeople want better from us and they want honest and ethical governmentā¦George Santos should not have access to our country’s most guarded secrets,ā he voiced.
Ritchie Torres (D-NY) attended the press conference and stated, āGeorge Santos is a chronic lawbreaker who has no business being in a law-making institution like the United States Congress.
āGeorge Santos is not an isolated phenomenon. He is a symptom of a diseased Republican Party that has become a cesspool of corruption and criminality in the mold of Donald Trump [which opened] the floodgates for fundamentally fraudulent figures,ā he argued.Ā
In March, the House Ethics Committee announced that it would investigate Santosā misconduct, but it could take a while before the committee takes any action.Ā
Earlier this week, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy leaned on the Ethics Committee and asked them to āmove rapidlyā and expedite the process. Garcia, Torres and Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-NY, call this an empty gesture that is an avoidance tactic to prevent House Republicans from voting to expel Santos.
āIf Kevin McCarthy decides instead to do a vote on sending this to the Ethics Committee, that is absolutely a cop-out. This is already in the Ethics Committee. We want an actual vote on the expulsion,ā said Garcia.
Garcia told theGrio that if Republicans fail to schedule a vote on the resolution then he will continue āto demand that Santos be expelled.ā
āI think that weāre here because we know itās the right thing to do and clearly if the vote is taken up today and they try to send this to the Ethics Committeeā¦we will continue to beat this drum every single day,ā he said.
āGeorge Santos should not be in Congress and we will do all that we can to ensure that he is removed,ā he said.
Daniel Goldman (D-NY) told theGrio, that if Republicans refuse to vote Santos out of office then āthey are siding with George Santos over George Santosā voters.āĀ
āEvery single day that George Santos is in Congress, the Republican partyā¦are complicit in him being here in Congress,ā he stated.
Garciaās resolution needs a two-thirds majority to pass and needs at least one-third of House Republicans to vote for Santosā expulsion.
As it stands, Republican congressional members have yet to schedule a vote on the expulsion resolution, leaving them one more day to act.
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