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U.S. Rep. Chip Roy was was one 110 Republicans and two Democrats to vote towards expelling disgraced New York Congressman George Santos from the Capitol.
Mendacity about 9/11, the Holocaust and one’s employment historical past could qualify as unhealthy conduct, but it surely’s apparently not unhealthy sufficient to disqualify you serving in Congress — or so we’re to glean from a Friday vote by U.S. Rep. Chip Roy.
In a historic transfer, 311 members of Congress voted to expel New York Republican Rep. George Santos from the U.S. Home of Representatives. Roy — a Republican whose district contains elements of Austin and the Alamo Metropolis — was the only real member of San Antonio’s delegation to solid his lot towards expulsion.
Democratic U.S. Reps. Joaquin Castro, Greg Casar and Henry Cuellar all voted to ship Santos packing, as did U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, who joined 105 Republicans who crossed the aisle. Santos turned the sixth Home member in historical past so eliminated.
Roy was amongst 110 Republicans and two Democrats who voted to maintain Santos in Congress. Neither Roy nor his press workplace supplied an evidence for his vote through their accounts on X, previously Twitter,
In case anybody wants a refresher, Santos was elected through the 2022 election cycle to signify New York’s third District. Nonetheless, it wasn’t lengthy earlier than media stories revealed that the candidate had constructed his marketing campaign on an internet of gildings and outright lies.
Santos initially mentioned he was Jewish and that his grandparents had escaped the Holocaust. That he was a graduate of New York College and that his mom had died in 9/11. He additionally claimed to have labored at Goldman Sachs and reported a internet value of $11 million.
None of these claims turned out to be true.
Santos is about to go to trial subsequent 12 months for 23 federal counts of marketing campaign fraud and identification theft involving his marketing campaign.
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