| He strikes me as a gregarious sort, who wouldn’t enjoy being shunned by his new colleagues. |
JUST IN: Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican whose falsehoods about his background have drawn interest from both prosecutors and late night comedians, has stepped down from the House committees he was on. https://t.co/ePp6HDvWlZ
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Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican whose falsehoods about his background have drawn interest from both prosecutors and late night comedians, has stepped down from the House committees he was on.
"We just got out of conference and George has voluntarily removed himself from committees as he goes through this process, but ultimately voters decide," said House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.).
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
...the GOP house majority whip. He replaces Eric Cantor, who got whupped because his politix are like Kevin McCarthy's...
(R-Calif.) told news hounds Santos’ move was an appropriate one "until he can clear everything up."
Santos was appointed to two of the lowest-profile House committees, the Science, Space and Technology panel and the Small Business Committee.
The news comes only days after the Department of Justice had signaled it was likely pursuing a criminal investigation of Santos by asking the Federal Election Commission to hold off on its own probe. Mother Jones magazine has also reported the names or addresses of more than a dozen of Santos’ biggest listed campaign donors could not be confirmed.
The possible campaign finance violations join a long list of things Santos appears to have been untruthful about, including much of his self-described background. Santos’ troubles with truth telling have become fodder for late night comedians including Stephen Colbert, who on Monday night made fun of his singing ability.
The move also came as House Republicans are mulling how to keep a Democratic House member, Rep. Ilhan Omar
...Somali-AmericanDem representative from Minnesota. She was apparently married to her brother and may be her own grandmaw on her mother's side...
(D-Minn.), from joining the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where she served last Congress.
Republicans have said Omar should not be seated because of what they say are anti-Semitic comments in her past, but Democrats see it as payback for them not allowing two Republican 2020 election deniers to join the House panel that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
