A group of House Republicans from New York are introducing a resolution to expel Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., from Congress.

“Today, I’ll be introducing an expulsion resolution to rid the People’s House of fraudster George Santos,” Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, R-N.Y., said in a post on the social media platform X.

He said the resolution will be co-sponsored by fellow New York House Republicans Nick LaLota, Mike Lawler, Marc Molinaro, Nick Langworthy and Brandon Williams.

Booting Santos would require a two-thirds vote of the entire House.

The move comes a day after federal prosecutors issued Santos a 23-count superseding indictment alleging he committed identity theft, fraud and other offenses. Santos has said he plans on fighting the charges and pleaded not guilty to the charges in the original 13-count indictment earlier this year.

  • @Kiernian
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    31 year ago

    Is anyone else weirded out by the phrasing “the People’s House”? It seems strangely out of place and it’s worded like it’s some kind of official title.

    • @Treczoks
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      21 year ago

      Of course, it is the Peoples house. It just depends on the definition of “people”, and it looks like this does not include the general populace. More like “People like us” or something.

      • @Kiernian
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        11 year ago

        Yeah, but phrasing it that way makes it sound more like a “People’s Republic of” kind of reference, which I thought was weird.