House Turmoil Continues with Historic Santos Expulsion and Looming Impeachment Clash
• The House of Representatives has had an exceptionally tumultuous year, requiring 15 ballots to elect a Speaker and later overthrowing the Speaker midsession for the first time ever • The House expelled Rep. George Santos for fabricating his biography and facing federal indictment, only the third expulsion since the Civil War • Santos taunted his former colleagues after the historic expulsion vote, saying they “just set a new, dangerous precedent” • Some Republicans say Santos deserved expulsion for deceiving voters about his identity and being “unfit to serve” • House Republicans are also considering an impeachment inquiry vote into President Biden, which Democrats dismiss as an effort to distract from the GOP’s internal “chaos”