CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 5, 2023
GEORGE SANTOS IS NO LONGER A MEMBER OF CONGRESS. HE WAS OUSTED BY HIS FELLOW MEMBERS ON A VOTE OF 311-114. PREDICTABLY, AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF DEMOCRATS WERE IN FAVOR OF HIS EXPLUSION WHILE REPUBLICANS WERE DIVIDED. NEW YORK GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL WILL HAVE TO CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THIS HEAVILY DEMOCRAT LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK SEAT THAT SANTOS MANAGED TO WIN, BUT WITH LIES AND TRICKERY.
SOME REPUBLICANS ARE CALLING FOR THE SENATE TO OUST ROBERT MENENDEZ, WHO HAS BEEN INDICTED ON CHARGES HE TOOK REPEATED BRIBES, INCLUDING NEARLY $500 THOUSAND IN CASH, A MERCEDES AND GOLD BARS TO DELIVER FAVORS TO EGYPT. MENEDEZ HAS DENIED THE CHARGES.
SOME REPUBLICANS ARE CONCERNED THAT SANTOS HAS NOT YET BEEN TRIED AND FOR THAT MATTER NEITHER HAS MENEDEZ. SANTOS WAS ONLY THE SIXTH MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO BE EXPELLED IN THE 230-YEAR HISTORY OF THE HOUSE. SANTOS HAS PROMISED REVENGE AGAINST HIS FORMER COLLEAGUES. JUST WHAT REPUBLICANS NEED.
SO, THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE HAS BEEN REDUCED BY ONE WITH THE REAL POSSIBILITY THEY COULD LOSE THEIR MAJORITY IN THE NEXT ELECTION. IT’S ALL A SAD MESS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
