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Shortly after he was elected Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson<\/strong> suggested<\/a> to Sean Hannity<\/strong> that he was willing to put up with George Santos<\/strong>\u2019s cornucopia of lies and accused-criminal status so that Republicans could hold on to their razor-thin majority in the House. \u201cWe have a four-seat majority in the House,\u201d Johnson explained. \u201cIt is possible that that number may be reduced even more in the coming weeks and months, and so we\u2019ll have what may be the most razor-thin majority in the history of the Congress. We have no margin for error. And so George Santos is due due process\u2026if we\u2019re going to expel people from Congress, just because they\u2019re charged with a crime, or accused, that\u2019s a problem.\u201d (Santos has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.)<\/p>\n At the time Johnson said all this, there appeared to be little appetite among Republicans to throw out one of their own, as was reflected in the two failed votes to boot Santos from Congress. Yet fast-forward a few weeks\u2014following an Ethics Committee report<\/a> filled with allegations that New York representative engaged in criminal activity, including\u00a0spending\u00a0campaign cash on Botox, Sephora, and OnlyFans<\/a>\u2014and the sentiment appears to have shifted, a whole lot.<\/p>\n For one thing, Johnson has gone from basically saying he won\u2019t support expulsion without an actual conviction to having conversations about Santos\u2019s \u201coptions.\u201d Per The Hill<\/a>:<\/p>\n Speaker\u00a0Mike Johnson\u00a0(R-La.) on Monday said he spoke with Rep.\u00a0George Santos\u00a0(R-N.Y.) \u201cat some length\u201d during the holiday recess \u201cabout his options\u201d as the embattled lawmaker faces a likely third vote on his expulsion.<\/p>\n The report has increased calls for Santos to be expelled from office and is prompting plans among lawmakers to force a third vote on the New Yorker\u2019s ouster when the House returns to session this week. Asked at the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport on Monday if the House will vote on expelling Santos this week, Johnson responded: \u201cIt remains to be seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n It\u2019s not clear what Santos\u2019s options could possibly be besides \u201cresign now\u201d or \u201cget expelled later this week,\u201d but perhaps Johnson has a third idea he\u2019ll reveal when lawmakers return to DC on Tuesday.<\/p>\n For his part, Santos is apparently resigned to his fate, saying<\/a> on Friday during a conversation on X Spaces: \u201cI know I\u2019m going to get expelled when this expulsion resolution goes to the floor. I\u2019ve done the math over and over, and it doesn\u2019t look really good.\u201d During the same conversation, he claimed Congress is filled with \u201cfelons galore\u201d and \u201cpeople with all sorts of shiesty backgrounds.\u201d He also threw in that some of his colleagues are \u201cmore worried about getting drunk every night with the next lobbyist that they’re going to screw\u2014and pretend like none of us know what’s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n From<\/strong> respectable business journalist<\/strong><\/a> to\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n This content can also be viewed on the site it originates<\/a> from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n This will only encourage him<\/strong><\/p>\n This content can also be viewed on the site it originates<\/a> from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Elsewhere!<\/strong><\/p>\n Biden Campaign Aims to Weaponize Trump\u2019s Threat to Obamacare<\/strong><\/p>\n The New York Times<\/em> \u2022 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n Businessman accused of bribing Sen. Menendez had deep ties to Egypt<\/strong><\/p>\n The Washington Post<\/em> \u2022 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n Billionaire Ken Langone to meet with Nikki Haley, becoming latest GOP donor to weigh supporting her White House bid<\/strong><\/p>\n CNN \u2022 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n Christie: Trump deserves blame for rise in antisemitism<\/strong><\/p>\n The New York Times<\/em> \u2022 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n Arizona Legislators Must Testify About Voting Laws, Supreme Court Rules<\/strong><\/p>\n The New York Times<\/em> \u2022 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n Matt Gaetz Is Miraculously More Hated Than Ever in Congress<\/strong><\/p>\n The Daily Beast \u2022 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n The sound of crunching chips is annoying. Doritos has made a silencer.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Washington Post<\/em> \u2022 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n Nom Nom Nom. What\u2019s the Deal With Cookie Monster\u2019s Cookies?<\/strong><\/p>\n The New York Times<\/em> \u2022 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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