• sylver_dragon@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Wow, this guy must have pissed off too many of his fellow GOP House members. I would have expected them to close ranks and support him, at minimum until he was actually convicted. But, this speaks to him being pretty unpopular within his own party.

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      7 months ago

      Just before the vote was about to begin, Rep. Max Miller of Ohio, one of Santos’ Republican colleagues, sent an email to the full Republican conference, writing that he and his mother were victims of credit card fraud tied to Santos’ campaign and that he would be voting to remove Santos.

      “Neither my Mother nor I approved these charges or were aware of them,” Miller wrote in the email obtained by NPR. “We have spent tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees in the resulting follow up.”

      It’s literally because it was starting to affect them personally.

      https://www.npr.org/2023/12/01/1215899764/george-santos-expulsion-house

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      7 months ago

      Because he’s embarrassing them. It’s the one thing most people are unable to tolerate.