Rep. Matt Gaetz who filed the motion to take the Speaker's gavel from McCarthy, posted one word minutes after the news broke: "McLeavin'"
The third vote to expel the congressman comes after a 56-page report by the U.S. House Ethics Committee detailing his egregious behavior
Activists called for the expulsion of the congressman following a U.S. House Ethics Committee report detailing fraud and misuse of funds
“If you want to expel me, I’ll wear it like a badge of honor,” Santos said. “I’ll be the sixth expelled member of Congress”
Efforts to expel him earlier this month failed when a group of Republican and Democratic members voted against the resolution
The resolution was introduced by U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-N.Y.), and was backed by other GOP members of the New York delegation
"We will have what may be the most razor-thin majority- We have no margin for error. And so George Santos is due, due process"
Ninety-four percent of Jewish voters in Santos' district said they wanted Santos to resign according to a Newsday/Sienna College poll
After D’Esposito announced the plans, he told reporters the resolution is backed by the entirety of the state’s freshman GOP House delegation
Santos allegedly filed fraudulent fundraising reports to FEC to & repeatedly charged the credit cards of contributors without authorization
