International Courant
GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy mentioned that though George Santos seems to be “insane and a pathological liar,” expelling the disgraced Republican from Congress at this stage “was incorrect.”
Ramasawmy argued that Santos’s future in Congress ought to have been determined by the voters throughout subsequent 12 months’s election – or by his colleagues within the Home solely within the case of a felony conviction.
The choice of whether or not Santos can serve “belongs to the voters” and whether or not “he’s a felony belongs to the courts,” Ramaswamy mentioned in an announcement posted on X, arguing that the expulsion “units an terrible precedent for the long run” and “opens a Pandora’s Field that can absolutely be exploited the subsequent time MTG [Marjorie Taylor Greene] or Matt Gaetz or whoever else in both celebration pokes the uniparty bear.”
“This George Santos man has some critical issues, and I would dwell an excellent life if I by no means met the man. Most likely most of us would. However I feel it is incorrect that he was expelled with out placing it to the voters or with out working it by the courtroom course of,” Ramaswamy mentioned in a video message. “The judicial system determines guilt. The man’s been indicted. Let that play itself out. Anyone because the Civil Struggle who has been expelled – it is solely been two individuals – each of them have been convicted in a courtroom of regulation earlier than their fellow congressmen acquired them out.”
SANTOS VOWS TO FILE ETHICS COMPLAINTS AGAINST MULTIPLE LAWMAKERS HOURS AFTER EXPULSION FROM HOUSE
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, left, mentioned that the Home voting to expel former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., final week “was incorrect.” (Getty Pictures)
“As ugly as politicians are, and I feel lots of their behaviors are God terrible, ugly, a few of them downright felony, we’ve a system for coping with who serves in Congress. It is this factor we name elections in our nation,” Ramaswamy mentioned. “We’ve them each two years. For Congress, there’s one other one subsequent 12 months, identical to there was one final 12 months. So, if it must be exterior of that standard democratic course of, it higher darn effectively be a courtroom of regulation that is discovered anyone responsible. Now, this man has been expelled, and he does seem to be a pathological liar and every thing else if what’s printed within the press is to be believed. That being mentioned, this units a horrible precedent.”
Ramaswamy pointed to the case towards Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., who was indicted in September for allegedly accepting 1000’s of {dollars} of bribes, together with money, gold bars and a Mercedes, as a part of an alleged corruption scheme to profit the Egyptian authorities.
“Now that they’ll use this for George Santos, they’ll use this for anyone,” Ramaswamy mentioned.
Former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., is swarmed by the media whereas leaving the U.S. Capitol after being expelled from the Home on Dec. 1, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Submit by way of Getty Pictures)
“This must be as much as the voters and to the courts,” Ramaswamy mentioned. “To not a bunch of fellow congressmen to overrule – to override – the Democratic will of the individuals. And that will not be a preferred place proper now, however I feel it is necessary that anyone converse the reality, not simply when it is simple, however when it is arduous.”
RAMASWAMY SWIPES ‘GOP ESTABLISHMENT’ IN IOWA FOR SUPPORTING CO2 PIPELINES AS PART OF CLIMATE ‘HOAX’
After Santos’ ouster from the Home, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa, notably renewed his name for the Senate to vote to expel Menendez, deeming the felony allegations towards the New Jersey senator “extra sinister” than the fees towards Santos.
Santos’ fabrications about his Jewish ancestry, attending faculty and a profitable profession on Wall Avenue have been first uncovered by the New York Occasions in late December 2022, after he had already received his election, however earlier than he was sworn into Congress. By January, Santos refused calls to resign from his personal native Nassau County GOP.
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy holds his son on the Thanksgiving Household Discussion board on Nov. 17, 2023 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Pictures)
In Might, Santos was first indicted in connection to varied alleged fraud schemes, together with making use of for and receiving COVID-19 unemployment advantages and pocketing marketing campaign contributions used to pay down private money owed and purchase designer clothes, and making false statements to the Home concerning his earned earnings. By means of a superseding indictment introduced by the DOJ in October, Santos was additionally charged with allegedly stealing individuals’s identities and making costs on his personal donors’ bank cards with out their authorization and mendacity to the FEC in regards to the monetary state of his marketing campaign by falsely inflating reported receipts with non-existent loans and contributions that have been both fabricated or stolen.
Santos survived the primary two efforts to expel him, however the lawmakers in the end voted him out final week on the third strive within the wake of a damning Home ethics report that discovered the freshman congressman “used marketing campaign funds for private functions” and “engaged in fraudulent conduct,” amongst different allegations.
CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
Santos, who afterward mentioned he wouldn’t search re-election, was mentioned to have spent some marketing campaign funds on the illicit subscription service OnlyFans, Botox injections and different bills.
Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox Information Digital protecting politics, crime, police and extra. Story suggestions may be despatched to [email protected] and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
Ramaswamy calls George Santos ‘insane and pathological liar,’ however says expelling him from Congress was ‘incorrect’
World Information,Subsequent Massive Factor in Public Knowledg
