George Santos Expelled from Congress

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🗓️ 2 December 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Joy leads this episode of The ReidOut with the breaking news that Representative George Santos of New York has been expelled from Congress. Friday, after a litany of illegal and unethical behavior, Santos became just the sixth House member to be expelled in the history of the United States Congress. Joy and her guests discuss this plus Thursday’s live debate between Governors Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom, amid new allegations around the Florida Republican Chair and Mom’s for Liberty co-founder. Also in this episode, we discuss the resumption of bombing and fighting in Gaza as the temporary humanitarian truce expires. Joy and her guest discuss this and the bombshell reports that Israel knew of the Hamas attack plan but dismissed it as aspirational and ignored warnings. Finally, Joy and legendary dancer, director, and activist Debbie Allen sit down to discuss World AIDS Day. All this and more in this edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

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0:00.0	Tonight on the readout.
0:05.0	George Santos is a liar.
0:08.0	He fabricated his qualifications, his background lied to the FEC and unemployment fraud.
0:15.0	He has manufactured his entire life.
0:17.7	He blatantly stole from his campaign.
0:20.6	He can defend himself in a court of law, but for the purposes of this body he's got to go
0:27.0	And go he did becoming just the six member of Congress to be expelled from that once Augusta legislative body
0:35.1	and further narrowing Republicans already meager majority.
0:38.4	Oh. Plus bombing and fighting resumes in Gaza as the temporary truce expires amid new
0:44.3	revelations about when Israel learned about a potential October 7 attack and
0:49.9	governors Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom duke it out in a live debate as we learn more about the
0:55.5	scandalous allegations swirling around Florida Republican chair and Moms for Liberty
1:01.1	co-founder Christian Ziegler. And we begin tonight with an historic day on Capitol Hill, the infamous kind.
1:13.0	Prior to today, only five House members have ever been expelled,
1:17.0	all in cases of criminality or disloyalty, aka treason.
1:22.0	Three House members were expelled in 1861 for loyalty to the Union.
1:26.0	John Bullock Clark and William Reed of Missouri, no relation to my knowledge,
1:30.0	hashtag slavery.
1:31.0	And Henry Cornelius Burnett of Kentucky all served in the
1:36.1	Confederate Army. In 1980 Pennsylvania Congressman Michael Myers no relation to
1:41.4	the spooky character, to my knowledge,
1:43.6	was given the boot after he was caught taking bribes
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