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Belle of the Ranch

Let's talk about Santos and what happens now....

Belle of the Ranch

Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Let's talk about Santos and what happens now....

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Well, howdy there, internet people people let's bow again so today we are going to

0:26.7

talk about representative George Santos and how the saga of Representative Santos has come to a close along with his time in Congress.

0:38.0

We are also going to talk about some of the downstream effects from this that I'm not sure a lot of people want to

0:47.8

acknowledge. Okay so if you have missed the news, Santos was expelled from Congress today by a vote of 311 to

0:59.4

314, so a relatively decisive vote. This is only the sixth time in US history this has occurred.

1:08.4

It shrinks the Republican majority from 221 down to 213.

1:17.0

So that's the basic coverage.

1:22.0

The Democratic Party fills that his former seat is going to be an easy

1:28.3

pickup. Now, Santos didn't have many defenders, but there were a few people who drew issue when it came to the precedent being set here, because generally speaking, to be expelled well you have to have been

1:46.2

convicted and Santos wasn't the concern whether or not that really was their concern or they were just looking for a way

1:57.6

to keep that seat remains to be seen, but the concern is now that the precedent of having to have to be convicted is gone,

2:10.0

there's a higher likelihood that there are going to be more attempts to expel people

2:16.2

based on less serious behavior.

2:20.8

Now in Santos' case, it's important to remember that there are a lot of members of

2:25.8

Congress who were familiar with the details, some of which might even be

2:32.0

considered victims of his

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