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Expelling George Santos Did Not Set a Bad Precedent

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Expelling George Santos Did Not Set a Bad Precedent

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It was absolutely the right thing to do in this extreme case.

Archived at https://ghostarchive.org/archive/uHIuM?wr=true

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    I can think of about 50 Republicans and 1 Democrat that also need to be booted.

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      That ratio seems about right. Who is the Democrat?

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        Bob Menendez

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          What did he do?

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            https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/us-senator-robert-menendez-his-wife-and-three-new-jersey-businessmen-charged-bribery

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          I bet it’s Menendez.

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          Why would they expel Bowman for pulling the alarm? Especially when you’ve got assholes like menendez who are pulling pages from the republicans book of corruption basic congressional tactics.

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      I think you’re about 200 Republicans and maybe a dozen Democratic lawmakers low

      Quick edit; I’m thinking across both houses of Congress with this count

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      Only 50 and 1? I’m thinking quadruple the first number and make the second one what you made the first one. That should get rid of the most corrupt members of the House,.including the top leadership of both parties.

      In the Senate I’m thinking 40 of one, 20 of the other.

      White House: most cabinet positions, president and vice president are too corrupt and/or incompetent so replace those.

      Lauren McFerran can definitely stay. She’s doing magnificent work at the NLRB. Probably the best the agency has been doing in my 40 year lifetime.

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