Santos In Diva Mode!

Civilian Santos.

Former Republican lawmaker George Santos was angry on Friday. His career as a Washington, DC politician came to an end. He was expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives and is forbidden to run for federal office.

A damning House Ethics Report show the former lawmaker had misled, stole and caused federal crimes during his time in office. He was seen leaving the U.S. Capitol without a word. 

The U.S. Capitol maintenance remove his name, his handle and federal badge. He is now a civilian. A man who can return back to a life in drag. No pun intended.

Santos won a seat a Democrat held for decades. His victory gave Republicans a slim majority. But when a small Long Island newspaper reported on the lies of Santos, the New York Times and Washington Post followed up with some damning reports.

It led to the New York Republican Party revoking their endorsement. About seven New York Republican lawmakers from the House voted to expel Santos. 

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY), Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Rep. Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-NY) and Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY).

Far right members Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) voted to keep Santos in.

Santos in late night posts on social media pledged to file ethics complaints against several of his House colleagues after he was expelled from office Friday.

His threats were levied against Malliotakis, Lawler, Nick LaLota and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) over campaign finance violations and other ethics claims. The embattled former lawmaker said he will file official complaints on Monday.

The Ethics Committee investigation into Santos is what ultimately led to his expulsion from office. The committee’s damning report changed the minds of members who previous voted against expelling him, and detailed extensive allegations of misconduct.

Before his expulsion vote, Santos warned that voting him out would set a bad precedent for expelling other members for misconduct allegations.

Santos was the first openly gay Republican to be elected. He only served 11 months in Congress, about longer than Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) term as House Speaker. He was ousted by 75% of his own conference. The ones besides Stefanik and Tenney included insufferable lawmakers Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Mike Turner (R-OH), Kat Cammack (R-FL) and Jim Jordan (R-OH).

Dysfunction is the reason to why Republicans can't govern.