{"id":2113667,"date":"2023-12-01T16:52:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T21:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-santos-expulsion-is-further-proof-the-gop-is-a-potemkin-political-party\/"},"modified":"2023-12-01T16:55:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T21:55:37","slug":"george-santos-expulsion-is-further-proof-the-gop-is-a-potemkin-political-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-santos-expulsion-is-further-proof-the-gop-is-a-potemkin-political-party\/","title":{"rendered":"George Santos&#8217; expulsion is more evidence that the GOP is a sham political party"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorge-santos-expulsion-is-further-proof-the-gop-is-a-potemkin-political-party%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2113667&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>America in Crisis: Republicans Collude with Democrats Instead of Confronting Major Issues<\/h2>\n<p>America \u200bis currently facing a multitude \u200bof \u2063crises.\u2062 We \u2062have an <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/category\/national-security-2\/border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">invasion<\/a> at our southern border, a president \u2063in severe \u200cmental decline who\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/biden-bribery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">involved<\/a> in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/laptop-from-hell-author-says-fbi-and-director-wray-in-for-a-rude-wake-up-call-over-hunter-biden-investigation\/\" title=\"\"Laptop From Hell\" Author Says FBI and Director Wray in for a \"Rude Wake-Up Call\" Over Hunter Biden Investigation\">foreign influence-peddling scheme<\/a>, skyrocketing\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">inflation<\/a>, a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/category\/national-security-2\/military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rainbow<\/a>\u201d military, Democrats trying to \u201ctrans\u201d children, and a federal government \u2064that\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/doj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weaponizing<\/a> the legal system to target conservatives, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/20\/bidens-federal-election-interference-scheme-just-entered-its-next-phase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interfere<\/a> \u200c in elections, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/11\/07\/government-censorship-op-targeted-the-federalists-mollie-hemingway-sean-davis-during-2020-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">collude<\/a> with Big Tech to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jack-buckby-apple-and-google-could-destroy-musks-twitter-app-neutrality-is-the-answer\/\" title=\"Jack Buckby: Apple And Google Could Destroy Musk\u2019s Twitter. App Neutrality Is The Answer\">stifle free speech online<\/a>, just to name a few \u200cexamples.<\/p>\n<p>With all of these major \u2064issues at \u200dthe\u200b forefront of U.S. politics, surely congressional \u200dRepublicans are using every tool \u200cat their \u200ddisposal to\u2062 confront them, right?\u2062 Wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Instead \u200dof tackling any\u200d of the aforementioned crises plaguing the \u200dcountry, House Republicans spent Friday colluding with Democrats to remove one of their GOP allies from Congress.\u2062 In a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/12\/01\/house-votes-to-expel-george-santos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">311-114\u200b vote<\/a>,\u200b the\u200c GOP-controlled House <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/12\/01\/gop-led-house-expels-george-santos-but-not-terrorist-sympathizer-rashida-tlaib\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voted<\/a> to\u200c expel \u200bRep. George Santos, R-N.Y., making him \u201cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/george-santos-expulsion-congress-ny-house-ethics-committee-rcna127179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">third<\/a> member\u201d removed from the lower chamber \u201csince the Civil War.\u201d \u2062The \u2062Justice Department \u200bpreviously indicted the New York Republican on charges <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/embattled-gop-rep-george-santos-expelled-from-house\/ar-AA1kQXR7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">related to<\/a> identity theft, wire fraud,\u200c and other crimes earlier this year, but he has yet to be convicted.<\/p>\n<p>As \u200dThe\u200b Federalist\u2019s Tristan Justice\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/12\/01\/gop-led-house-expels-george-santos-but-not-terrorist-sympathizer-rashida-tlaib\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>,\u200b 105 Republicans sided with Democrats in\u2062 ousting Santos.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s perfectly rational to believe that\u200c Santos is\u2062 an unethical\u2064 guy who doesn\u2019t deserve to\u2064 be reelected.\u200c But what\u2019s completely \u2064insane is Republicans \u2014\u200c who control the House \u2062with a slim\u200d majority \u2064\u2014\u200d giving floor time to Democrat\u2063 priorities and expelling one of their own members from Congress. Rather than shoot down \u2064this\u2063 ridiculous bid to\u200d expel Santos, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-attempt-expel-george-santos-third-time-johnson-says-members-will-vote-their-conscience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here\u2019s what<\/a> Speaker Mike Johnson \u200dhad to say before Friday\u2019s\u2062 vote:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to allow \u200cpeople\u2064 to vote their conscience.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You know who wouldn\u2019t be caught dead saying something that asinine about a vote to expel someone from his or her own party? Hakeem Jeffries, \u2063Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, or any other Democrat serving in the\u2064 halls\u200c of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike \u2064Republicans, Democrats actually work to accomplish the will of their voters instead\u200b of indulging\u200d nonsense proposals championed by the opposition. Sure,\u200c Johnson and \u2064House GOP leadership <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/12\/01\/house-votes-to-expel-george-santos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voted against<\/a> \u2062 the measure to\u2063 expel Santos.\u2064 But the fact that \u200cit was even allowed to \u2062make\u200d it to\u2063 the\u2064 full floor for a vote\u2062 is\u2063 a disgrace in and of itself.<\/p>\n<p>As mind-numbingly moronic as Friday\u2019s vote is, it\u2019s hardly the first time Republicans have gone out of their way to side with Democrats and ignore the\u2062 priorities of their voters. \u2062Not long after Johnson was sworn in as speaker, for example, House Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/11\/14\/the-gop-is-a-fake-opposition-party-with-no-vision-for-the-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">surrendered<\/a> on a major\u200c spending\u2063 fight that gave Democrats pretty much everything they \u2063wanted while GOP\u200d voters got squat.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Senate Republicans under the leadership of Mitch\u200b McConnell \u200dhave colluded \u200cwith Democrats to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/23\/these-18-senate-republicans-voted-for-democrats-sleazy-1-7-trillion-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fund<\/a> Biden\u2019s tyrannical government, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/29\/12-gop-senators-help-democrats-erode-americans-right-to-act-on-religious-convictions-about-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declare war<\/a> on the \u200binstitution of marriage and religious liberty,\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/22\/the-14-republicans-who-voted-to-advance-democrats-gun-control-wish-list-just-betrayed-their-base\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">target<\/a> Second Amendment rights. And \u200cif that wasn\u2019t bad enough, Republicans in the \u2064upper chamber are \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/12\/01\/senate-republicans-prepare-to-hand-democrats-abortion-victory-over-tubervilles-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">preparing<\/a> to side with Democrats yet again to\u200c effectively kill Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville\u2019s protest of \u2064the \u200cPentagon\u2019s \u200dunlawful and immoral\u200d abortion policy.<\/p>\n<p>The harsh  <\/p>\n<h2> In \u200bcontrast to Republicans, how do Democrats prioritize accomplishing the will of their voters and what impact does this have on their decision-making process<\/h2>\n<p><span>  America is currently facing multiple\u200d crises, including an invasion at its southern border, \u200ca president\u200b in mental decline involved in a \u200cforeign influence-peddling scheme, skyrocketing inflation, a \u2063&#8221;rainbow&#8221; military, Democrats pushing to &#8220;trans&#8221; children, and a federal government that is\u2063 weaponizing the legal system to target conservatives, interfere in elections, and collude with Big Tech to stifle free speech online. With \u2064all of these major issues at the forefront of U.S. politics,\u200c one would assume that congressional Republicans are doing everything in their power to confront them. Unfortunately, this assumption would be wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of addressing the aforementioned crises, House Republicans recently spent their \u200dtime colluding with Democrats to remove one of their GOP allies from Congress. In a 311-114 vote, the GOP-controlled House voted to expel\u200d Rep. \u2063George Santos, R-N.Y., making him the third member removed from the lower chamber \u200dsince the Civil War. Santos has been indicted by the Justice Department on charges related to identity theft, wire fraud, and other crimes, although he has yet to be convicted.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that 105 Republicans\u2063 sided with Democrats in\u200d ousting Santos. While it may be reasonable to question Santos&#8217;s \u200bethics \u200cand whether he deserves reelection, it is absurd \u200bthat Republicans, who control\u200d the House with a slim majority, would give floor time to Democrat priorities \u200cand\u2062 expel \u200done of their\u2062 own members from Congress. This move demonstrates a lack of\u200c unity and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/focusing-on-russia-instead-of-china-would-be-the-united-statess-biggest-foreign-policy-mistake-ever\/\" title=\"Focusing On Russia Instead Of China Would Be The United States\u2019s Biggest Foreign Policy Mistake Ever\">strategic decision-making<\/a> \u2062within the Republican party.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Republicans, Democrats prioritize accomplishing the will of their voters instead of indulging in nonsense proposals championed\u2063 by the opposition.\u2064 Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s statement before the \u200dvote, &#8220;We\u2019re going \u2062to\u200b allow people to\u200d vote their conscience,&#8221; would never be uttered by a Democrat leader when \u200bit comes to expelling a member\u2064 from their own party. <\/p>\n<p>This lack of cohesion within the Republican party undermines \u200btheir ability \u2064to effectively address the \u2063major issues facing America. It is imperative\u2063 that Republicans prioritize unity \u200cand strategic action to confront the \u2064crises at \u200bhand rather than colluding with Democrats and expelling their own members from\u200c Congress. Only through unified and proactive efforts can America overcome \u2062these challenges and secure a better future for its citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America is grappling with multiple crises: a southern border invasion, a mentally declining president entangled in foreign influence-peddling, soaring inflation, a diverse military, Democrats advocating for gender identity in children, and a federal government weaponizing the legal system against conservatives, meddling in elections, and colluding with corporate giants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2113668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2113667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2113667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2113668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2113667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2113667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2113667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}