Kevin McCarthy Reassures George Santos Critics

“Just after House Democrats moved on Tuesday to force a vote on expelling scandal-plagued George Santos from Congress, GOP leaders outlined their thinking in a private meeting with some of the New York Republican’s harshest GOP critics,” Politico reports.

“McCarthy’s message to Santos skeptics in his conference: We have to do this properly.”

“During that meeting, the four Republicans said, McCarthy laid out three options to handle the Santos expulsion resolution and explained that leadership is only considering one: referring Garcia’s proposal to the Ethics Committee. The GOP’s two other options are tabling the proposal and bringing it to the floor; McCarthy warned that those paths risked dividing his members.”

“McCarthy explained in the meeting that modern precedent for attempted expulsion of a House member involves waiting for an ethics panel report or a criminal conviction.”