Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) won the seat Tuesday after Santos was ousted in December by former Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.), further shrinking the Republican majority. night, criticized New York’s Republican Congressional delegation in a text message.
In a letter addressed to former colleagues, all except Rep. Brandon Williams (R-N.Y.), first report According to the Daily Beast, Santos said they were satisfied with Republican candidate Maji Melesa Pilip’s “dismal performance and the $10 million you paid the party with your worthless shit.” I wrote that I hope.
new via @kadiagoba: After former Rep. George Santos lost his New York State 03 seat, he texted his colleague, a New York Republican, to condemn him for trying to remove him from Congress.
Rep. Andrew Garbarino responded, “New phone, sorry, who’s different?” https://t.co/6xr2SY2NHZ pic.twitter.com/XqICWLnc37
— Joseph Zeballos-Roig (@josephzeballos) February 14, 2024
As of Wednesday afternoon, New York Times’ election results Indicated Suozzi received 53.9% of the vote and Pilip received 46.1%. This result is almost the opposite of the 2022 election, when Mr. Santos won with 53.8% and Democrat Robert Zimmerman with 46.2%.
“I very much look forward to seeing most of you defeated by this absolutely hate-filled campaign to arbitrarily remove me from Congress,” he added. “Now go to the Republican base and tell us what this motherfucker did. Good luck with your fundraising next quarter.”
According to the text exchange screenshot obtained According to Semaphore, only Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.) responded to Santos’ message, writing, “New cell phone, who’s different?”
Garbarino did not respond to the outlet’s request for comment, but Rep. Mark Molinaro (R-N.Y.) texted Semaphore to say “no” when asked for comment on Santos.
Notably, House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and Rep. Claudia Tenney were among those in the delegation who voted against the resolution to expel Santos from the House in December. (Republican, New York). Mr. Santos also trolled those in the New York delegation who voted to expel him in Election X on Tuesday night.
To my former House Republican colleagues, please give these idiots back their $10 million.
These RINOs are the most effective Democratic operatives in this country.@anthonydespo @nikralota @lawler4ny @RepGarbarino @Brandon4ny22 @Namliotakis @NickLangworthy @Mark Molinaro
— George Santos (@MrSantosNY) February 14, 2024
The vote to expel Santos breaks hundreds of years of precedent, as Santos was arrested in October on 23 charges ranging from conspiracy to commit a crime against the United States to wire fraud to making gross false statements. This was done after the charges were filed. Federal Election Commission (FEC) and others.
It also comes after an investigative subcommittee report released by the House Ethics Committee in November found that Mr. Santos’s campaign was using Botox treatments, OnlyFans, Atlantic City and Las Vegas when no formal campaign events were on the calendar. This comes after it was concluded that the donations had been used for accommodation expenses.
105 Republicans join Democrats in voting to expel George Santos without conviction
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However, Santos became the first member in the history of the U.S. Congress to be expelled due to accusations of criminal conduct. As Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) previously pointed out, of the five members of Congress expelled before him, three fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War, while others The two were convicted of criminal offences.
Suozzi’s victory gave Republicans a 219-213 majority in the House.
