Now that George Santos has been removed from the House, GOP rep-s are looking to either censure (a meaningless gesture) or to expel Jamaal Bowman. Democrats claim it is not the same thing and they are right. You see, Santos was never convicted of a crime and Bowman pled guilty to one. Bowman got a sweetheart deal in being charged with a misdemeanor and the cojones deprived GOP members of the ethics committee gave him a free pass even though the video proved he lied.
The problem as I see it is the vast number of RINOs in the House will vote to exonerate Bowman even though he committed the exact same crime as the J6 political prisoners who have been sentenced for decades in prison. He disrupted the business of the House because he was too late to cast a vote. Should a member o0f the House get favored treatment over private citizens or should he be held to lower standard? I think the answer is obvious.
Bowman pled guilty to a misdemeanor for improperly triggering a fire alarm on Sept. 30 in the Cannon House Office Building, where members of Congress have their offices, prompting an evacuation of the building. After Santos, who has been indicted on 23 felony charges for campaign finance-related offenses, was expelled in a bipartisan vote on Friday, several House Republicans indicated that Bowman should be sanctioned next.
Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado said:
“He’s been convicted of a crime. George Santos wasn’t. He’s pled guilty to a crime. George Santos has not been convicted of anything. “This is a terrible precedent, a shameful precedent was just set.”
BREAKING: Republican Congressman George Santos says he will be filing a motion to expel Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman after he pleaded guilty to pulling a fire alarm in the Capitol earlier this year. WATCH pic.twitter.com/4ewVFsyakm
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Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York added:
“Jamaal Bowman literally pulled a fire alarm to disrupt proceedings. He pled guilty to the underlying charges that were negotiated. Jamaal Bowman really is unfit to be in Congress. The fact is, there should be consequences. And somebody should start asking the five Democrats on the ethics committee why they are blocking an investigation into Jamal Bowman.”
Despite Bowman pleading guilty, the House Ethics Committee declined to investigate him for his conduct after a vote on Nov. 22. The committee’s release of a scathing report into Santos’ conduct on Nov. 16 prompted many House Republicans to support his expulsion, prior to which votes to expel him had failed.
“I think we should develop some of those facts,” said Republican Rep. Nick LaLota of New York to the DCNF about Bowman’s situation. “We took 11 months to get to the point where we expelled George Santos because we developed those facts appropriately. I think if we’re going to consider expulsion of another member, all those facts ought to be presented and developed in a similar manner.”
Other members, however, disagreed that an Ethics Committee investigation would be necessary, including Republican Rep. Andrew Garbarino of New York, who is a member of the committee. “Just because there was not an [Investigatory Subcommittee formed] doesn’t mean that the House cannot decide to sanction or punish Mr. Bowman for what he did and what he pled guilty for,” he told the DCNF after the vote on Santos’ expulsion.
It’s time to take out the garbage.
