Quite a few conservatives, despite deploring the scandal-ridden NYC District 3 Rep. George Santos (a Republican accused of multiple counts of fraud, but thus far not convicted), think that his ejection from Congress was a mistake. Styx comments:
In related news, John Fetterman, of all people, has come out saying that the Dems need to eject Senator Bob Menendez who, according to Fetterman—a fellow Democrat!—has committed far worse crimes than Santos (viz. Fetterman's "senator for Egypt" gibe, in reference to Menendez being in the pocket of foreign powers).
For Fetterman to come out like this is shocking, especially in a time when Democrats (and, frankly, Republicans) tend to close ranks reflexively in an effort to protect their own. I admit I've said some unkind things about Fetterman—who appears to have regained some measure of coherency, post-stroke, when speaking—but I'll give credit where credit is due. Fetterman is also ruffling leftie feathers by clearly siding with Israel. (Don't buy the Hamas propaganda that Israel is committing genocide. That's Hamas itself, and essentially Hamas's charter: the destruction of Israel. As the righties like to say: when people keep telling you they want to kill you, believe them.)
I didn't like the guy, but the people in his district elected to represent them. If "innocent until proven guilty" means anything, I don't see the justification for his expulsion. I mean, it's not like he pulled a fire alarm to disrupt a House vote or anything.
ReplyDeleteKeep in mind that Santos was elected before all this stuff came out about him. He lied his way into Congress.
ReplyDeleteHe did say a lot of interesting things about corruption in Congress on his way out, though. I don't think this excuses his behavior (this would be like Mussolini whining, "But Hitler gassed people!"), but it certainly should be investigated. I'm more of the mind that a lot more people than Santos should be kicked out of Congress, including Menendez.
Charles,
ReplyDeleteBy the time we finish booting out all the bad eggs, there'll be no one left.
Not that that'd be a bad thing.
I agree with @Charles. If any of us applied and were hired for a job based on false pretenses (for example; lied about graduating, lied about qualifications, lied about police charges, etc.) we would be fired in an instant, regardless if we had not yet been convicted.
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Brian,
ReplyDeletePersonally, I'm happy that Santos is gone. Now, let's take care of Menendez. As Fetterman said, Menendez's sins are worse.