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The gay New York lawmaker, embroiled in controversy and criminal charges, stood firm against resignation during a contentious online interview, where Congressman Robert Garcia confronted him with demands for apology and resignation.
As the House reconvenes post-Thanksgiving, embattled New York Rep. Santos faces a critical vote following Ethics Committee’s damning report.
The embattled gay New York congressman says he will not seek reelection in the wake of a damning ethics report that found he most likely broke federal law.
Gaetz is attempting to block the release of the report.
The House Ethics Committee’s report unveils U.S. Rep. George Santos’s misuse of campaign funds, including spending on OnlyFans, as Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia continues to call for his expulsion.
The House Ethics Committee reported Friday that Republican lawmakers and aides failed to protect young male pages from former representative Mark Foley's improper advances, concluding an investigation into a scandal that convulsed Congress and contributed to the GOP defeat in November's election.
During debate over his expulsion, Santos, a gay Republican from New York, pointed out he has not been convicted of any crime.
“Of course I’m gay, Colin. I invented being gay,” Bowen Yang as George Santos said. “I was the one at Stonewall who said, ‘Here’s an idea you guys should kiss.’”
Here's what the new speaker spoke with the embattled queer lawmaker about.
The ballon — which read "full of lies" — kept getting caught up in the wind.
During an early morning press conference, Santos claimed that he was the victim of bullying. He also said he's going to try to expell a Democratic lawmaker.
Gaetz has been the subject of an investigation by the House Ethics Committee over claims he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old, who he allegedly paid to travel with him, as well as lobbying violations.
Santos took to the House floor Tuesday to argue his case against being expelled from Congress. A vote on Friday will decide his legislative fate.
Gaetz contributed to the baseless right-wing buzz around the school shooting in Pocan's district.
Here's when the election is being held.
Facing untimely resignations, an unpopular war and a troubling 2008 election landscape, Senate Republicans did not need another headache this week. But they got one anyway when Sen. Larry Craig vowed Thursday to serve out the last 15 months of his term, despite a court ruling that left intact his guilty plea in a sex sting operation in an airport men's room. The Republican's decision gives his party colleagues two unpleasant choices. They can resume pressuring him to leave, and risk being seen as disloyal politicians who go harder on alleged homosexual misdeeds than on heterosexual wrongdoings.
It's the latest twist in the convoluted Santos saga.
The Georgia Republican anti-LGBTQ+ lawmaker expressed frustration over GOP leadership’s handling of the gay embattled New York congressman, contrasting it with stalled impeachment efforts.
