A House Republican is flabbergasted that colleagues, among them House Speaker Mike Johnson, voted to keep George Santos after a damning ethics report found he'd spent campaign cash on Botox and another House member accused the now-ousted New York representative of scamming his mom.
Rep. David Joyce (R-OH) — a member of the Ethics subcommittee that produced the report linking campaign cash to Botox, an OnlyFans account and shopping sprees — shared his disbelief on CNN as he discussed the historic vote with anchor John Berman Friday morning.
"He had ripped off other members," Joyce said. "If that is not enough to convince the members to remove him from office, I don't know what they are waiting for."
Berman quizzed Joyce about Johnson's decision to vote against the resolution to expel Santos from the House of Representatives, but the Republican couldn't come up with an explanation other than he believed it the right thing to do.
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"He said to vote our conscience," said Joyce. "And that is what his conscience told him to do."
Joyce believes the tipping point for those who did vote to oust Santos was a Friday morning message from Rep. Max Miller accusing Santos of victimizing him and his mother.
“He used the campaign as though it is a scam," Joyce said. "For me, it is a simple case."
