New Yorkers BLAST George Santos after he storms out of Congress over expulsion

Indicted Republican George Santos' brief career in the U.S. House of Representatives ended on Friday (December 1), when fellow lawmakers voted to expel him over criminal corruption charges and accusations of misspending campaign money.

The House voted 311-114 to immediately remove the controversial freshman lawmaker, above the two-thirds majority required to oust one of its own.

Besieged by revelations of lies about his past, a federal criminal indictment and a congressional ethics probe, Santos, 35, became only the sixth member to be expelled from the House.

The New York congressman was the first to be kicked out without having fought for the Confederacy or being convicted of a crime.

New Yorkers cheered his expulsion saying: "He had to go".

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