one of the most exclusive clubs in the country has a brand-new member tonight, but it s not a club you d actually want to belong to. tonight, on laura coates live. with apologies to the sound of music how do you solve a problem like george santos. no surprise i think they may have cracked a nut voting today to kick him out of congress. what s his response? why do i want to stay here? to hell with this place, i m quoting him, the epitome of you can t fire me, i quit from the now ex-congressman who yesterday refused to resign while wearing ferragamo shoes and arriving in a jaguar. i point that out because some of the receipts that came in the ethics report. now he s joining a pretty exclusive club, no, not the college volleyball team, this is a really exclusive club with only five members. well, now they have a sixth. the only six members who have ever been thrown out of congress in the 234-year history, and let me tell you, they are a regular, well, rogues gallery might b
embattled republican congressman george santos talks to the media as the house prepares a vote on his expulsion a lot of folks now coming forward listen, we were going to wait for his trial to see what happened. others have now become convinced now that that report is out from the house ethics committee. they have seen enough there are a number of people now publicly, including many, many republicans who say they will join a vote to oust him. could that be thursday? could it be friday? we will keep you covered as we look to see what happens there. and it raises further questions about what is happening on the senate side with a possible ethics investigation into senator bob menendez. also facing a trial there are those on that side calling for due process but a number of democrats as you know who have called for his resignation there. so, we will watch to sees a all of those ethics issues plays out more immediately with representative santos in the next day or two. we will ke