Santos May Not Get Any Committee Assignments

January 10, 2023 Homocons, Republicans

Politico reports:

The GOP conference is now deliberating over how to handle a member who’s been publicly ridiculed as a fraudster, including whether Santos should receive committee assignments. Some members are openly pushing to sideline him until internal investigations can dig through his campaign finances.

“I don’t have any historical precedent about what’s appropriate here. And I do think that matters,” said Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), chair of the Republican Main Street Caucus. “In my mind, I wouldn’t seat the guy until we have an investigation done. I think there are enough legitimate concerns out there about his behavior.”

Santos told POLITICO on Monday that he hasn’t spoken to McCarthy about committee assignments yet, but that he expects to receive them like other members of the GOP conference. Another member, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), said that it would be “very difficult to work with anyone who cannot be trusted.”

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