First, a reality check courtesy of AOC:
Republicans calling for action against the New York Democrat Jamaal Bowman for triggering a fire alarm in a congressional office building as a vote loomed on a deal to avoid a government shutdown should “check their own values”, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, citing the lack of action against George Santos, after he was indicted for fraud.
“They are protecting someone who has lied to the American people, lied to the United States House of Representatives, lied to congressional investigators,” Ocasio-Cortez, widely known as AOC, told CNN’s State of the Union. “But they’re filing a motion to expel a member who, in a moment of panic, was trying to escape a vestibule? Give me a break.”
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Indicted Republican George Santos, who is currently facing 13 Federal charges, says Jamaal Bowman setting off a fire alarm was “an act of treason” and Bowman should “be held at the full extent of the law” and “face the music.” pic.twitter.com/9tcmnTTMfM
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) October 1, 2023
AOC points out that some of the same House Republicans who want to publish Bowman for the fire alarm incident couldn’t care less about George Santos being under federal indictment pic.twitter.com/u9DBJNPN5X
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 1, 2023