This Week in Politics
George Santos Expelled
House Republican George Santos has been expelled from congress, this due to an ethics reports verdict that the former New York representative had broken federal law. Mr Santos joins an exclusive club of only 6 representatives (including himself) to be expelled from the House of Representatives in history and the first in over 2 decades to be expelled. Furthermore, Mr Santos is the first ever Republican to be removed from office in the House due to such circumstances, the remaining 5 expelled were all Democrats interestingly. This is a stain on the GOP, however, hardly an issue that could decide federal or even state elections, though it could play a pivotal role in the special election triggered by George Santos unplanned departure. The New York’s third district will be holding a special election, the Democrats will without a doubt utilise the GOPs weak standing to their advantage, considering that the district was held by Democrats for 8 years before the Santos campaign it's likely to return to old habits. This is terrible news for the weak Republican majority in the House as it narrows the gap between the Democrats and the GOP, and the GOPs current standing is not unified, House speaker Mike Johnson needs every vote he can get, this could be the beginning of the end for the GOPs time with the speakership.
Fourth Republican Debate - No Trump
Yet another GOP primary debate is over, winners: Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, losers: Vivek Ramaswamy and Chris Christie. To sum up the debate Ron Desantis and Vivek Ramaswamy repeatedly attacked Nikki Haley who has taken Mr Ramaswamy’s position is third frontrunner and is threatening Mr DeSantis as the second frontrunner, however, after persistent attacks by these candidates Chris Christie made an end to it all complementing Ms Haley and attacking Mr Ramaswamy. Mr Christie has likely taken note of his bad polling numbers and is trying to position himself as a supporter of Nikki Haley in the fight to take doen Mr Trump, though that remains to be seen. The GOP primary debate stage did not even represent 41% of Republican votes, the real question which seems ever unlikely is can anyone beat Donald J. Trump?
“Dictator for a Day” What We Call A Mistake
During an interview with Sean Hannity the former president Donald J. Trump stated that he would be “dictator for a day” fixing America’s problems to then return back to democracy on day 2. This has seen big backlash. Do not go around telling voters that you would become a dictator when elected, even if just for a day, it's a terrible idea and will absolutely be used against you by your opponents.
