George Santos makes final effort to resist vote to expel him from US House
Republican congressman, facing possible expulsion following House vote on Friday, gives speech outside the US Capitol
George Santos appealed to democratic norms on Thursday in a last-ditch effort to resist an expected vote to expel him from the US House of Representatives, describing efforts to remove him as bullying" and warning that the undoing of a lot of members of this body" would follow.
The embattled Republican congressman, who is facing a third effort to expel him from Congress with a House vote due on Friday, told reporters outside the US Capitol in Washington DC that it was an unfortunate circumstance to watch Congress waste the American people's time over and over again on something that is in the power of the people, not the power of Congress".
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