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The repugs still won't discipline him. Bet me.
They've already said they won't. And now that Santos has announced that he won’t seek reelection, they can criticize him and be as outraged as they want, since it won't hurt their chances (however slim) of holding onto his seat. So they'll act shocked and condemn his alleged misconduct, and try to give the appearance that they’ve done something so that they can distance themselves from him. And then they'll continue to work with him and rely on him to vote alongside the rest of the party.
Politicians and ethics have always gone together like vampires and holy water. But at this point I think it's pretty clear that there is no ethical violation so serious that the remaining Republicans would be willing to give up even the slightest political advantage to see it properly dealt with.
Alleged in the same way as the Pacific Ocean Is allegedly rather large
But they will honor him.
They will just let him finish his term.
31 Dems voted against it.
Pretty sure they were waiting for the results of the ethics investigation.
Sure, just like they waited on the results for Franken.
This is a terrible comparison. Franken stepped down after pressure from his peers. Santos has failed to do that.
You’re actually right. I guess I was confused.