The House GOP took the first shot by censuring Rep. Adam Schiff and rebuking Rep. Pramila Jayapal. Democrats are considering hitting back — but are unsure they want to escalate the tit-for-tat.
House Democrats are facing a tough choice: Is forcing the GOP into perilous votes worth plunging the chamber into a tit-for-tat of symbolic reprimands?
“I think it’s becoming more of a political game than it is a pursuit of ethics. And that troubles me, and everybody should be troubled by that,” said Rep. Dean Phillips . Democrats sense an opportunity to impose political pain on Republicans by teeing up censure votes against Rep. George Santos . | Francis Chung/POLITICO
Democrats already tried to force a vote on expelling Santos, which Republicans used to instead call on the House Ethics Committee to conduct an investigation into his alleged misconduct.require that panel to decide soon whether to extend the matter or to release its investigative findings, which some Republicans had said would influence how they approached future votes to punish Santos.
“If they want to bring bogus censures against Adam Schiff, then we should bring legitimate censures against somebody who has admitted to almost everything he was accused of,” said Rep. Eric Swalwell , referring to Santos.
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