It goes without saying that Santos will lose. And that’s assuming he’s not sentenced to prison before the June 25 primary election.
Perhaps we should have seen this coming.
On Thursday, George Santos made a surprise appearance at the State of the Union address, making use of the floor privileges that he surprisingly still retains as a former member of Congress, despite an overwhelming expulsion vote in December.
Though he’s been denied at least some of the typical post-service perks enjoyed by other former members — the US Association of Former Members of Congress previously told Business Insider they wanted nothing to do with him — it would have taken yet another act of Congress, specifically a resolution by the House, to keep him from ever entering the chamber again.
And he decided to use his visit to announce a comeback bid for Congress, launching a primary campaign against Rep. Nick LaLota, one of the New York Republicans who pushed for his expulsion.
He even filed the necessary paperwork during President Joe Biden’s speech.
It’s the latest stunt for the scandal-plagued lawmaker, who never seemed to take the job of being a member of Congress all that seriously.
