Lead impeachment manager for Donald Trumpā€™s second House trial, January 6 committee member, cancer survivor, and nowā€”copy editor? Congressman Jamie Raskin added another line to his lengthy resume on Friday in a tart response to embattled New York Representative George Santos, who had penned a poorly written letter thanking the Maryland Democrat for voting against kicking him out of the House of Representatives.

Santosā€™s letter came two days after most Republicans and 31 Democrats voted against a resolution led by five of Santosā€™s fellow first-term New York Republicans who have been anxious to distance themselves from their disgraced colleague. The 179-213 tally fell far below the two-thirds majority needed to expel a House member.

ā€œI am writing to express my gratitude to you for standing up to the principals of due process and the presumption of innocence until proven guilty,ā€ Santos wrote. In copy edits handwritten on his copy of the letter and later reported by Politico, Raskin cheekily let Santos know that ā€œprincipalsā€ should have been ā€œprinciples.ā€

ā€œDear Congressman Santos, I appreciate your note and only wish someone had proofread it first,ā€ Raskin wrote. ā€œMeantime, you should apologize to the people of New York for all of your lies and deceit. I know you must have thought you could get away with it all in the party of Trump, but the truth is resilient.ā€ The Maryland representative ended the letter with a ā€œP.S.ā€: ā€œItā€™s not shameful to resign.ā€

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    10 months ago

    They will revisit once he has actually been found guilty. If they do it now, it sets a dangerous precedent.

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      10 months ago

      guilt or innocence has never stopped the repugnants from going after a democrat, or from fully supporting their own.

      party over principles.

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      10 months ago

      Yeah Iā€™ve seen the dance too many times. Everyone knows so and so did xyz but until very particular thresholds are met, no action is actually made. Otherwise everyoneā€™s got expulsion on the brain.