Jamie Raskin Urges Trump Allies Who Supported George Santos Ouster To Drop Support For Ex-President Immediately: 'Engaged In Far Bigger Lies'

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) called out Republicans who supported the expulsion of ex-Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), urging them to also withdraw their support for former President Donald Trump, whom he deems worse than Santos.

What Happened: Santos was expelled from Congress following a 311-114-2 vote early Friday. The expulsion comes as a result of numerous alleged ethics violations, including fraud and campaign finance crimes, The Hill reported.

In the vote to oust Santos, 105 Republicans sided with Democrats. Raskin insists that these Republicans must also take a stand against Trump, who he believes to have committed greater offenses.

"I do feel as if his offenses, his fraud, his lies, pale in comparison to the lies and fraud of Donald Trump, whose big lie that he won the presidential election, which he lost by more than seven million votes, 306 to 232 in the Electoral College, then led to his incitement of a violent insurrection against the Union," Raskin said in an interview with MSNBC.

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"And so all those Republicans who voted to expel Santos should drop their support for Donald Trump immediately, who certainly engaged in far bigger lies than anything George Santos ever attempted," he added.

Why It Matters: Raskin, a prominent critic of Trump and a member of the House Jan. 6 Committee has consistently contended that Trump poses a danger to the nation’s future.

Despite facing 91 felony charges linked to his past campaigns and mishandling of classified documents, Trump remains the clear frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination. The latest Morning Consult poll of GOP voters showed Trump with a comfortable 50-point lead over his Republican opponents. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ranked second with 14% of support from GOP voters.

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