No Member of Congress Should Be Expelled Based on “Allegations”

No member of Congress should be expelled based on “allegations”.

Not even a scumbag like Swalwell.

We’re a Republic with elections and courts. Not media and social media mobs. And people can decide who to vote for.

We’ve had one congressional expulsion in the last twenty years and that followed an indictment.

Talk of expelling Swalwell by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna who, like most members of the GOP Squad, seems to spend most of her time seeking attention while getting very little done, is said to be countered by a Dem motion to expel Rep. Tony Gonzales, who likely already cost Republicans a seat, followed by a legitimate call to expel Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Democrat, who is under indictment, followed by a push to expel Rep. Cory Mills, who hasn’t been charged with anything.

There’s now talk of having some sort of combined mass expulsion of four members of Congress. That’s more than the number of congressional expulsions in generations.

And there’s still only one actual indictment in the bunch. The other three consist of #MeToo stuff. Two of those #MeToo cases are likely based on actual abuses. But that’s a morals question and with Bill Clinton, Democrats and much of the public decided that we don’t expel politicians based on those.

If they committed crimes, indict them. Otherwise let the voters pass judgement.

But we’re talking here about expulsions where there hasn’t even been a House Ethics determination.

That’s a bad precedent that’s likely to backfire. If we start expelling members of Congress based on allegations, then the sky is the limit. I’m leery even of expulsions based on indictments, but by the time a federal indictment happens, there’s usually a good deal of evidence of wrongdoing.

The question isn’t whether Swalwell is guilty. He’s a scumbag. The question is whether we want to allow a dirty pool of equally scummy political operatives to override the results of elections with hit pieces.

Members of the House face imminent rapid elections anyway. That’s by design. If Rep. Swalwell can do any damage by being in Congress, more than he’s already done, it would be due to his ties to China, a legitimate basis for expelling him. If the Manhattan DA’s office (which can’t be bothered to investigate actual crime, but investigates every lefty talking point) indicts Swalwell, then expel him.

At this point the only House member who should be expelled is Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick who was indicted last year and found guilty of multiple ethics violations.

It’s mind-boggling that there’s talk of expelling Swalwell ahead of her. Just by way of reminder…

South Florida Congresswoman Charged with Stealing $5 Million in FEMA Funds

If convicted, Cherfilus-McCormick faces up to 53 years in prison.

Utterly bizarre that she’s still in Congress, but stealing $5 million in taxpayer money is no big deal.