Jamie Raskin Dunks on George Santos’ Letter of Gratitude

After disgraced Congressman and pathological liar George Santos survived an attempt by his fellow House Republicans to expel him from Congress, he penned a letter of gratitude to those who voted to protect him. One of them, Democrat Jamie Raskin, was not impressed—and made that clear in a sharp response.

After Republicans protected Santos from a Democratic-led expulsion effort in May, some of Santos’s fellow New York Republicans introduced a virtually identical motion which was defeated two days ago, by a vote of 179-213. It needed a two-thirds supermajority to pass. 24 Republicans voted in favor and 31 Democrats voted against it.

One of the Democrats, Jamie Raskin, received a letter of gratitude from Santos. In it, Santos thanked the recipient for their respect for due process and the “sanctity” of the House of Representatives.

An unimpressed Raskin, a former law professor, scrawled a number of handwritten grammatical corrections and a scathing response, encouraging him to “apologize to the people of New York for [his] lies and deceit.”

The letter ended with a blunt: “P.S., it’s not shameful to resign.”