It’s not a lying Long Island iced tea, but a Washington, D.C., bar is celebrating George Santos’ ouster from the House of Representatives with a new cocktail named after the disgraced New York Republican.
The “Adios Santos,” a grapefruit margarita, will be served for $10 all weekend at Sticky Fingers Diner in the district’s H Street corridor, just blocks from where 311 House lawmakers voted to unseat its 35-year-old former president. colleague on Friday.
“Diners can toast Congress agreeing to something for a change,” Doron Petersan, founder of the vegan bar and restaurant, told the Hill.
“To help turn the scam into a gift,” the government ethics watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington will receive $1 for every “Adios Santos” sold, the restaurant said in an Instagram post that revealed the delicious, dark flavor garnished with lime. Orange drink.
Santos, just the sixth House member to be expelled, was ousted just over a year after his victory in the 2022 midterm elections in New York’s 3rd Congressional District.
Republican Rep. George Santos of New York leaves the House of Representatives after being expelled from Congress following a bipartisan vote on Friday, December 1, 2023. Julia Nikhinson/UPI/Shutterstock
Santos admitted to The Post last December – before even taking office – that he had fabricated his education and work history and had told voters that he was “Jewish” despite being Catholic.
A House Ethics Committee investigation and a Justice Department criminal investigation into his campaign finances followed.
In October, Santos was hit with a 23-count federal indictment for allegedly laundering his campaign money and defrauding donors. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The “Adios Santos” is a grapefruit margarita served for $10 all weekend long. aamulya – stock.adobe.com
Calls for his ouster grew the following month when the ethics panel released its scathing report on Santos.
The report concluded that the Long Island lawmaker “brazenly stole” campaign funds and made expenditures inconsistent with donor money, including Onlyfans subscriptions, Botox purchases, trips to Las Vegas and Atlantic City, and brand-name purchases. Hermes luxury.
Santos, who previously dodged two votes to expel him, served 328 days in the House and introduced 40 bills during his tenure, none of which made it out of committee.
Only one of his bills, the “Defund PCC on Campus Act of 2023,” co-sponsored by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), garnered support from a colleague.
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