Mace votes against Santos expulsion: 'George Santos is an a--, who, like every other American, deserves the presumption of innocence'
On December 1, 2023, Mace voted against expelling Rep. George Santos despite having called his entire résumé 'manufactured' eleven months earlier, arguing the expulsion vote was about shifting congressional power rather than accountability.
December 1, 2023
On December 1, 2023, after the House voted 311–114 to expel Rep. George Santos — only the sixth expulsion in House history — Mace posted on X:
"George Santos is an a--, who, like every other American, deserves the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges are not a conviction. Today's vote was not about accountability, which should have been in the hands of the courts and the people of NY-03. This was about shifting the balance of power in Congress, and I won't play those games."
Critics immediately surfaced Mace's January 2023 statement calling Santos's "entire resume in life manufactured" as a direct contradiction. The House Ethics Committee had found "overwhelming evidence" of Santos using campaign funds for personal expenses and other misconduct.