Embattled Republican Rep. George Santos' presence at the center aisle during the State of the Union address was met with a stern rebuke from a fellow Republican, Sen. Mitt Romney.
The arrival of Santos has been a problem for the Republicans since he won a New York congressional seat, which helped to deliver the party a slim majority, once his personal story began to unravel.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met privately with the congressman last week amid a swirl of potential investigations on and off Capitol Hill. Santos announced he would step aside from his committee assignments ahead of an expected House Ethics Committee probe. President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address Tuesday night. Here are some of the moments you may have missed.
The center aisle basically gave Santos the chance to seize the limelight by greeting the president and other prominent officials as they entered the House chamber and made their way down the aisle.
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