Dem Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Backs Expelling Fellow Democrat Cherfilus-McCormick Over Ethics Violations

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) said she believes Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) should leave Congress after a House Ethics Committee adjudicatory subcommittee found that 25 of 27 ethics charges against the Cherfilus-McCormick had been proven following a public House Ethics Committee hearing, the first involving a sitting member since 2010.

Gluesenkamp Perez, one of the first House Democrats to publicly support forcing Cherfilus-McCormick out of the House, wrote Friday morning on X: “You can’t crime your way into legitimate power. Since she was found guilty, she should resign or be removed.”

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Axios congressional reporter Andrew Solender later confirmed on X that Gluesenkamp Perez told him she would support expelling Cherfilus-McCormick from the House. 

Perez previously broke with members of her own party in November when she led a bipartisan rebuke of Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL) over what she said was an effort that undermined voters’ ability to