Why did Republicans kick Santos out so early?

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Why did Republicans choose to get rid of George Santos? If anything they could have kept him around for the rest of the term and not have to worry about losing his house seat in a special.

For some hs actions and what he did was simply too much, especially after the ethics report, and was slso likely a bit of self preservation.   After the Ethics report they realized keeping him around would hurt them more politically than the likely loss of one seat even with the slim majority.