Santos's independent bid echoes case of last expelled member of Congress

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : " Under the bluster, however, Traficant was beloved in Ohio's Mahoning Valley for his populist rhetoric and his opposition to free-trade and globalization policies that his constituents blamed for the loss of factory and manufacturing jobs, according to Bertram de Souza, who covered Traficant as a columnist for the Youngstown Vindicator.
47% : Traficant was "Donald Trump before there was a Donald Trump," de Souza told The Hill.

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