Gets rid of a drunken sot touring the States (5)
I believe the answer is:
ousts
'gets rid of' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'a drunken sot touring the states' is the wordplay.
'a drunken' indicates an anagram.
'touring' is an insertion indicator (touring can mean going round).
'the states' becomes 'US' (abbreviation for the United States).
'sot' is an anagram of 'ots'.
'ots' placed around 'us' is 'OUSTS'.
(Other definitions for ousts that I've seen before include "Throws out" , "Replaces" , "Drives out, ejects from office" , "Removes from office" , "Ejects, expels" .)