Next year, Elise Stefanik will a loud noise maker. |
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), one of the top leaders within the Republican Party may seek the House Speakership if the Republicans reject Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
However, the ultra-MAGA may have her dirty laundry aired out.
No. 1, her endorsement of controversial Rep-elect George Santos (R-NY). The Rep-elect is facing heat for misleading voters about his record. Now there are calls for him to resign and so far, Republicans won't say they want him go, but they are concerned that his issues will be a big distraction.
No. 2, she called Washed Up 45 a "whack job."
n an extensive feature article headlined “The Invention of Elise Stefanik,” NYT reporter Nicholas Confessore writes about the GOP leader’s migration from the Paul Ryan moderates to the “ultra-MAGA” hard right.
“I am Ultra-Maga, I’m proud of it,” Stefanik said in May of this year. Confessore describes it as “one of the most brazen political transformations of the Trump era.”
The NYT article goes back to Stefanik’s earlier days, pinpointing the 2018 midterms as the corner turn for the New York Republican.
“(A)s her third term unfolded, according to current or former friends and advisers, it was becoming painfully clear that she was the future of a Republican Party that no longer existed,” writes Confessore. “The party was now firmly controlled by Donald J. Trump, a populist president she didn’t like or respect…”
Staying close to the former president was beneficial. |
As it turns out, more than not respecting him, she had some very negative comments about him, which the Times reveals included calling him a “whack job” in a message “obtained” by the paper.
In the beginning, she was not supportive of the former president when he ran as a candidate in 2015-16.
The "grab 'em by the pussy" remark kind of turned her off. Soon after he became the president, she ended up becoming one of the most loyal members of MAGA. She soon became a top leader after Republicans rejected Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), the sole member of top leadership at the time who voted to impeach the former president.
The Republican was a moderate at one time. Many Democrats crossed over to support her with 80% of the vote. Now she gets at least 64% of the vote. Still a win but now it's mostly a partisan deal.
No. 3, she talks about "the white replacement" theory which is a dangerous conspiracy theory that agitates white extremists to violence.
As she prepares for a new role in top leadership, we want to make sure that she's going to be held accountable for her actions.
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