Elise Stefanik: Who is the woman who replaced Liz Cheney as the chairperson of the GOP meeting?

Congresswoman Liz Cheney (Liz Cheney)She is currently the third-highest member of the party in the House of Representatives and will be criticized for her role as chairman of the conference.

Ms. Cheney has repeatedly (very publicly) contradicted herself Former President Donald Trump’s false claims About the 2020 election. This makes her position untenable.

In a letter to members of the Republican House of Representatives today, minority leader Kevin McCarthy (Kevin McCarthy) said that he will vote on the matter on Wednesday.

McCarthy stated that his party’s “focus” must be to regain control of the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm elections, but Cheney’s public speech distracted that goal.

He wrote: “It takes less than a day to lighten the past for each day than to seize the future.”

“There is no time to look away. If we are to succeed in preventing the radical Democratic agenda from destroying our country, we must resolve these internal conflicts so as not to diminish the efforts of our collective team.

“We have received a lot of letters from people in the last few days. It is clear that we need to make changes. Therefore, you should expect to recall a vote from the chairman of the meeting this Wednesday.

“We are a large tent gathering. We represent Americans of all backgrounds and are constantly evolving every day. And unlike the left, we support free thinking and debate.”

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There is no doubt that Ms. Cheney will lose her position on Wednesday. There is no real doubt as to who will replace her as the chairman of the meeting.

Mr. McCarthy, Republican Steve Scalise (Steve Scalise) is in second place, and most importantly, Mr. Trump Everyone recognized the work of New York State Congresswoman Elise Stefanik.

The former president said in a statement: “The House Republican has a great opportunity this week to upgrade him from warm Liz Cheney to talented communicator Elise Stefanik. On the blog he just posted Nowadays.

“As we approach the important midterm term of 2022, we need someone with experience in the leadership to change the region from blue to red (from Democrats to Republicans), and that is Elise! She knows how to win, this is us What you need!”

He said last week that Ms. Stefanick “is a better choice” than Ms. Cheney.

Ms. Stefanik’s promotion to the leadership position will not surprise anyone-she has long been regarded as the party’s rising star. However, this situation is fascinating.

This woman who is loyal to Trump now sees her rise in status, an unapologetic critic to him a few years ago.

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The future of the Republican Party

Ms Stefanik was elected to Congress in 2014. At the time, she was the youngest woman ever elected, though she would later lose that record to Democrat Alexander Ocasio Cortez.

She quickly consolidated her reputation as a moderate person, who is willing to vote across parties and become One of the most bipartisan coalition members in Congress.

Then, in 2015, Mr. Trump ran for president. He is the immediate frontrunner nominated by the Republican Party.

Ms. Stefanick never recognized anyone during the 2016 primary election and promised to support the Republican candidate, but her view of Mr. Trump is not difficult.

She said in December 2015: “I think in the presidential field, some candidates have lost their qualifications because of dishonest remarks.”

“I don’t want to really talk about the essence of the problem, but just expel rhetorical devices that are not necessarily based on facts.”

She also strongly criticized Trump’s repeated criticisms. Personal attack on female news anchor Megyn Kelly.

“I think he has been insulting women,” said Ms. Stevennick, also at the end of 2015.

“I think this may be the pinnacle of Mr. Trump. And I think that as other candidates have the opportunity to share their views on the future, we will see his numbers change in the coming weeks and months. And drop.

“We need to make sure that we are improving our party’s ability to engage with women. I work in Congress. I am deeply interested in it. And Donald Trump’s comments did not help that effort. They hurt that effort.”

That was Into Hollywood The tape appeared, and Mr. Trump boasted that the woman would be “caught by a cat”.

“Donald Trump’s inappropriate, offensive comments are wrong, no matter when he says it or has any background,” she says After the tape was released, it was released in October 2016.

Ms. Stefanick’s criticism of Trump is not just about his rhetoric. She also strongly opposed some of his most prominent policy ideas.

For example, she Come out against His proposal prohibits Muslims from entering the United States.

She told us: “This is not our identity as a country.” Post StarHe added that such a ban would violate the “constitutional principles” of the United States, and Trump’s position was “unfounded.”

Ms. Stefanik also opposed the construction of a separation wall on the border with Mexico.

“I think that is unrealistic,” she says After he took office, he lamented the politicization of the border.

She voted for legislation that would prevent Mr. Trump from withdrawing from the United States from the Paris Climate Change Agreement, and voted Oppose The tax cut plan signed by the then president in 2017.

Overall, 78% of Ms. Stefanick’s votes during his tenure support Trump’s policy stance. This is one of the least number of Republicans in the House of Representatives, but much lower than Ms. Cheney.

Her tracking of the Growth Club is only 35%, and the Growth Club is a conservative organization that tracks members’ voting records.

Just in 2019, Ms. Stephenick was praised by moderate Republicans and mainstream media.

“Elise is not only the future of the Republican Party. She is hopeful and aspiring political future In the United States”, former Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan (Paul Ryan) said time The magazine of the year to commemorate Ms. Stefanik’s inclusion in the “100 Next” list.

From critic to loyalist

Ms. Stefanik represents the 21st Congressional District in New York, and its political evolution also reflects her situation.

In 2012, it voted for Barack Obama over Mitt Romney with 6% of the vote. Four years later, Mr. Trump won 14% of the vote, and there is no difficulty in keeping it in 2020.

When her voters became more pro-Trump, so did she.

If there was only one turning point, it would be during Mr. Trump’s first impeachment.

Democrats in Congress argued that the president abused his power and refused to provide military assistance from Ukraine in an attempt to pressure the Ukrainian government to investigate its main political opponent Joe Biden.

Ms. Stefanik became one of Mr. Trump’s most steadfast and steadfast defenders in the entire legend, Facing the Democratic Party During the Congressional hearings, he also used television appearances to establish his own national image.

By the time the general election last year approached, she had completely become a trend.When Ms. Cheney conflicted with Trump’s conspiracy theories about the election, Ms. Stefanick Magnify them.

“Thousands of Americans rightly worry about unprecedented voting irregularities in the 2020 election,” She said on January 4Two days ago, thousands of Trump supporters violently attacked the Capitol.

She signed an amicus curiae profile in support of a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, requesting the Supreme Court Throw the results of the four swing states Mr. Biden won. The Supreme Court quickly dismissed the case.

Finally, at the joint meeting of Congress on January 6, Ms. Stefanik voted against the verification of the election results.Explain her decision Open letter For her voters, she imitated some debunked claims.

For example, she said that “more than 140,000 votes” in Fulton County, Georgia came from “minor, deceased, and unauthorized voters,” meaning that a quarter of the country’s votes were fraudulent.

As Republican election officials in Georgia have repeatedly pointed out, this is a blatant error. The true number of votes held in the name of the deceased voter is 2.

Ms. Stefanik also raised the statement that Georgia Republican officials “cancel voter verification.” Michigan officials illegally counted the votes that were too late; and there was a problem with the Dominion voting software. All of this is unfounded.

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As calls for Ms. Cheney’s deportation surged last week, and Ms. Stefanick could become a replacement, she appeared on Steve Bannon’s podcast, who was in special Lampe served as a senior political adviser to the White House.

Stefanik said: “My vision is to run with the support of the president and his coalition of voters. This is the highest number of votes ever received by the Republican Party in 2020.”

“It also has to do with being a team. I am committed to expressing my views and sending a clear message that we are a team, which means working with the president and working with all our outstanding Republican congressmen.”