Elise Stefanik |
Stefanik Press release 11.17.22:
“Let our New York families drink milk,” Stefanik said Nov. 17. “The Biden Administration’s proposal to restrict the amount of milk available to WIC participants is wrong, especially at a time when 90 percent of Americans are not consuming enough dairy to meet nutrition standards. In addition, this administration is shamefully further restricting milk choice for families and keeping the door open for more forced vegan juice consumption. Upstate dairy farmers work hard to provide delicious and nutritious products for families in New York and across the nation, and this proposed rule is a slap in the face to their important work. While I am encouraged that USDA has included my recommendation to increase container size flexibility for WIC products, this is a deeply flawed proposal, and I will work to ensure families in Upstate New York have access to full dietary benefits of milk.” May 25, 2022: CNN: Moderate-turned-MAGA Rep. Elise Stefanik’s stock is rising in Trump world
Donald Trump hasn’t said if he will run for president again, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping him from privately musing about his potential running mate if he does. The latest person to catch his eye: Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, the moderate-turned-MAGA star who has developed a strong relationship with the former President, according to multiple GOP sources with direct knowledge of the matter. May 14, 2021: AP: In devotion to Trump, House GOP taps Stefanik for a top post
House Republicans elevated Rep. Elise Stefanik to a leadership post Friday, highlighting how the party whose lodestar has long been conservative policies increasingly views allegiance to Donald Trump as its indispensable key to electoral success. Stefanik, a Trump stalwart from upstate New York, was elected to the No. 3 leadership job that until this week belonged to Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming. Republicans tossed Cheney from that post for continually calling out former President Trump for helping spur the violent Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and relentlessly pushing his false claims that voting fraud caused his November reelection defeat. May 13, 2021: WNYC: Who is Rep. Elise Stefanik?
This week, Congresswoman Liz Cheney, the third-ranking Republican in the House, was removed from her position as House GOP conference chair. Cheney had drawn the ire of her Republican colleagues and President Donald Trump after she dismissed his attempts to spread lies about the result of the general election. Representative Elise Stefanik, a Republican representing New York’s 21st District, will replace Cheney. Stefanik was elected in 2014 as a moderate Republican, but in recent years she’s embraced President Trump. She was a vocal supporter during the first impeachment trial and has more recently participated in attempts to sow doubt about the result of the general election. May 8, 2021: Time: The 'Handmaiden of Trump': How Elise Stefanik Went From Moderate to MAGA
When Elise Stefanik was elected to the House of Representatives in 2014, she was hailed as the fresh face of the new GOP. Stefanik had run for office in her 20s, determined to modernize the Republican Party to attract more women and appeal to her fellow millennials. In her victory speech, she praised her opponents for their good-faith participation in the miracle of American democracy. “No matter their party, our democratic process is strengthened by those individuals willing to put forth their ideas,” she said on the night she became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. May 7, 2021: New York Times: What Elise Stefanik’s Rise Means for the G.O.P.
Representative Elise Stefanik, who’s in line to take Ms. Cheney’s place, is a perfect symbol of the shift. Just over six years ago, at 30 years old, Ms. Stefanik was the youngest woman ever elected to Congress at the time. She did it by flipping an upstate New York district that had sent a Democrat to the House for the past two decades (albeit with the help of a redrawn congressional map that added more conservative-leaning counties to the district), and since then she has legislated mostly like a moderate. May 7, 2021; Politico: She built her career boosting GOP women. Now Elise Stefanik is elevating herself.
Rep. Elise Stefanik is on the verge of ascending to the House GOP’s No. 3 spot thanks in part to a personal mission: boosting other Republican women. Stefanik’s most visible identity is that of a moderate New York Republican turned Donald Trump acolyte. But she’s also been instrumental in shifting the GOP’s internal culture to prioritize electing more women to its depleted ranks, a gender imbalance she once dubbed a “crisis” for the party. Following a successful 2020 election cycle aided by Stefanik’s PAC dedicated to that mission, Republicans of all ideological stripes view that model as a winning recipe for seizing back the House next year. |
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June 22, 2020: Roll Call: As Tom Cotton courts controversy, he runs unopposed in Arkansas
During the fourth quarter of last year, as New York GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik grabbed the spotlight defending Trump at impeachment hearings, her reelection campaign raised $3.2 million, including $1.7 million in amounts of $200 or less. During the same period, her Democratic opponent, Tedra Cobb, raised more than $2 million, including $1.4 million in amounts of $200 or less. Cobb received more than $209,000, and Stefanik more than $403,000, in the week after Trump retweeted a video clip from a hearing with the comment, “A new Republican Star is Born. Good going, @EliseStefanik!”
During the fourth quarter of last year, as New York GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik grabbed the spotlight defending Trump at impeachment hearings, her reelection campaign raised $3.2 million, including $1.7 million in amounts of $200 or less. During the same period, her Democratic opponent, Tedra Cobb, raised more than $2 million, including $1.4 million in amounts of $200 or less. Cobb received more than $209,000, and Stefanik more than $403,000, in the week after Trump retweeted a video clip from a hearing with the comment, “A new Republican Star is Born. Good going, @EliseStefanik!”
Nov 19, 2019: Open Secrets: Elise Stefanik raises her profile — and her opponent’s — amid impeachment inquiry
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) has emerged as a key figure in the impeachment inquiry, suddenly making herself a household name with President Donald Trump’s supporters as well as Democrats who want to see her unseated in 2020.
The third-term congresswoman, who has clashed with party leadership during her career, is now drawing cheers from prominent Republicans over her defense of Trump and her spats with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) during impeachment inquiry hearings.
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) has emerged as a key figure in the impeachment inquiry, suddenly making herself a household name with President Donald Trump’s supporters as well as Democrats who want to see her unseated in 2020.
The third-term congresswoman, who has clashed with party leadership during her career, is now drawing cheers from prominent Republicans over her defense of Trump and her spats with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) during impeachment inquiry hearings.
