“We are united to save our country from the radical democratic socialist agenda” , affirmed the ally of Donald Trump
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Tuesday, November 19
House Republicans elect New Yorker Elise Stefanik to replace Liz Cheney to chair Conference
House Republicans voted today to elevate Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (NY ) to leadership position # 3 and presiding over the Conference, after removing Representative Liz Cheney from that position for openly opposing Donald Trump.
Stefanik, from 36 years old, is an Albany native representing the District 21 of New York in the National Congress since 2015. In February, he rated Andrew Cuomo (D) as “the worst governor in the United States.”
Cheney, a Wyoming representative, was removed this week from office because she repeatedly said it was a “big lie” by former President Donald Trump to claim that the elections of 2020 had been “stolen”.
Stefanik, a prominent advocate for the controversial former president, was seen as a long shot, and the New York congresswoman had the support of the Republican leader of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy and Trump himself, highlighted CNN. The final result was 140 votes for Stefanik and 46 in order to Roy, according to multiple sources in the room.
The young congresswoman said in a statement after the vote that she feels “honored and humbled” to be elected to the leadership position. “We Republicans in the House of Representatives are united in our approach to fighting on behalf of the American people for save our country from the radical socialist democratic agenda ”, affirmed.
“The rise of Stefanik within the ranks of the Republican leadership of the House of Representatives and the impeachment of Cheney clearly underlines the ingrained loyalty of the Republican Party to the former president and the limited extent to which they are willing to tolerate dissent even after Trump’s election lies incited a last January 6 to ignore the triumph of Joe Biden.
In that shot died five people and at least 140 wounded. But then the Republicans themselves cleared Trump of any responsibility in the riots , by acquitting him in a Senate trial in February, when he had already left the White House.
Amid Trump’s false claims about electoral fraud, Stefanik backed an objection during the Electoral College vote count to stop President Biden’s victory. He also signed in support of a brief that supported a lawsuit from Texas to the Supreme Court that sought to annul the results of the elections. ” . in various states.
Trump supported Stefanik in his career for the leadership position and weighed in on Roy’s late entry last night by criticizing him. “I can’t imagine the Republican deputies in the House of Representatives going with Chip Roy; He hasn’t done a great job (…) I support Elise, by far, above Chip ”, he said.
Thank you to my colleagues for electing me to serve as House Republican Conference Chair and to my constituents across # NY 21 for their outpouring of support!
I am excited to lead our unified team alongside @ GOPLeader & @ SteveScalise to combat Biden and Pelosi’s Far-Left agenda! pic.twitter.com/P2ImMLGuwq
– Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) May 14, 2024
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