House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik is apparently a contender for her party’s vice presidential nomination, and with that in mind, the New York Republican is apparently trying to corner the market in baseless ethics complaints in the hopes of making Donald Trump happy. In fact, as regular readers know, Stefanik has specifically gone after […]
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Maddow Blog | Why Stefanik’s new ethics complaint against Judge Merchan matters
As assorted partisans compete for Donald Trump’s attention, his would-be running mates each try to excel in a specific area. For her part, House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik is apparently trying to corner the market in baseless ethics complaints. Axios reported: The Axios report has not been independently verified by MSNBC or NBC News, […]
Crenshaw on Stefanik’s claim she could decertify election if VP: ‘Totally wrong’
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas.) disputed House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik’s (R-N.Y.) claim that she would have decertified the 2020 election if she had been vice president, calling it “totally wrong.” Reacting to her comment in an interview on CNN, Crenshaw denounced Stefanik’s snub of former Vice President Mike Pence, arguing the position does not […]
Stefanik’s emergence as Trump’s cheerleader sparks criticism
As Donald Trump aggressively fights multiple legal and political threats, New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik has become his most powerful ally in Congress in key ways by echoing Trump’s dangerous falsehoods and pushing outlandish conspiracy theories around the January 6 attack on the Capitol. To bolster Trump, Stefanik has mimicked Trump’s calling convicted January 6 […]
The reality of Trump and Stefanik’s Jan. 6 ‘hostages’
WASHINGTON — In recent days, former President Donald Trump and one of his top allies, Rep. Elise Stefanik, have referred to the federal criminal defendants incarcerated in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol as “hostages,” a comparison equating the American judicial system with terrorist and militant organizations. Some relatives of hostages […]