Posted on 01/01/2023 11:04:03 AM PST by CaptainK
To rise through the Trump-era G.O.P., a young congresswoman gave up her friends, her mentors and her ideals. Will it be enough?
....For years, Ms. Stefanik had crafted her brand as a model moderate millennial — “the future of hopeful, aspirational politics in America,” as her mentor, Paul Ryan, would describe her in Time magazine. But as 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. The party was now firmly controlled by Donald J. Trump, a populist president she didn’t like or respect — a “whack job,” as she as she once described him in a message obtained by The New York Times. Fox hosts attacked her for not supporting Mr. Trump enough. Her friends criticized her for not opposing him more forcefully. You don’t understand, she would tell them. You don’t get how hard this is. Democrats were back in charge in the House. Mr. Ryan was gone, driven into early retirement. She told friends she was thinking of joining him. Instead she embarked on one of the most brazen political transformations of the Trump era.
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This smells like NY Times made-up sh*t.
There was the thing about obama not keeping his word with Ukraine.
And here's a link to a review of her career starting in 2017, via The Last Refuge.It Took a Freshman GOP Congresswoman To Pull The Mask From FBI Director Comey…
FBI Director James Comey unmasked as a Deep State Black Hat Operative.
She was defending Tump. Trump provided defensive lethal aide to Ukraine and Obama didn't.
How is that not defending Trump?
Wedges?
If you look at most of the replies above you -— NYT has already succeeded in wedge driving
Instead of the word “lie” I should have used their favorite word “disinformation.”
They invented it.
Yes, she defended Trump that time, because he did what obama failed to do. Remember, Ukrainians in America voted for obama, hillary and biden. Obama did not keep his word so that’s why Stefanik spoke against O. If obama had kept his promise to Ukraine, we wouldn’t have heard a peep from her.
Just like McCabe, Strzok and the rest “lacked candor”.
Rep. Vernon Buchanan – Florida, District 16
Rep. Dan Crenshaw – Texas, District 2
Rep. Elise Stefanik – New York, District 21
Rep. Chuck Fleishmann, Tennessee, District 3
Rep. Mike Simpson, Idaho, District 2
Rep. Garrett Graves, Louisiana, District 6
Rep. Cathy Rodgers, Washington, District 5
Rep. Kay Granger, Texas, District 12
Rep. Suzan Delbone, Washington, District 1
Rep. Kelly Armstrong, North Dakota, At-large District
Rep. John Curtis, Utah, District 3
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, Pennsylvania, District 1
Rep. Dan Newhouse, Washington, District 4
Rep. Jamie Beutler, Washington, District 3
Sen. Mike Crapo, Idaho
Sen. John Cornyn, Texas
Sen. Shelley Capito, West Virginia
Sen. Mike Braun, Indiana
Sen. Bill Cassidy, Louisiana
Sen. Susan Collins, Maine
Sen. John Kennedy, Louisiana
Sen. John Barrasso, Wyoming
Sen. John Thune, South Dakota
Sen. Bill Hagerty, Tennessee
Sen. Jerry Moran, Kansas
Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida
Sen. John Hoeven, North Dakota
Sen. Mitt Romney, Utah
Also, when she made her fame with President Trump, I read her agenda for the Upstate NY district she was representing. Right now I don’t recall what it was but it was a definite leftist agenda.
Best endorsement of Elise Stefanik I’ve ever seen. Had my doubts about her before, but she’s starting to look like the real deal!
In short not putting anything from the slimes through my eyeballs.
She was the only one with the balls to look Jim Comey in the eye and call him out for his duplicity and lies. That’s good enough for me!
Often we learn more from mentors about how NOT to do things that how to do things right.
I’ve always known you are a good bean ole chap!
Happened to me!
This is bullshit.
Best endorsement of Elise Stefanik I’ve ever seen. Had my doubts about her before, but she’s starting to look like the real deal!
That’s the problem with many people on this site. People have to be perfect and conversions are never accepted.
My parakeet won’t even do his business on a NY Times cage liner.
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