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Rep. Stefanik Reacts After Harvard Kicks Her Off Senior Advisory Committee
townhall.com ^ | 1/12/2021 1040 hrs est | Cortney O'Brien

Posted on 01/12/2021 8:58:45 AM PST by rktman

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) says she is proud to join a growing list of conservatives who have been banned or shunned by college campuses. On Tuesday, the Harvard Kennedy School informed the conservative lawmaker that they have decided to boot her from the school's Senior Advisory Committee for what they referred to as her baseless claims of voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election. Stefanik was in Harvard College's class of 2006 and has been mentoring students ever since.

In a message to the Senior Advisory Committee of the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School, Dean Doug Elmendorf explained his decision to kick Stefanik off the panel. He added that he was still "grateful for her long and committed service."

Following this consideration, I spoke with Elise and asked her to step aside from the Senior Advisory Committee. My request was not about political parties, political ideology, or her choice of candidate for president. Rather, in my assessment, Elise has made public assertions about voter fraud in November’s presidential election that have no basis in evidence, and she has made public statements about court actions related to the election that are incorrect. Moreover, these assertions and statements do not reflect policy disagreements but bear on the foundations of the electoral process through which this country’s leaders are chosen.

In their conversation, Rep. Stefanik refused to resign, and so Elmendorf told her he would remove her from the panel himself.

"The decision by Harvard's administration to cower and cave to the woke Left will continue to erode diversity of thought, public discourse, and ultimately the student experience," Stefanik writes in a blunt new statement.

(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: hahavahd; harvard; stephanik
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To: rktman

It was once thought that Harvard administration was elitist. Now we know it is fascist.


21 posted on 01/12/2021 10:17:12 AM PST by Bookshelf
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To: sjmjax

Agreed. We could play the lefts game if we wanted too. Throw their own censoring and canceling tactics right back in their faces


22 posted on 01/12/2021 10:21:19 AM PST by Bob434
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To: rktman

That is all the left has.


23 posted on 01/12/2021 10:26:07 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys )
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To: Jan_Sobieski
New World Order does not permit disagreement

Orwell was a prophet...he just had the year wrong!

24 posted on 01/12/2021 10:27:55 AM PST by voicereason (The RNC is like the "one-night stand" you wish you could forget.)
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To: God luvs America

Like most congressional offices, they do not except email from people outside the legislative district. We can still send letters of support to representative Stefanik to the address on the link.


25 posted on 01/12/2021 10:33:31 AM PST by Freee-dame
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To: God luvs America

Will not accept emails from outside her district.


26 posted on 01/12/2021 10:34:14 AM PST by Chaguito
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To: rktman

all this parroting of ‘baseless’ claims, and nobody can prove they are baseless in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary


27 posted on 01/12/2021 10:39:38 AM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: rktman

Hang in thee Elise, your voting base supports you, that’s important.


28 posted on 01/12/2021 10:40:47 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Chaguito

Use a zip code from her district and it should get through. That’s how I get nanzi’s news letter. The only thing I changed was the zip code.


29 posted on 01/12/2021 10:50:34 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from the inside? Check! WTH? Screwed, blued and tatooed.)
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To: rktman
Make Harvard prove there wasn't voter fraud.
30 posted on 01/12/2021 10:53:04 AM PST by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: rktman

“Rather, in my assessment, Elise has made public assertions about voter fraud in November’s presidential election...”

Ah, yes, the fraud that must not be spoken.


31 posted on 01/12/2021 10:54:10 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (Make Orwell Fiction Again)
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To: Chaguito; Freee-dame

Call the DC office- that’s what i did. Someone actually picked up the phone.


32 posted on 01/12/2021 11:49:21 AM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: cowboyusa

She is in my district. She voted against the objection last week. She caved with the the rinos when it mattered the most to stand with PDJT. I contacted her office to say I’ll be supporting who ever primaries her in two years. If she changes her tune and proves it with action I may reconsider. I’m not holding my breath.
Don


33 posted on 01/12/2021 12:01:23 PM PST by Donbue
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To: rktman

How do they know they were baseless claims? A proper investigation was never done. 75 million people want to know but the imperative to get rid of Trump is more important to the Uniparty than the legitimacy of the election.


34 posted on 01/12/2021 1:05:01 PM PST by vigilence (Vigilence)
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To: vigilence

An investigation proper or otherwise may never be done. And, pretty sure of the findings already,


35 posted on 01/12/2021 1:12:36 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from the inside? Check! WTH? Screwed, blued and tatooed.)
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