Stefanik's political evolution mirrors story of today's GOP

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There was a brief time when Rep. Elise Stefanik wouldn't say Donald Trump’s name. Now, the New York congresswoman is one of Trump’s fiercest defenders, and on the brink of becoming one of the most powerful women on Capitol Hill.

Trump “has been our strongest supporter of any president when it comes to standing up for the Constitution,” Stefanik said this past week on former Trump aide Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast.

She became a policy aide in the Bush White House after graduating from Harvard University in 2006. By the time the 2012 presidential election arrived, she was a well-regarded political operative with strong ties to the Republican establishment. She joined former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s short-lived presidential campaign before going to work for Mitt Romney, the party’s presidential nominee against the Democratic incumbent, Barack Obama.

Jeff Graham, the former mayor of Watertown, New York, remembers meeting the fresh-faced Stefanik a year before the election. He quickly became a supporter. “She put politics aside,” said Carl Zeilman, chairman of the Saratoga County Republican Committee. “She knows how to roll up her sleeves and get things done.”

Stefanik became a more vocal Trump supporter as the election approached, but she regularly reminded voters that she disagreed with him at times. She described his remarks captured on video about sexually assaulting women as “offensive” and “just wrong.”

 

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Like the song says” Money changes everything”

Power can be defined in different ways.

They paid off her bills and set her up with a steady steam of cash to keep her loyal. There is no cover-up here, she sold out to the rich facists.

I have seen her credentials and they are incredible, to say the least. I disagree 100% with her policies, but it is sad that she is selling herself out, just for more power.

The NEW GOP path to TRUMPISM..

Excellent She’s a fierce & fearless Conservative Constitutionalist

Yet another Republican carbuncle.

Dancin’ with the devil.

Cheap comedians in a reality TV show, directed by an idiot.

That is assuming she gets re elected.

There was a time when the AP was a trusted source of Journalism. Yeah............. that's over.

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