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Mediaite: Elise Stefanik Bitterly Blames Speaker Johnson for Her Cabinet Nomination Crumbling: Report
Mediaite - Elise Stefanik Bitterly Blames Speaker Johnson for Her Cabinet Nomination Crumbling: Report
Sarah Rumpf
Apr 30th, 2025, 4:59 pm
It was widely reported that Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) was enthusiastic about serving as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, so when President Donald Trump pulled her nomination, it makes sense that she would be disappointed. But a new article by Annie Karni at The New York Times says the New York congresswoman blames Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), not Trump, for her misfortune.
In late March, news broke that the White House was withdrawing Stefanik’s nomination, after weeks of delays for her confirmation hearing amid ongoing chatter about GOP woes about their razor-thin majority in the House.
With Stefanik still on the roster, Republicans had a 218-213 majority at that time, with four vacant seats. Two were vacant because Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-TX) and Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) died, and the other two belonged to Florida Republicans: former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who withdrew his bid for Attorney General resigned amid a scandal involving accusations he sexually trafficked a 17-year-old girl and other activity that was the subject of a House Ethics Committee investigation, and former Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL), who was confirmed as National Security Adviser and has been embroiled in the Signalgate scandal (the first one, not the subsequent ones that have focused more on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth).
Both Florida seats were on the ballot for a special election, lean heavily Republican, and were in fact won by the GOP nominees.
But Republicans did not know for sure they would retain those seats. Stefanik had yet to resign from her congressional seat, and the decision was made to send her back to continue representing the people of New York’s 21st congressional district. Trump posted on Truth Social he had asked her to “stay in Congress” and called her “absolutely FANTASTIC.”
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Sarah Rumpf
Apr 30th, 2025, 4:59 pm
It was widely reported that Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) was enthusiastic about serving as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, so when President Donald Trump pulled her nomination, it makes sense that she would be disappointed. But a new article by Annie Karni at The New York Times says the New York congresswoman blames Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), not Trump, for her misfortune.
In late March, news broke that the White House was withdrawing Stefanik’s nomination, after weeks of delays for her confirmation hearing amid ongoing chatter about GOP woes about their razor-thin majority in the House.
With Stefanik still on the roster, Republicans had a 218-213 majority at that time, with four vacant seats. Two were vacant because Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-TX) and Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) died, and the other two belonged to Florida Republicans: former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who withdrew his bid for Attorney General resigned amid a scandal involving accusations he sexually trafficked a 17-year-old girl and other activity that was the subject of a House Ethics Committee investigation, and former Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL), who was confirmed as National Security Adviser and has been embroiled in the Signalgate scandal (the first one, not the subsequent ones that have focused more on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth).
Both Florida seats were on the ballot for a special election, lean heavily Republican, and were in fact won by the GOP nominees.
But Republicans did not know for sure they would retain those seats. Stefanik had yet to resign from her congressional seat, and the decision was made to send her back to continue representing the people of New York’s 21st congressional district. Trump posted on Truth Social he had asked her to “stay in Congress” and called her “absolutely FANTASTIC.”
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Putin Puppet Stefanik from the Nom of Amb to the UN?
Oh I see... she was needed in her NY seat to promote Fascism. Which doesn't make sense to me.. Fanatical Gaslit Puppet. 
TY! 
