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(AP FILE PHOTOS) Rep. Elise Stefanik, of Schuylerville, N.Y., left, has emerged as a strong contender to replace House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming.
J. Scott Applewhite
U.S. House of Representatives
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(AP FILE PHOTOS) Rep. Elise Stefanik, of Schuylerville, N.Y., left, has emerged as a strong contender to replace House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming.
J. Scott Applewhite
U.S. House of Representatives
ALBANY, N.Y. â Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., stalwart supporter of Donald Trump, is posed to ascend into GOP leadership in Congress amid an effort to oust Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming for her disloyalty to the former president,
Rep. Liz Cheney wouldn’t stop dividing the party, making the messaging about the January 6 riot instead of the devastating Biden agenda. Now, she will probably lose her position in leadership, according to reports.
The vote to replace her as a leader is next week. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Whip Steven Scalise support Elise Stefanik as her replacement. Stefanik also has Trump’s backing.
Stefanik has been loyal and she is popular in her district.
Fox News confirmed Tuesday that Stefanik, R-N.Y., is making calls to members to build support for a potential challenge to Cheney, R-Wyo.
Visitors to the Combat Anti-Semitism Movement’s website are greeted with a ticker showing the number of people and organizations who have signed on to say they are that “all in” for this fight: 322,552 individuals and 321 groups as of Wednesday.
A page of “notable quotes” starts off with Presidents Biden, Trump, Obama and George W. Bush, then moves on to international heads of state and other politicians. It includes Rep. Steven Scalise, the Louisiana Republican who is minority whip in the House and who once reportedly pitched himself as “David Duke without the baggage,” and the late evangelical leader Billy Graham, who was once recorded telling President Richard Nixon that Jews were behind the pornography industry and their “stranglehold has got to be broken or the country’s going down the drain.”
Jacobson announced the move in a New York Times interview on Friday
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan called Jacobson s work an invaluable contribution. Consistent with her commitment at the outset to serve in the Administration s first 100 days, Ambassador Jacobson will retire from her role as Coordinator at the end of this month, he said
She praised Biden for his efforts to repair and recast the immigration system
Jacobson, the former ambassador to Mexico, then slammed Trump
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