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I’m trying to decide how seriously this should be taken. On the one hand, I’m sure Trumpers’ irritation is sincere. Elise Stefanik has a more liberal voting record than Cheney and has been especially questionable on immigration, populism’s pet issue. She used to work for George W. Bush, was mentored by Paul Ryan, and was iffy about Trump until she realized at some point during his first term that the base’s infatuation with him wasn’t about to blow over, at which point she transformed into a pretend MAGA enthusiast. True populists have no reason to trust her. If the mood in the party were to shift tomorrow, Stefanik would shift with it.
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(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Madeline Nelson, left, is joined by her friend Sophie Hudiburg as their families join the crowd gathered at the Utah Capitol on Saturday, June 30, 2018, to protest the Trump administration s immigration policies that have led to the separation of migrant families. More than 750 locations around the country planned to participate in the Families Belong Together event, including at the nations capitol.
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MAGAworld pans Stefanik
Donald Trump’s populist base has serious issues with the New York congresswoman who’s poised to replace Rep. Liz Cheney.
Though Rep. Elise Stefanik received praise and support from some MAGA-friendly members of Congress, it was a hostile grassroots
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Donald Trump has called Elise Stefanik “a new Republican star,” a “smart communicator” and perhaps his highest praise “tough.”
But the MAGA faithful aren’t so sure.
Within minutes of Trump’s endorsement of the New York congresswoman for GOP conference chair on Wednesday, top MAGA voices erupted in anger a rare break with the former president. The invective aimed at Stefanik, who was perceived to be insufficiently conservative and a relative newcomer to the Trump cause, continued to zoom through the MAGA-sphere on Thursday.
It all moved very quickly.
On Tuesday morning, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy signaled in a Fox News interview that he was ready to throw Rep. Liz Cheney the conservative movement scion and No. 3 House Republican who’s been vocal in her criticism of Donald Trump’s stolen-election narrative and incitement of the Capitol riot to the wolves. Her persistence in pushing back against the former president’s lies had become a messaging distraction.
McCarthy was doing more than giving his tacit permission for the conference to overthrow Cheney. He was orchestrating her replacement. GOP leaders didn’t want their top woman in leadership replaced with another white guy yes, this prompted some grumbling among advancement-minded white guys so McCarthy worked to get ambitious members like the Republican Study Committee chairman, Indiana Rep. Jim Banks, to stand down. McCarthy and his whip, Steve Scalise, worked to consolidate support behind New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, and by Wedne
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Larry Greenfield is a Fellow of The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy.
U.S. President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress April 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Melina Mara-Pool/Getty Images)
The mainstream mediaâs coverage of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.âs first 100 days in office offers a collective sigh of relief for a âboringâ politics of reduced rhetorical intensity in our nationâs capital. For many, the stylistic comparison to former President Donald J. Trump is highly favorable.