If Stefanik is going to run for re-election, I recommend Ruben Gallego be summoned to campaign for the respective Democratic challenger who gets nominated.
Gallego says he attended Harvard at the same time as Stefanik and I believe had her as a classmate. He’s been blunt in saying Stefanik became soulless when she declared her allegiance to Trump.
Gallego is being charitable to his classmate with that description. The speed with which she pivoted from Never-Trump "moderate" to full MAGA clearly indicates that she's never had any moral convictions whatsoever. (See also: Vance, James David)
I don’t know what Stefanik was like back in college but Gallego did say he and her were friends. I believe in the early years they were in the House that is.
Of course, to your point, anyone in the GOP in Stefanik’s position could be “friends” with Gallego or whoever else but that may be more cordial relations at best. On the other hand, Stefanik in her earlier years in the House was pretty moderate on the environment.
I’d feel bad for her if she hadn’t sold her soul. That sucks to get the job and then not get the job bc of outside considerations.
What’s more important is that seems to derive from them losing the PA state senate election along FL-6 now looking bad, The theme for the last decade+ has been Dems over-perform in special elections and we’ve flipped her district before.
I spose this is karma. She thought she could get in the good graces of the Trump regime, sucked up to them and now she can’t get the promotion she wants bc turns out they all suck.
The crazy part is that Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney were more conservative than Elise Stefanik when they were serving in the House. Trump is of course not popular with neoconservatives, Bill Kristol and John Bolton included.
Goes to show it’s not required to be more to the right to kiss Trump’s ass regardless if a promotion is there or not.
David Nir's description remains evergreen (and this was during the Tea Party era, pre-Trump!):
"It’s important to remember that to remain a member in good standing of the conservative movement, it isn’t enough just to vote a certain way. You have to evidence a very particular tribal belonging – you need to hate the right people, be ignorant of the right facts, be fearful of the right bogeymen, and be arrogant about the whole enterprise. If you somehow fail this tribal litmus test, it doesn’t matter how right-wing you are."
I just think with anyone who is truely moderate, there's traditionally been a greater degree of independent thinking than if they're more conservative. The more conservative, the more rigid the politician is.
Democrats are grateful to have many bright and intelligent centrist and moderate politicians in the House and Senate who aren't being tribal.
And there it goes. No NY special https://x.com/haleytalbotcnn/status/1905318734262108294
Someone said she was posting retrospectives on her time in the House as late as this morning.
Then someone decided to pull this on her: https://youtu.be/Rc_HrPu4Cl0?si=CyZDuPEUlvs3uvj_
Has a special election date been called already? Had she submitted a resignation letter? Or does this just go away suddenly
No. No. Yes.
If Stefanik is going to run for re-election, I recommend Ruben Gallego be summoned to campaign for the respective Democratic challenger who gets nominated.
Gallego says he attended Harvard at the same time as Stefanik and I believe had her as a classmate. He’s been blunt in saying Stefanik became soulless when she declared her allegiance to Trump.
Gallego is being charitable to his classmate with that description. The speed with which she pivoted from Never-Trump "moderate" to full MAGA clearly indicates that she's never had any moral convictions whatsoever. (See also: Vance, James David)
I don’t know what Stefanik was like back in college but Gallego did say he and her were friends. I believe in the early years they were in the House that is.
Of course, to your point, anyone in the GOP in Stefanik’s position could be “friends” with Gallego or whoever else but that may be more cordial relations at best. On the other hand, Stefanik in her earlier years in the House was pretty moderate on the environment.
I’d feel bad for her if she hadn’t sold her soul. That sucks to get the job and then not get the job bc of outside considerations.
What’s more important is that seems to derive from them losing the PA state senate election along FL-6 now looking bad, The theme for the last decade+ has been Dems over-perform in special elections and we’ve flipped her district before.
I spose this is karma. She thought she could get in the good graces of the Trump regime, sucked up to them and now she can’t get the promotion she wants bc turns out they all suck.
The crazy part is that Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney were more conservative than Elise Stefanik when they were serving in the House. Trump is of course not popular with neoconservatives, Bill Kristol and John Bolton included.
Goes to show it’s not required to be more to the right to kiss Trump’s ass regardless if a promotion is there or not.
David Nir's description remains evergreen (and this was during the Tea Party era, pre-Trump!):
"It’s important to remember that to remain a member in good standing of the conservative movement, it isn’t enough just to vote a certain way. You have to evidence a very particular tribal belonging – you need to hate the right people, be ignorant of the right facts, be fearful of the right bogeymen, and be arrogant about the whole enterprise. If you somehow fail this tribal litmus test, it doesn’t matter how right-wing you are."
For sure!
I just think with anyone who is truely moderate, there's traditionally been a greater degree of independent thinking than if they're more conservative. The more conservative, the more rigid the politician is.
Democrats are grateful to have many bright and intelligent centrist and moderate politicians in the House and Senate who aren't being tribal.