Elise Stefanik cleans house in district after 'turmoil' amid her UN ambassador bid [View all]
Source: Raw Story
May 16, 2025 12:23PM ET
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is purging the weak links in her New York district now that her bid to become UN ambassador has fallen apart, according to reporting in the Times Union. President Donald Trump chose up-and-comer Stefanik to become ambassador to the United Nations after his election win in November, causing disarray in the lawmaker's district as officials scrambled to find her replacement.
The district’s Republican county committee chairs eventually settled on two-time congressional candidate Liz Joy as a competitive candidate for their nomination.
"But Joy’s candidacy was rejected by Stefanik and her advisors, as well as by Trump’s transition team," the report said. "Several GOP sources close to the process said they had concerns about Joy’s connection to the district and her hard-line stances on abortion and LGBT issues. The chairs still hadn’t coalesced around a different candidate by the end of that month, when Trump pulled Stefanik’s nomination, citing concerns about the narrow Republican majority in the House."
The report continued that tensions "have since run high between Stefanik’s staff and the chairs who pushed for Joy during the selection process." "GOP sources involved with the process gave differing perspectives on how much the chairs’ resistance impacted the White House’s eventual withdrawal of Stefanik’s cabinet nomination," the report said.
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