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In reply to the discussion: 'Crushed' Elise Stefanik 'Scrambled' To Convince Trump To Change His Mind About Pulling Her Nomination [View all]marble falls
(64,283 posts)32. For Rhiannon's sake, I'd have rather the nomination went far enough for Stefanic to have resigned ...
... her seat. At the same time, we survived John Bolton at the UN and he was more dangerous than Elise could ever dream of being.
This and the other four special elections could have split the House even. And ther are now a few Republicans that would vote with us on at least a few issues,
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'Crushed' Elise Stefanik 'Scrambled' To Convince Trump To Change His Mind About Pulling Her Nomination [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Friday
OP
Elise, you dense twits never learn...Trump stabs everyone in the back in time...
the nelm
Friday
#75
She needs to remember that "when you lie down with dogs-get fleas" thingy.
allegorical oracle
Friday
#39
Unfortunately, Stefanik is actually smart, which is why this will hurt her even more
Prairie Gates
Friday
#23
Kind of undermines your "mandate" claim doesn't it Don-Old? A massive mandate yet a vote margin so slim that
Ol Janx Spirit
Friday
#29
For Rhiannon's sake, I'd have rather the nomination went far enough for Stefanic to have resigned ...
marble falls
Friday
#32
She's just a regular House member now. Doesn't even have her leadership position anymore
Quiet Em
Friday
#33
That's too bad. Her district in upstate NY includes the hometown of my youth; still have lots of relatives there.
patphil
Friday
#36
But NY Gov. Hochul will push it back as far as the legal limit, which is I think November
Polybius
Friday
#49
She had all the leverage - tell F47 to nominate her or he could not depend on her votes if she was left Congress.
in2herbs
Friday
#52
You can bet she was looking forward to life in New York after being in the crazy house in DC
Walleye
Friday
#53
One of the MSNBC evening shows last night made spoken reference to the theme song...
3catwoman3
Friday
#84
Well Elise--You can always vote with the Democrats as payback if you have a beef with Trump!!
riversedge
Saturday
#87