Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York is reportedly on the quick listing of doable contenders to be Trump’s operating mate.
Trump himself reportedly referred to Stefanik as ‘a killer’ throughout a latest dinner at Mar-a-Lago.
Stefanik was already a rising star within the GOP, however her daring efficiency through the congressional hearings about anti-Semitism on elite faculty campuses in December made her a nationwide determine in a single day.
NBC News experiences:
Throughout a candlelit dinner with Mar-a-Lago members in late December, former President Donald Trump walked across the desk because the dialog turned to one of many greatest choices he’d should make ought to he turn out to be the Republican nominee: Whom ought to he decide to be his operating mate?
That’s when Rep. Elise Stefanik, the hard-charging upstate New York Republican, got here up, in response to an individual on the dinner desk. Attendees round Trump raved about her viral second simply weeks earlier than, when she grilled three college presidents at a congressional listening to about antisemitism on campus.
On the considered Stefanik as a doable selection for vp, Trump nodded approvingly.
“She’s a killer,” Trump stated, in response to the particular person on the occasion.
Ever since then, Trump and a rising group of allies have began to look extra intently at Stefanik as a operating mate, in response to eight folks aware of the matter, together with folks in Trump’s orbit, Stefanik fundraising bundlers and former Trump administration officers.
On the time, the 39-year-old congresswoman was on the crest of a wave of nationwide publicity after taking over the highest leaders of Harvard, the College of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Expertise. Their solutions to the query, “Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate [your college’s] rules on bullying and harassment?” ultimately resulted in two of them resigning and introduced a firestorm of criticism on the colleges…
“Stefanik is at the top,” stated Steve Bannon, who was Trump’s chief strategist within the White Home and the architect of his 2016 marketing campaign technique.
Stefanik has been a stable surrogate for Trump.
President Donald Trump’s help amongst nationwide Republican major voters is at its HIGHEST LEVEL but.
The first is OVER.
Let’s unite behind Trump and DEFEAT Joe Biden! #SaveAmerica https://t.co/mtfIpejYsI
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) January 18, 2024
She would definitely be a extra enticing candidate for conservatives than Nikki Haley.
