Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) added fuel to the fire that she is one of the top picks to be Donald Trump‘s running mate in November by forcefully defending the former president against “radical leftists.”
Stefanik claimed that Democrats have to resort to trying to remove Trump from the presidential ballot, citing the Colorado challenge to his eligibility before the Supreme Court, due to his high poll numbers.
“Let me say this for you. When it comes to this election, we are seeing the Democrats trying to remove President Trump from the ballot. That is not constitutional. That is not a legal and safe, secure election,” Stefanik said to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Thursday. “That’s literally what’s being discussed at the Supreme Court today because radical leftists can’t stand the fact that Donald Trump continues to skyrocket in the polls and Joe Biden continues to plummet.”
“And when you get out — if you get outside of CNN and talk to hard-working American people like in my district, like across this country, they want to see new leadership in President Trump and that is exactly who is going to win,” Stefanik added.
The House Republican Conference chairwoman said she would not have done what then-Vice President Mike Pence did on Jan. 6, 2021, in accepting Trump’s electoral loss, citing “unconstitutional overreach” by some states.
“I would not have done what Mike Pence did. I don’t think that was the right approach; I specifically stand by what I said on the House floor,” Stefanik said.
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“And I stand by my statement, which was there was unconstitutional overreach in states like Pennsylvania, and I think it’s very important that we continue to stand up for the Constitution and have legal and secure elections — which we didn’t have in 2020. And tens of millions of Americans agree with me,” she added.
Stefanik has been one of the biggest defenders of Trump in the House of Representatives and has previously said she would be “honored to serve in a future Trump administration in any role.”
