House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik asserted that President Biden and Democrats pose a “threat to democracy” over efforts to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot.
“Joe Biden and the Democrats are a threat to democracy,” Stefanik (R-NY) said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
Moderator Kristen Welker then asked Stefanik directly, “Are you going to vote to confirm, and are you going to vote to confirm, the results of the 2024 election no matter what they show?”
“We will see if this is a valid and legal election. What we’ve seen so far is that the Democrats are very desperate — they’re trying to get President Trump off the ballot which oppresses the American people,” Stefanik replied.
Stefanik was one of 147 Republicans in Congress who voted not to certify the results of the 2020 election on January 6, 2021.
He cited the outcry against Pennsylvania for being “unconstitutional,” referring to complaints about how the Keystone State’s Supreme Court and Secretary of State reworked election policy to invalidate the lawless signature-matching requirement.
The change comes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Elise Stefanik argues that Democrats pose a ‘real threat to democracy.’ NBC
Stefanik also expressed confidence that the US Supreme Court will ultimately strengthen Trump’s position on the primary ballot ahead of the 2024 election.
Late last year, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled he was ineligible for the state’s primary ballot because of the Disqualification Clause in the 14th Amendment and his actions surrounding the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.
The decision was halted amid a US Supreme Court decision to address the simmering legal dispute. Colorado’s primary election is scheduled for March 5.
After Colorado, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, unilaterally moved to remove it from the state’s ballot but has since said she will likely stay on it, pending a decision by the US Supreme Court to take up the Colorado case.
Other states have considered taking similar action against Trump.
Stefanik later echoed Trump’s rhetoric, calling some of the hundreds of men and women who have been charged with storming the Capitol, “hostages.”
The New York Republican also voiced concern about the federal government’s treatment of conservatives. NBC
“I have concerns about the treatment of the January 6 hostages,” he said. “We have a role in Congress to oversee our treatment of prisoners.”
We see the weapons of the federal government against not only President Trump, but we see it against conservatives, we see it against Catholics.”
More than 1,200 participants have been charged by prosecutors since the violent rampage at the Capitol three years ago.
After the riot, Stefanik took to the House floor and condemned the violence. On Sunday, he insisted that he was “standing up for the integrity of our elections and the security of our elections.”
“The real threat to our democracy is this baseless witch-hunt investigation and legal action against President Trump,” he said.
Trump faces 91 criminal charges including four counts.
Saturday marks the three-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. James Keivom
Stefanik, who has been one of Trump’s most ardent supporters in the House of Representatives, recently withdrew his support for an Ohio Republican running for the lower house after audio was heard of him disparaging the former president.
When asked about speculation that she could serve as Trump’s running mate in 2024, Stefanik expressed openness.
“Of course, I would be honored to serve in any capacity in the Trump administration. I am proud to be the first member of Congress to support his re-election. I am proud to be a strong supporter of President Trump and he will win this November,” he replied.
Last month, the Empire State Republican made waves when he criticized the heads of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology over their policies to combat antisemitism on campus.
Elise Stefanik’s questions to three university presidents last month about antisemitism quickly went viral. Reuters
After the testimony, UPenn President Liz Magill quickly resigned. Then, at the start of the new year, Harvard president Claudine Gay resigned amid a growing firestorm over alleged plagiarism.
“It is long overdue. He should have resigned immediately after the hearing,” Stefanik said of Gay’s resignation.
“It was the most morally bankrupt testimony I’ve ever heard in Congress.”
Stefanik bristled when pressed about Trump’s rhetoric, including last month’s statement that immigrants were “poisoning the blood of our country,” something Democrats claimed was a parrot talking about Adolf Hitler.
“We have a very biased media, which repeats whatever the Biden campaign says,” he responded.
Elise Stefanik endorsed Donald Trump in November 2022, shortly before he announced his 2024 campaign. NBC
“Our border crisis is poisoning Americans with fentanyl. It’s poisoning people, including in my county who died of fentanyl overdoses. And you know why — because of Joe Biden’s wide-open borders,” he continued.
Stefanik is House Republican No. 4. He also predicted that “Biden will be found to be the most corrupt president in our nation’s history.”
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