House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik pleaded with fellow lawmakers during a closed-door meeting Tuesday to unite behind former President Donald Trump, a source familiar with the discussions told The Post.
Stefanik (R-NY), 39, told colleagues that the 2024 battle for the Republican nomination is over, with Trump poised to all but officially end the race in the coming weeks.
The state GOP lawmaker also pointed to polling data showing Trump, 77, will beat President Biden, 81, in the Nov. 5 general election — while former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley will lose to the incumbent — to help him make up his mind. that. case that the 45th president represents the GOP’s best hope for victory.
Trump has the official endorsement of at least 135 of the current 219 House Republicans.
In the Senate, at least 31 of the 49 Republicans have given their support to the former president.
More lawmakers have endorsed Trump after he posted double-digit victories in the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary earlier this month.
The New York Republican urged his fellow House Republicans to unite behind Donald Trump. AP
Stefanik first endorsed Trump before he launched his re-election campaign in November 2022, making him the first House Republican leader to do so.
Since then, all of the House’s top GOP lawmakers have given Trump their official approval.
“I’m proud to support President Trump,” Stefanik told NBC’s “Meet the Press” earlier this month. “President Trump is winning in poll after poll over Joe Biden.”
Donald Trump has hinted at a plan to make a play for blue New York state in the general election. AFP via Getty Images
Stefanik also stumped for Trump on the campaign trail, including in New Hampshire, when rumors swirled that she was the best candidate to be his running mate.
“He’s getting lawyers at higher and higher levels,” a source close to Trump’s campaign work told The Post earlier this month.
“I think he has momentum.”
Elise Stefanik has quickly moved up the GOP leadership ranks, but did not run for speaker last year after rebelling against Kevin McCarthy. Getty Images Donald Trump is the favorite for the Republican nomination. Getty Images
“He’s a murderer,” Trump said after Stefanik blasted three high-profile university presidents over antisemitism on campus during a House hearing on Dec. 5, NBC News reported.
Stefanik further showed his loyalty to Trump earlier this month by withdrawing his support from Rep. Ohio State Rep. Craig Riedel in a closely watched House race after he was caught on audio insulting the former president.
He justified the battered endorsement by citing Reidel’s “inappropriate comments” about Trump, in which he called him “arrogant.”
Stefanik did not rule out serving as Trump’s Vice President, telling “Meet the Press” that “I would, of course, be honored to serve in any capacity in the Trump administration.”
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