White House, Fretting About a Possible Special Election Upset, Pulls Elise Stefanik’s Nomination as UN Ambassador
The president says the GOP would be risking losing Stefanik’s seat in a special election, even though he won the district by double digits last year.
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik will not be America’s new representative at the United Nations and will instead keep her seat in the House, President Trump announced on Thursday. With Democrats overperforming in special elections in deep-red areas, the president says he is concerned Ms. Stefanik’s district could flip blue in a special election this year.
Ms. Stefanik was nominated as U.N. ambassador by the president last year after she became a forceful critic of American universities for their response to anti-Israel encampments and activism. The president now says that there are others who can do the Turtle Bay job, though there is no guarantee that another Republican can win her deep-red seat, which covers much of upstate New York.
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