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2021-05-07 Home Front: Politix

Uh oh: MAGA turning on Liz Cheney's replacement already?

[HotAir] I’m trying to decide how seriously this should be taken. On the one hand, I’m sure Trumpers’ irritation is sincere. Elise Stefanik has a more liberal voting record than Cheney and has been especially questionable on immigration, populism’s pet issue. She used to work for George W. Bush, was mentored by Paul Ryan, and was iffy about Trump until she realized at some point during his first term that the base’s infatuation with him wasn’t about to blow over, at which point she transformed into a pretend MAGA enthusiast. True populists have no reason to trust her. If the mood in the party were to shift tomorrow, Stefanik would shift with it.

I think of her as a sort of Republican Kirsten Gillibrand, another ambitious politician who started in upstate New York. Gillibrand was a moderate representing a centrist district when she was in the House; she supported border enforcement and gun rights. As soon as she was appointed to the Senate and realized she’d need to face a much more liberal statewide electorate in the future, she became a staunch left-winger. Stefanik made the same move, turning from establishmentarian to Trumpist once she realized that the constituency to which she’d need to pander to keep getting reelected had shifted and wasn’t shifting back.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-05-07 03:19|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Concern trolling from HotAir. Gee, whodathunkit?

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-05-07 07:06|| 2021-05-07 07:06|| Front Page Top

#2 If the mood in the party were to shift tomorrow, Stefanik would shift with it.

I know politicians are supposed to have ironclad, rock-solid principles, but isn't 'shifting with it' representing your constituents? The Athenian way?

On the other hand, republic-representatives are supposed to lead their constituents, like 1940's FDR?

I'm so confused.

Posted by Bobby 2021-05-07 08:26|| 2021-05-07 08:26|| Front Page Top

#3 #1 Concern trolling from HotAir. Gee, whodathunkit?

It's that Eeyore bitch Allahpundit. I don't read his articles because I know from the title where it's gonna go. Might as well be Bill Kristol

Posted by Frank G 2021-05-07 08:31|| 2021-05-07 08:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, she is a Northeast liberal; would you guys fully trust a Republican congresscritter from Mass.? The Globe bought off (so to speak) then Rep. Peter Torkildsen (R-MA; Danvers / North Shore) back in 1995; Tom Oliphant wrote a slobbering editorial praising him, and Torkie went along with some lib. preferred legislation. Tork wound up being a one-termer.

Posted by Raj 2021-05-07 08:37|| 2021-05-07 08:37|| Front Page Top

#5 It seems that politics are rife with devil's bargains.

Posted by JohnQC 2021-05-07 09:30|| 2021-05-07 09:30|| Front Page Top

#6 When the facts change a politician should re-evaluate even rock-solid positions. Hypocrisy is a term thrown around too easily these days.

Posted by rjschwarz 2021-05-07 10:32|| 2021-05-07 10:32|| Front Page Top

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