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(142,223 posts) Fri Nov 8, 2024, 06:18 AM Nov 8

Report: Stefanik could take top Trump administration post

Source: WWNY-TV Watertown, NY

Published: Nov. 7, 2024 at 7:00 PM EST|Updated: 11 hours ago

WASHINGTON, DC (WWNY) - Politico reported Thursday night that North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R - 21st District) is on the short list to become President-elect Donald Trump’s next ambassador to the United Nations.

The report cites five people familiar with the potential appointment. Read the report here: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/11/07/congress/stefanik-eyed-for-post-00188354

CNN reported Thursday night that Stefanik met with the Trump transition team, the people responsible for recommending who should hold jobs in the new administration.

If Stefanik left Congress for a position like this it would mean a special election in NY-21 which would be called by Governor Kathy Hochul.

Read more: https://www.wwnytv.com/2024/11/08/report-stefanik-could-take-top-trump-administration-post/

This was made into a pretty red district after the 2010 Census and eventual redistricting in 2012. It doesn't look like much was done with the latest NY maps in 2024 to change it much other than expanding the area (it is pretty much the entire NE corner of NY) and the (D) lost by about 83,000 votes this past election.

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Report: Stefanik could take top Trump administration post (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 8 OP

Let the comparisons to "Eva Braun" begin now... hlthe2b Nov 8 #1

Trump is going to pick a lot of women to prove there was no misogyny in the election jimfields33 Nov 8 #3

Nobody who worked for him before is willing to come back, not even his own son-in-law FakeNoose Nov 8 #6

Hey Tlaib, how is that non-endorsement of VP Harris, and encouraging uncommitted voters to do likewise working out for JohnSJ Nov 8 #2

A vile political vandal to the core The Wizard Nov 8 #4

Awesome/?? Karma13612 Nov 8 #5

To be honest, Blackjackdavey Nov 8 #7

hlthe2b

(106,328 posts)

1. Let the comparisons to "Eva Braun" begin now...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Nov 8, 2024, 06:22 AM

Nov 8

She's always been as fake and malleable as playdough. The latter has more integrity.

jimfields33

(18,837 posts)

3. Trump is going to pick a lot of women to prove there was no misogyny in the election

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 8, 2024, 07:26 AM

Nov 8

Good luck. You will fail.

FakeNoose

(35,657 posts)

6. Nobody who worked for him before is willing to come back, not even his own son-in-law

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 8, 2024, 11:08 AM

Nov 8

I'm sure that's part of it.

Besides that, the women who accept jobs from Chump now don't realize they're going to be fired in 6 months or less. Nobody lasts long working for Chump, that's what they're going to find out.

You really have to wonder ...

JohnSJ

(96,520 posts)

2. Hey Tlaib, how is that non-endorsement of VP Harris, and encouraging uncommitted voters to do likewise working out for

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Nov 8, 2024, 06:42 AM

Nov 8

you?

What a "brilliant" strategic move.

Similar to the strategy used by self-identified progressives refusing to vote for Hillary in 2016.

I don't know how much more of these "winning" strategies I can take.

The Wizard

(12,863 posts)

4. A vile political vandal to the core

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Nov 8, 2024, 07:35 AM

Nov 8

who should be in an institution other than government

Karma13612

(4,677 posts)

5. Awesome/??

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Nov 8, 2024, 08:48 AM

Nov 8

Too bad the seat isn’t just automatically filled by the next higher vote winner. That would be the Democratic challenger Paula Collins!

Blackjackdavey

(184 posts)

7. To be honest,

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Nov 8, 2024, 11:41 AM

Nov 8

it would be nice to have had a serious candidate run for the seat, ever. This time around I literally had no idea who was running until I started seeing signs and surmised. But, make no mistake, the district is a cesspool of essentially third world communities, meth dens, corrections workers, border patrol, military adjacent, extraction workers and farmers with pockets of more liberal academia. The band along and inside the northwestern section of the park has a very strong flavor of jim crow era Appalachia.

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