Representative Elise Stefanik, once best known for becoming the youngest woman elected to Congress, stepped into center stage this week as...
Representative Elise Stefanik, once best known for becoming the youngest woman elected to Congress, stepped into center stage this week as a vocal defender of President Donald Trump during televised impeachment hearings.
The three-term congresswoman was one of the sharpest questioners of the three diplomats who testified at public hearings on Wednesday and Friday, overshadowing some colleagues better known for their vociferous defense of the president.
Stefanik, 35, has been rated as one of the most bipartisan members of the House, representing a district in northern New York that backed Democratic President Barack Obama in 2012 before going for Trump in 2016.
The facts are clear, confirmed by our witness, Ambassador Yovanovitch: defensive lethal aid was provided to Ukraine not by the Obama Administration, but by the Trump Administration.
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Stefanik seized the spotlight in this week’s hearings when she repeatedly interrupted the panel’s chairman, Democratic Representative Adam Schiff, to raise points of order and accuse him of mishandling the hearing including by following previously published rules for the impeachment process.
Stefanik also has literally been one of the loudest voices in the hearing, leaning closely into her microphone each time she speaks, so her voice echoed throughout the room.
“Will the chairman continue to prohibit witnesses from answering Republican questions, as you’ve done in closed hearings and as you did …” Stefanik interjected on Friday.
“The gentlewoman will suspend,” Schiff said.
.”.. this week…” she continued
“That is not a proper…” Schiff began.
“When you interrupted our questions?” she asked.
This video of Elise Stefanik obliterating Adam Schiff while he sits there defenseless is so much better when he has devil horns.
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‘CONCISE, COHERENT’
On Wednesday, Stefanik closely questioned the two diplomats, William Taylor and George Kent, who testified at the first public hearing. She argued that military aid withheld from Ukraine was eventually released and discussing Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden.
“For the millions of Americans viewing today, the two most important facts are the following. Number one, Ukraine received aid, number two, there was in fact no investigation into Biden,” she said.
The conservative-leaning National Review praised her performance as “a concise, coherent, ‘no harm, no foul’ defense stronger than other arguments Trump’s allies have made.”
On Friday, questioning former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, Stefanik’s profile was also high. She provided a contrast with the line of Republican men who questioned the veteran diplomat, as the only woman from the party on the intelligence panel.
Adam Schiff's behavior toward Elise Stefanik is appalling
If a Republican did this the media and the Democrat Party would instantly accuse them of being sexist
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Nunes yielded to Stefanik on Friday as questioning by committee members began, making her one of the first Republicans to speak during the hearing.
Stefanik expressed appreciation for Yovanovitch’s work before questioning her.
“I wanted to thank you for your 30 years of public service, from Mogadishu to Ottawa to Moscow to London to Kiev. I also wanted to thank you for hosting the numerous bipartisan delegations. I led one of those delegations in Ukraine,” Stefanik said.
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