Stefanik’s hypocrisy highlights troubling pattern of taking contradictory and conflicting positions to do what’s right for her political future
Less than a week from New York’s presidential primary, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik continues to desperately dodge simple and important questions on which candidate in her own party she would support as commander-in-chief, as well as give tired excuses for her hypocritical déjà vu.
During an interview with TWC News, when asked which candidate she would support as her party’s future standard-bearer, Stefanik responded:
“I’m focused 100 percent on doing my job representing this district.”
When asked about her hypocrisy for taking the same neutral position she attacked her opponent on in 2014, Stefanik responded:
“I’m focused on doing my job.”
When asked if Donald Trump’s reckless rhetoric will hurt Republicans down the ballot like herself, Stefanik responded:
“I am focused on doing my job.”
“Spare us the pathetic sound bites. If Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is going to stay quiet on Trump, we can only conclude that she tacitly approves of Trump’s reckless views that insult women and makes our country less safe – and that she thinks Trump should be commander-in-chief,” said Bryan Lesswing at the DCCC. “If Congresswoman Stefanik’s hypocritical posturing shows us anything, it’s her troubling pattern of taking contradictory, conflicting and confusing positions in order to do what’s best for her political future and not necessarily for her own North Country constituents. That’s not a profile in leadership.”
Earlier this year, the Glens Falls Post-Star editorial board expressed “concerns” about Stefanik’s pattern of taking conflicting positions on issues critical to her constituents.
Stefanik’s confusing and contradictory stances on climate change, military sexual assault, transportation and health care left the editorial board asking, “It’s as if there are two Stefaniks at war with each other. What we grapple with are her motivations. Is she trying to do the right thing or trying to do the right ‘political’ thing?