Less than 48 hours after booting Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., from her position as GOP Conference Chair, House Republicans on Friday morning voted Rep. Elise Stefanik into the lower chamber’s No. 3 job, making the New York lawmaker the highest-ranking Republican woman in Congress.
The switch jettisons the anti-Trump, old-guard Cheney – the eldest daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney – in favor of Stefanik, who won the vote 134-46 after securing the enthusiastic support of former President Donald Trump, an endorsement that all but handed her the job.
“Elise Stefanik is a far superior choice, and she has my COMPLETE and TOTAL Endorsement for GOP Conference Chair,” Trump said in a statement last week. “Elise is a tough and smart communicator!”
Stefanik, 36, has told House Republicans she only plans to serve a single term and is then hoping to nab the top spot on the House Education and Labor Committee, Politico reported.
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