Harvard Institute of Politics removes GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik from its Senior Advisory Committee...

[demmiblue]

Harvard Institute of Politics removes GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik from its Senior Advisory Committee, citing her unfounded claims of voter fraud in the November election.

Letter from Harvard Kennedy School Dean Douglas Elmendorf —>

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[HUAJIAO]

1. This nitwit is a representative from my state of NY.

What a total embarrassment she is....

My "REP" is non other than... drum roll. brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Christopher Jacobs !

[lostnfound]

4. She is far from a nitwit, which is really frustrating

She’s calculated and Machiavellian, could have been worthwhile but chose the opposite path.. for personal gain? A single issue?
Glad to see this step taken by Harvard Kennedy school.

[HUAJIAO]

13. that makes her even more dangerous

[LoveMyCali]

14. Hey we're from the same hometown

I take it you haven't been here in awhile, Hudson Falls and Fort Edward have turned into a hillbilly hellscape during the trump years.

[HUAJIAO]

15. I'm not from Hudson Falls.

I live closer to Rochester.

[LoveMyCali]

16. Oops, I must of hit reply on the wrong post

It was PatPhil who mentioned Hudson Falls.

[HUAJIAO]

19. LOLOLOL

[Tanuki]

23. Same is true for Tennessee's newly elected junior senator Bill Hagerty.

If you only read his tweets and campaign statements, you would conclude that he was ignorant and shockingly dumb. He is in fact a graduate (Phi Beta Kappa) of Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt Law. He has had a highly successful career in the financial sector and beyond, and has had many impressive accomplishments. So he's obviously not a complete moron, but plays that role to pander to the least common denominater of his Trump-loving base. He was just sworn in a few days ago but is off to a reheprehensible start.

[patphil]

12. I was born and raised in northern New York.

It's sad to say she represents my old home town of Hudson Falls. Unfortunately there are a lot of conservatives up there. Too bad, it's a beautiful location.

[BobTheSubgenius]

25. My wife is from Chautauqua County.

She told me the operative saying around there is "White and uptight."

[wnylib]

27. The Congressman there is Tom Reed,

a Tea Party extreme rightist who is masquerading now as a moderate who calls all Dems extremists. He's co-chair of the problem solvers group in Congress who claim to bring bipartisanship to government, but this role is only part of his image remake. He wants to run as governor of NY. Reed was also co-chair of Trump's NY campaign.

He opposed the first impeachment, saying there were no legitimate grounds for it and Dems were playing politics with it.

After last week's attack on the Capitol, Reed said he opposed removing Trump by impeachment or the 25th because Trump said a day afterward that there would be an orderly transition.

Reed called a press conference for Buffalo media to make these statements. Buffalo is not in his district, but some of his consituents are in the Buffalo media market. Mostly, though, he's just pushing publicity for his future run for governor.

[BobTheSubgenius]

30. I bet the whole works has a hidden, personal agenda.

Further elections being the most apparent.

Thanks for the heads-up.

[wnylib]

31. I looked up his voting record.

I don't remember the exact number right now, but it was around 95% or higher in lock step with Trump.

He opposes the Affordable Care Act and voted against it every time. I came across an old newspaper article (Olean, I think) that quoted a critic of Reed saying that Reed opposes affordable health care because his family business is medical debt collections.

But he looks like a "nice guy" and speaks in a soft, confident voice, always flashing a big smile. People seem to be impressed by that instead of paying attention to what he does. In the November election, the Buffalo News, normally a left leaning paper, endorsed him because their editorial said that in these times of division, it's good to have a moderate Republican in Congress. Moderate my ass.

[badhair77]

2. Just from watching her through the past 2 years she comes off as a

nasty piece of work. She’s definitely all in for trump.

[PatSeg]

21. I had to Google her name

and I recognized her face right away. I remember her from congressional hearings and she was very rude and obnoxious. I am amazed that some of these people ever get elected in the first place.

[CurtEastPoint]

3. She 'declined' to step aside. So they fucking removed her. Good for Harvard. Smug twit.

Go suck a Dump.

[MyOwnPeace]

8. Probably thought

some of IQ45's good ole' boys would show up to "defend her honor".......

[pwb]

5. These Universities are turning out some dumb fucks lately.

Lets see if she shows up at the New York state capitol protests. I doubt it, she is a phony.

[TheBlackAdder]

6. Lawsuit in 5... 4... 3...

[MyOwnPeace]

9. "Advisory Committee"........

I would think that there is no "legal" claim regarding its membership.
But then again, if she gets Rudy to argue her case.......

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

7. Rabid Trump worshiping cult sycophant. nt

[matt819]

10. I just said this in another post regarding Cruz and Hawley

These people - Cruz, Hawley, and the senators and representatives who chose party over American democracy - have no shame. They have no moral compass. Their commitment is to their party, not to America. To their dear leader rather than to the office of the president. That they gained a sufficient number of voters to be elected is a shame that we will have to bear.

That said, if they are unable to abide by their oath to protect and defend the constitution, etc. they have no place in Congress. Or anywhere else in civil society. They must be sidelined and shunned. If they can be expelled, all the better. If not, no committee assignments, no recognition to speak, no invitations to genuine news programs, no quote requests from reporters, and no sinecures once out of office. Nothing that might convey any sort of legitimacy. Harvard was right to do what they did. And it should be the model for similar actions.

[Lonestarblue]

18. The oath of office needs to be expanded.

It should included something along the lines of “I swear that I will not knowingly promote falsehoods or conspiracy theories that are in opposition to verifiable facts and to the US Constitution or to the democratic governing principles of the United States. Failure to adhere to my oath of office could result in immediate removal.

Then change the rules for removal. It seems a significant oversight that the Constitution does not provide for the recall of senators like Cruz and Hawley, who both advocated insurrection.

[dchill]

11. ...was her face RED.

[nuxvomica]

17. She "represents" my district

I've been looking for some sign of remorse from her and apparently I'm not going to see one.

[VA_Jill]

20. Good

She should be kicked off any board she's on.

[calimary]

22. Consequences. My favorite morning treat for the GOP.

[MagickMuffin]

24. YOU'RE FIRED

OOPSIE

Oh, and I'm glad you can no longer poison the well through your "contributions"

[BobTheSubgenius]

26. Consider her position(s), as contrasted to those of another Kennedy School emeritus.

Al Franken. He was not only right 90+% of the time, he did all of it with style, grace and biting wit. I still miss him and his voice.

[OnDoutside]

28. His podcast is excellent....he did a great one this week with Rick Wilson, a lot of probing question

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[BobTheSubgenius]

29. Thank you for the tip. AF is one of the most listenable politicians I can think of.

I hope he's doing very well with it.

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If you don't know of it...it is phenomenally successful, often garnering 200,000,000 downloads a month, and making Rogan himself about $30,000,000 a year.

I will absolutely check out AF's offering. Thank you again.