Rep. Elise Stefanik's outspoken defense of Donald Trump after Jan. 6 has roiled a pro-democracy group funded by Congress where she's a board member. Some staff members are sharing their concerns.
making an unfounded accusation: that"Radical Democrats" are colluding with immigrants to stage"a PERMANENT ELECTION INSURRECTION."
Stefanik has never said explicitly that the election was stolen or rigged – her rhetoric is more polished than Trump's – but she amplifies much of the same mis- and disinformation as the former president. An image of the letter staff sent to the National Endowment for Democracy's leadership on Jan. 7, 2021. It was addressed to Andrew Card and Carl Gershman, who are no longer at the organization.The letter was the focus of some heated staff meetings.about Jan. 6, saying that the Endowment is"appalled by the violent and seditious assault" on the Capitol. But they decided not to remove Stefanik.
Meanwhile, Harvard's Institute of Politics did remove Stefanik from an advisory role after Jan. 6. Stefanik accused the university of"bowing to the woke, far-left mob."However, a spokesperson did comment on a related story in, which first reported on the internal turmoil at the Endowment over Stefanik's role last year.
"We have seen a vindictiveness in some quarters of the Republican Party aimed at efforts to hold them accountable for what one might call counter-democratic actions," the third source said."It's not something to be dismissed out of hand."
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