Elise Stefanik Echoes Trump’s Jan. 6 ‘Hostages’ Rhetoric, Won’t Commit to Certifying 2024 Election

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) made it clear on Sunday that she no longer sees the attack on the U.S. Capitol as “tragic,” adding that the real tragedy is how the “January 6 hostages” have been treated.

Besides echoing former President Donald Trump’s revisionist rhetoric about the Jan. 6 insurrection, the MAGA lawmaker also declined to commit to certifying the 2024 presidential election results if Trump were to lose again.

During a wide-ranging interview on NBC’s Meet the Press, the fourth-ranking House Republican refused to offer any criticism of the twice-impeached ex-president, even going so far as to double down on Trump’s recent Hitleresque “poisoning the blood” remarks about migrants. “Our border crisis is poisoning Americans through fentanyl,” she declared.

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