The January 6 Rioters Were Just Sightseers

Elise likes to say she backs the blue. If you make excuses for and retract your condemnation of the January 6 rioters who beat Capital Police Officers with clubs and the American flag, it takes gall to say you always back the blue. Elise certainly didn’t back the blue on January 6.

Former Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson was given thousands of feet of video of the January 6 riot. He said it revealed it was a mostly peaceful gathering. To quote exactly, he said, “These were not insurrectionists, they were sightseers.”

That was a bald-faced lie. Nevertheless, after the show, Elise tweeted that Tucker Carlson’s findings “confirmed what I’ve been saying for well over a year.” Elise was on the floor of the House before scurrying out the back door to avoid the “sightseers.” More than a hundred police officers were injured and five people died, including a Capital Police Officer.

No, Elise, those were not sightseers.

Trump’s team made the best arguments they could challenging President Biden’s win in the Presidential election of 2020. 

Over 60 courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and including judges Trump appointed ruled that accusations of a stolen election have no factual basis, and that Joe Biden won the election. Elise often says she is for the rule of law, but what does the rule of law mean to Elise?

She still says repeatedly and with no evidence that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump. If you refuse to accept a ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court because you don’t like it, it takes some gall to say you are always for the rule of law. 

Elise said 40,000 votes in Georgia came from underage, deceased, and otherwise unauthorized voters

Elise is smart. She knows Trump lost the election. She knows she is lying.

This has been debunked again and again. The Presidential election in Georgia was overseen by long-time Georgia Republicans. The ballots were counted three times and President Biden won the state. Elise falsely claimed that in one county alone, 40,000 votes came from underage, deceased, and otherwise unauthorized voters. The truth is, after a full audit, MAGA Republicans’ hand-picked consultant agreed there were no 40,000 unauthorized votes. According to the consultant, President Biden won Georgia by a greater margin than the official count. The 40,000 unauthorized voters Elise said were there did not exist. That truth hasn’t stopped Elise’s lying—she still says that the Georgia election was stolen from Trump.

The courts agreed not with Elise, but with what Rudi Giuliani said, “We’ve got lots of theories, we just don’t have evidence.”
 

George santos

Elise knew what kind of person she was supporting. Over Elise’s objections, The House expelled George Santos.

Elise has been the most senior and vocal congressional supporter of the widely reviled ex-representative. 

The Republican-led bipartisan House Ethics Committee report concluded that “Rep. George Santos cannot be trusted. At nearly every opportunity, he placed his desire for private gain above his duty to uphold the Constitution, federal law, and ethical principles.” Apparently, that was all OK with Elise, because she voted to keep Santos in office even after his lies and corruption were exposed.

“I am excited to endorse my friend George Santos for Congress. He has my full support!”

- Elise Stefanik

Elise also endorsed Sandy Smith, an unsuccessful 2022 House candidate who called for the arrest and execution of those responsible for the “fraud” of Mr. Trump’s defeat. 

Elise flip-flops on Political Violence, and does a 180

Elise went all in, supporting the guy she once called “a whack job.”

When Trump supporters tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power, Elise was initially outraged by their violence. She called it a tragic day for America. To quote her directly, “I have said repeatedly January 6 was wrong. It never should have happened. Those who stormed the Capitol and committed acts of violence, breaking into offices, including the Speaker's office should be held accountable…violence in any form is absolutely unacceptable…it is truly un-American. I hope the president, and I know the president will forcefully condemn these violent acts today.” 

But then Elise had a problem. Trump was not condemning the violence. He watched the riot on TV for four hours and did nothing to stop it. His message to the lawless rioters who took part in the deadly melee was “We love you”. 

Which is the real Elise Stefanik?

At that point, Elise had to decide: should she continue to speak what she knew to be the right thing (condemn the deadly violence as un-American) or should she satisfy her personal ambition and go ultra-MAGA).

Elise decided to pretend she believes everything Trump says. On January 6, she called those who broke into the Capitol a mob of “violent criminals” who “should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” Now, she calls them patriots and political hostages.

Elise Deliberately Misled Her Constituents About Her Ambitions

It was a proxy of hers outside the government that reserved EliseforPresident.com and Stefanikforpresident.com for her. No one from her office had reserved the two websites. She had someone else do it. 

A local upstate newspaper reported that Elise had reserved the websites EliseforPresident.com and StefanikforPresident.com.

The story was true. When asked about it, Elise deliberately misled the press and her constituents. She had a member of her staff release a statement that no one in her office had anything to do with it. 

That was true. 

 

The statement she released had no purpose other than to deliberately mislead her constituents, her outside-the-state donors, and the press. 

 

Elise Takes Credit For Things She Voted Against 

Elise didn't vote to repair the bridge. She voted AGAINST it. She took credit anyway when the money showed up.

Elise has a pattern of deliberately misleading her constituents when it works to her advantage. More than once, she boasted about bringing federal funding back to the district, failing to reveal she voted against it.

For example, Elise said, "To help keep Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge in sustainable working order, I proudly delivered $3 million in funding to address degrading conditions of the bridge."

“Biden is the most corrupt president in our nation’s history”

Elise was duped by George Santos into raising money for him while he was spending it on fancy clothing, trips to casinos, and Botox.

Then, she was duped again, this time spreading Russian disinformation around the country.

The source of the information that finally convinced Elise to make that false accusation against President Biden was a man named Alexander Smirnov. He told the FBI that President Biden and his son Hunter had each received a $5 million bribe from the head of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma. It wasn’t true.

When Elise heard about it, she quickly moved to weaponize it. The press was called in to see her say “A highly credible FBI source alleges that Joe Biden received a five million dollar bribe.” 

Elise didn’t know it at the time, but the man she called a highly credible FBI source was a secret Russian intelligence agent. Elise broadcast the Russian false rumor to a national audience as if it were true. She didn’t know at the time she was doing it. She is what the Russians call a useful idiot. The Russians tricked Elise into spreading their disinformation.