Stefanik, House and New York
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The G.O.P. congresswoman who ran as a moderate but became an “ultra MAGA” Trump acolyte ultimately found herself undermined by the president and politically adrift.
Stefanik and Blakeman are both Republican allies of Trump, but the president initially refused to choose one over the other and called them “both great people.” According to the New York Post, Trump further avoided taking sides by hosting both candidates at the White House, including Blakeman for a Hanukkah event Tuesday.