North Country Rep.Elise Stefanik spoke last weekend at CPAC , the annual conference for conservative lawmakers and activists. Stefanik attacked the Biden administration and celebrated the work of her Republican colleagues.
“I am so excited to be here with you as the conference chair of the new House Republican majority,” said Stefanik, smiling as she took the stage on Saturday.
Stefanik was notably the only member of the Republican congressional leadership at this year’s CPAC. Missing from the event were House majority leader Kevin McCarthy, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, and former vice President Mike Pence.
This year’s CPAC was more a celebration of Trumpism than it was a broad spectrum of Republican speakers and ideals.
Stefanik spent her speech attacking President Biden and the Senate Democrats. “They want a blank check to continue to spend our hard-earned taxpayer dollars on wasteful, woke programs," said Stefanik.
She blamed inflation and crime rates on Democrats. She also made three false claims about the FBI and the Department of Justice.
“America is seeing Joe Biden’s corrupt DOJ and FBI fully weaponized as they label parents domestic terrorists," said Stefanik.
The Justice Department said it’s never used that term to describe parents. The term ‘domestic terrorists’ was instead used in a letter written by the nonprofit National School Board Association to the DOJ.
Stefanik continued her speech with another false claim about the DOJ and FBI, saying that...
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