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NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Elise Stefanik to function his ambassador to the United Nations.
“Elise is an extremely sturdy, powerful, and good America First fighter,” Trump stated in an announcement Monday asserting his choose.
Nikki Haley, who challenged Trump for the GOP nomination, was amongst those that beforehand held the position in his first time period.
Stefanik, 40, who serves as House Republican Conference Chair, has lengthy been one in every of Trump’s most loyal allies within the House, and was amongst these mentioned as a possible vice presidential selection.
Born and raised in upstate New York, Stefanik graduated from Harvard and labored in former President George W. Bush’s White House on the home coverage council and within the chief of workers’s workplace.
In 2014, at 30, she grew to become the youngest lady ever elected to Congress, representing upstate New York. She later grew to become the youngest lady to serve in House management.
Stefanik was identified early in her tenure as a extra reasonable conservative voice. But she quickly hooked up herself to the previous president, quietly remaking her picture into that of a staunch MAGA ally — and seeing her energy ascend.
She grew to become the House Republican Conference Chair in 2021.
Stefanik spent years positioning herself as one in every of Trump’s most trusted allies and confidants on the Hill. She endorsed him within the 2024 race earlier than he had even launched his bid, and aggressively campaigned on his behalf throughout the GOP major.
She noticed her profile rise after her aggressive questioning of a trio of college presidents over anti-Semitism on campus led to 2 of their resignations — a efficiency Trump repeatedly praised.
She additionally defended him vigorously in each of his impeachment trials and railed towards his 4 legal indictments, together with submitting an ethics grievance in New York towards the judge who heard his civil fraud case.
