101 - The U.S. Representative to the United Nations

Elise Stefanik, once nominated by President Donald Trump as United States Representative to the United Nations, has made headlines this week for a heated clash with House Speaker Mike Johnson. According to The Hill, Stefanik accused Johnson of torpedoing the Republican agenda by blocking her provision in the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act. This measure would require congressional notification for counterintelligence investigations into federal candidates, aimed at preventing what she calls deep state weaponization against elections.Stefanik, now chair of House Republican leadership after Trump withdrew her United Nations nomination earlier this year over House majority concerns, took to social media on Monday. She declared the deep state alive and well, claiming Johnson sided with Democrats like Jamie Raskin to strike the provision from the bill. A response to past probes like Crossfire Hurricane into Trump's 2016 campaign and Jack Smith's Arctic Frost investigation into 2020 election efforts, the language had passed the House Intelligence Committee in September. Stefanik vowed a hard no on the defense bill without it, stating on X that a provision approved in committee deserves a floor vote, not removal in closed-door talks.Johnson pushed back during a Tuesday press conference, denying involvement and saying the issue never reached him. He texted Stefanik, offering to help, and noted typical negotiations need agreement from House and Senate committee leaders. Stefanik fired back online, calling his words lies and his tactic to dodge when caught undermining Republicans. Fox News reports this as part of erupting House GOP tensions, with allies like Representatives Anna Paulina Luna and Marjorie Taylor Greene echoing her stance and threatening no votes on the bill.Politico notes Stefanik, eyeing a New York governor run, also addressed party rifts over antisemitism. Her campaign condemned white supremacist Nick Fuentes, affirming no place for him in the Republican Party amid a Manhattan gala controversy hosted by the New York Young Republican Club, where she once donated.These intraparty battles highlight Stefanik's aggressive push on Trump priorities amid year-end legislative fights.Thank you for tuning in, listeners. Please subscribe for more updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.For more http://www.quietplease.aiGet the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOtaThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

Listeners, today we are focusing on Elise Stefanik, who was nominated earlier this year by former President Donald Trump to serve as the United States Representative to the United Nations, but later saw that nomination withdrawn as House politics shifted.According to reporting from The Hill and Fox News, Stefanik gave up her committee posts and her role as House Republican Conference chair in anticipation of moving to the United Nations job, only for Trump to pull the nomination over concerns about protecting the very slim House Republican majority. After that reversal, Speaker Mike Johnson moved to keep her in leadership by naming her chair of House Republican leadership and expanding the House Intelligence Committee so she could return to that powerful panel.In the last few days, Stefanik has been in the headlines not for diplomacy, but for a sharp clash with Speaker Johnson over the National Defense Authorization Act, the massive annual defense policy bill. The Hill reports that she pushed a provision requiring congressional leaders to be notified whenever there is a counterintelligence investigation involving a federal candidate, a response she has framed as a safeguard against what she calls deep state abuse in election related probes. As negotiators finalized the bill, that language appeared to be left out.Stefanik then publicly accused Johnson of torpedoing the Republican agenda by allowing Democrats to block her measure in closed door talks. According to coverage from The Hill and AOL, she went on social media to say the deep state is alive and well and called Johnson a liar for claiming the issue had not yet reached his level. Johnson, for his part, told reporters that committee leaders in both chambers had not agreed on the provision and said he supported her idea but had not personally removed it.This dispute has become one of the clearest examples of internal Republican tension as Stefanik simultaneously works to defend Trump, shape intelligence oversight policy, and keep her national profile high after losing the chance to represent the United States at the United Nations. Fox News notes that she ultimately claimed victory on an earlier fight with Johnson this year, reinforcing her image as a hard line negotiator within the party.Thanks for tuning in, and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an update. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.For more http://www.quietplease.aiGet the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOtaThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed New York Representative Elise Stefanik as his choice for United States ambassador to the United Nations. According to an AOL report, Trump tapped Stefanik, a prominent Republican, to serve as his enforcer at the world body, highlighting her loyalty and tough stance on international issues.In recent days, Stefanik made headlines with a public clash against House Speaker Mike Johnson. On Tuesday, she accused him of lying about excluding her priority proposal from a defense policy bill. According to AOL and HuffPost, Stefanik's measure would require the Justice Department to notify Congress of investigations into presidential candidates, aimed at countering what she calls deep state interference. She posted on social media that Johnson claimed the provision was not on his radar, calling it just more lies from the Speaker.This dispute marks a rift within House Republicans. Stefanik, once part of Johnson's leadership team, stepped back after Trump's initial nomination last year, which was later withdrawn due to the party's slim majority. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene backed Stefanik, writing on X that Johnson makes promises he breaks.Stefanik has since launched a bid for New York governor, where criticizing Washington insiders like the deep state could boost her campaign. Her proposal stems from concerns over the 2016 Russia investigation into Trump's campaign, which probes deemed overly aggressive but not a full witch hunt.New York Governor Kathy Hochul fired back at Stefanik's gubernatorial announcement, as noted in Fox News coverage of regional news. These developments keep Stefanik in the spotlight amid her potential United Nations role and state race.Thank you for tuning in, listeners, and please remember to subscribe. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.For more http://www.quietplease.aiGet the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOtaThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

Elise Stefanik is not currently serving as the United States Representative to the United Nations, but very recent news about her revolves around that role and why she did not ultimately take it. According to reporting summarized by Wikipedia and earlier coverage from CNN and the New York Post, Donald Trump as president elect in late 2024 offered Stefanik the post of United States ambassador to the United Nations, and she publicly said she had agreed to accept. During her January 2025 Senate confirmation hearing before the Foreign Relations Committee, she pledged to make combating antisemitism a priority at the United Nations, strongly back Israel and Taiwan, and push back on the growing influence of China inside United Nations agencies. Senators in both parties signaled support, and the committee advanced her nomination on a nineteen to three vote.In that hearing, Stefanik also laid out how she would use United States funding as leverage for reform. She criticized the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, accusing it of links to Hamas, while praising the World Food Program and the United Nations Childrens Fund as examples of effective and accountable agencies. Coverage of the hearing noted that she framed China as the key twenty first century challenge and vowed to build coalitions of smaller nations to counter Beijing in international bodies.Despite that momentum, Stefanik never reached a final confirmation vote. In late March 2025, Donald Trump announced on his social media platform that he was withdrawing her nomination. He said the decision was driven by the extremely narrow Republican majority in the House of Representatives and that he had personally asked Stefanik to remain in Congress rather than leave for the United Nations post. According to the same accounts, Trump described her as one of his strongest allies and hinted that he might consider her for another senior role in his administration in the future.Since then, coverage from outlets in New York State, as reflected in recent commentary on WAMC by former congressman Bill Owens, has focused less on the United Nations and more on Stefanik’s political ambitions at home. She has launched a campaign for governor of New York, and critics argue that her brief turn as a future United Nations ambassador now looks like one more step in a broader climb toward higher office rather than a long term diplomatic commitment.Thanks for tuning in, and remember to subscribe so you never miss an update. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.For more http://www.quietplease.aiGet the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOtaThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

Listeners, there is important context to clarify before we talk about current news. Elise Stefanik is not serving as the United States Representative to the United Nations. According to reporting summarized by Wikipedia, she was nominated by President Donald Trump in January twenty twenty five to be U S ambassador to the United Nations, but the White House withdrew her nomination in late March twenty twenty five because Republicans were worried about losing her House seat and their narrow majority in Congress. She remained in the House of Representatives and never took up the U N role.In the last several days, news about Stefanik has focused on her domestic political ambitions and clashes inside the Republican Party rather than on United Nations policy or diplomacy. W A M C public radio recently highlighted how Stefanik is now locked in a very public fight with House Speaker Mike Johnson over a bill that would force the Department of Justice to notify Congress whenever federal investigators open an investigation into any congressional candidate. According to that commentary by former congressman Bill Owens, Stefanik is aggressively pushing this proposal as part of a broader strategy to keep herself in the national spotlight and to position herself as a defender of Republican candidates against what she frames as partisan law enforcement.The same W A M C analysis notes that Stefanik spent much of the past year and a half maneuvering for roles beyond her New York district, including consideration as a possible vice presidential pick and her short lived nomination as U N ambassador. After that nomination was withdrawn, she pivoted again, announcing a campaign for governor of New York for the twenty twenty six election. Owens argues that her recent moves indicate she is focused less on local issues in New York twenty first district and more on building a profile for higher office, using high visibility fights in Washington to bolster her standing with national conservative audiences.These recent stories underline an important point for listeners. Although Stefanik went through a confirmation hearing as the proposed U S representative to the United Nations and laid out a tough line on antisemitism, support for Israel and Taiwan, and countering Chinese influence at the U N, she never actually assumed that post. Today, the current news about her centers on congressional power struggles, election related legislation, and her bid for the New York governorship, not on decisions made at the United Nations itself.Thanks for tuning in, and remember to subscribe. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.For more http://www.quietplease.aiGet the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOtaThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI