Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) on Tuesday complained about her removal from an advisory committee to Harvard University’s Institute of Politics over her peddling of unfounded claims of voter fraud. That exact Trump-fueled election delegitimization crusade ultimately incited the deadly insurrection of the Capitol last week.
She's my district's representative, and she's ingratiated herself to the president over the last couple of years and adopted his campaign tactics (e.g., juvenile taunts and playground-like insults of her opponent). It won over the local, conservative voters who make up the overwhelming majority here, but I think it's ultimately a backfire. She didn't get a federal appointment by going all-in for the president, and her recent support of sedition likely means she will never achieve higher office. I'm certain she had her eye on the Senate or executive branch in some capacity, but she traded whatever integrity she had for short-term gains and that's likely trapped her in a relatively minor House position as representative to a rather small, insignificant district of northern New York.