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Stefanik abandoned conservative principles long before and after Trump. She voted for H.R. 5 Equality Act; for H.R. 9 Climate action Now; condemned Trump for Obamacare lawsuit; co-sponsored permanent status for Dreamers; voted for Democrat theory that Trump was destroying the the post office; voted in favor of proxy voting in the House; voted for H.R. 1602, farmworker amnesty. In May 2021, she had a Club for Growth score of 35; FreedomWorks: 37; National Taxpayers Union: 45.

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I met Stefanik circa 2016 and she made an excellent impression on me. My first instinct, as with most Republicans, is to ask what happened to her -- why she abandoned all conservative principles in order to pander to Trump, stab Liz Cheney in the back, and climb the leadership ladder. However, since all accounts say that she was never particularly conservative, Trump may be a good fit. As Leon Wieseltier wrote of Howard Dean, I am leaning toward considering her to be a giant waste of this country's time.

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