Well, chunky Stefanik's loss is the UN's gain.
This up-to-then obscure, bulky backbencher got her 15 minutes of fame [or infamy], and milked it expertly back in November and December of 2023, browbeating some hapless university professors over totally bullshit and manufactured claims of raging antisemitism on various campuses of the USA higher education universe.
No word from her victims, their reactions just might be interesting. Would they be able to Curb Their Gloating?
The rationale is that they needed the porky presence of Rep Stefanik to help bulk up [insulting pin intended] the slim GOP margin in the House.
Her star turn delayed, the porcine politico seemed to take it well, but who knows how she really feels about this reversal of fortune?
I suspected she was going to pull a Moynihan. Back in 1975-76, Daniel Moynihan parlayed a brief stint as US Ambassador to the UN into FOUR terms as US Senator from NY state. I was banking her to try to hang on to the job through the middle of 2027, and then resigning to announce her run for the US Senate in 2028.
Now, she can still run for the Senate, but her platform is now a much lower profile position.
No reaction from AIPAC and The ADL and CUFI and other Israel Lobby groups. They obviously backed the wrong horse, [or whale, as the case might be], but there's plenty more thralls out there where Elise came from.
I'm curious as to who will be the next nominee. ADL cueball Greenblatt? Neo-McCarthyite pseudo journalist Bari Weiss?
I'm staying tuned.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/elise-stefaniks-nomination-us-ambassador-un-may-be-withdrawn-white-house-2025-03-27/