Stefanik elected as Republican conference chairwoman

Nicholas Ballasy – House Republicans elected New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik as GOP conference chair on Friday.

California Rep. Darrell Issa, who voted for Stefanik, told reporters as he left the GOP meeting that “it’s a very united conference.”

In a statement released after the meeting, Stefanik said House Republicans are “united in our focus to fight on behalf of the American people to save our country from the radical socialist Democrat agenda of President Biden and Nancy Pelosi.”

Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney was removed as the conference chair via a voice vote at a GOP conference meeting this week. Continue reading