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For Republicans, the political picture could not be more positive as the world is spinning out of control. Eight months away from the midterm elections, Joe Biden’s poll numbers are tanking, and no one in the White House seems prepared to put a brake on any but the most symbolic policies that are the cause for it. House Republicans still hold a strong lead over Democrats on the generic ballot.
One reason is Elise Stefanik’s leadership within the House caucus. Stefanik’s singularly efficient prosecution of Joe Biden, and an ever-radicaler Democrat majority in Congress since she took over as House Republican Conference chair has made it possible for her to win the case. Stefanik, in contrast to her predecessor who was obsessed with President Trump’s impeachment, has been focused on standing up against the radical and moral Biden/Pelosi agenda, as well as promoting a united Republican message. Stefanik appears to be making sure that House Republicans, as a whole, focus on the issues that really matter to them, not Silicon Valley lobbyists or media influencers.
That doesn’t mean disengagement from world events, however – rather, to the contrary, because Americans who are proud of their country realize that by and large, American strength is a force for good in the world. That’s why Stefanik did not hesitate last week to say out loud what so many others in Washington consider “the quiet part”: That there would never have been an invasion of Ukraine if not for the Biden Administration’s resumption of the Obama-era policy of affirmatively creating power vacuums and projecting the impression of a weak and irresolute America on the world stage. No one was surprised that Biden would pursue this policy, but few were prepared for Biden’s shameless debacle in Afghanistan, which set the tone for things to come.
Stefanik knew that the one job she was given by her constituents when she sent her to Congress was not telling the truth. So she rightly pointed out what everyone with eyes in his head can see – that Biden’s weakness, more than any other single factor, is to blame for the carnage in Ukraine. The usual suspects broke down, made fun of her and took Stefanik’s statement out-of- context. Meltdown or not, Stefanik did not back down but instead doubled down on exposing how Biden’s weakness is the but-for cause of a historic flare-up of international chaos. The majority of American citizens now believe Stefanik’s words, and not the corporate media lies. A recent poll shows that 62 per cent of respondents agree that Putin would not invade Ukraine if Trump is still President.
Biden’s chaotic policies have resulted in an invasion of Americans’ economic security as well. A year into an inflation crisis, which is ultimately a tax on middle-class families, the American people are paying more for everything, from gas—more expensive than ever thanks to Biden’s hostility to U.S. energy independence—to groceries. Actually, inflation has reached its highest level since Elise Stefanik’s birth. Besides spiraling energy costs and despite the desperate attempts by the corporate media to blame a year of inflation on Vladimir Putin, the blame for this erosion in Americans’ spending power and savings must be laid squarely at the doorstep of the Democrats’ preposterous COVID policies. It would have been enough to crush small business and inhibit competition with unnecessary lockdowns, and then insist on keeping these policies in place despite the fact that they are counterproductive and ineffective. However, their reckless spending and the expansion of government has caused prices to soar. Stefanik has led on this issue too, recently telling the New York Times, “I’m the grocery shopper in my family, so I go by my gut,” Stefanik told us. Her first child was born in the midst of high-priced formula and diapers. “And I’ll tell you,” she added, “babies use a lot of diapers.”
That comment struck a lot of notes among many Americans straining to get by and raise young families, and its contribution to Stefanik’s success went beyond the ballot box. As she tried to remove the unpopular Trump opponent Representative Liz Cheney, she rallied her fellow colleagues behind a new economic message. She said Cheney was “leaving these issues on the table” as chair of the House Republican conference. In a May 12 letter to her colleagues, Stefanik promised to go “on offense” every day.” As House Republican Conference Chair, she has done just that.
Conservatives need to be thankful Elise Stefanik serves as the Conference Chair and is leading messaging. Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi are putting our country on the wrong track, and perfectly evoke that favored social media meme of the coffee-sipping doggy sitting in a burning room and calmly intoning, “This is fine.” Frankly, there are too many crises to count. Our country is in a major crisis. Stefanik kept her promise that she would unite Republican caucus members and take the offensive when she took over as House Republican Conference Chairman. Joe Biden asked rhetorically in January what Republicans stood for during a press conference. Stefanik quickly took to social media to clap back with the answer he pretended not to know: lower taxes, peace through strength, energy independence, border security, unborn life, and respect for parents’ involvement in education. These are positive values, but Republicans will also win by continuing aggressively, as Elise Stefanik is doing, to expose Joe Biden’s failures, bringing his and Nancy Pelosi’s long-overdue retirements from public life to save America. Republicans are moving in the right direction thanks to Elise Stefanik.
Ronald Coleman, a New Jersey lawyer and partner at the Dhillon Law Group is Ronald Coleman. With the Twitter handle @roncoleman, he is a frequent commentator and host of the ColemanNation podcast about free speech.
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