Rep. Elise Stefanik
Elise Marie Stefanik READ: The Republicans Who Voted To Challenge Election Results LIVE COVERAGE: Congress Declares Biden’s Victory After Pennsylvania and Arizona Challenges Fail Trump Era Bows Over With Scorched Earth Drama In GOP MORE (RN.Y.) has been removed from an advisory committee of Harvard University’s Institute of Politics as a result of its false claims about voter fraud, the school announced Tuesday.
“In the past few days [director] Mark Gearan and I have spent a lot of time reflecting on the role at the Institute of Politics of our fellow Congressman Elise Stefanik, which I have included in this post, “Dean Douglas Elmendorf wrote to the committee.” Mark and I read to the audience. material, listened to students and alumni, and consulted with colleagues from Harvard on this important issue. “
Elmendorf asked Stefanik to resign from the advisory committee, which he said she refused to do.
“My request was not about political parties, political ideology or her choice of candidate for president. Instead, in my opinion, Elise has made public allegations about voter fraud during the November presidential election that have no evidence, and she has made public statements about legal actions related to the elections that are incorrect, ”said Elmendorf. “In addition, these claims and statements do not reflect policy disagreements, but relate to the fundamentals of the electoral process through which the leaders of this country are elected.”
In a statement to The Hill, Stefanik said the decision to remove her from committee demonstrates Harvard’s willingness to “cringe and cave for the awakened left.”
The Ivory Tower’s march towards a monoculture of like-minded, bigoted liberal attitudes demonstrates the sneering disdain for everyday Americans and instills a culture of fear for students who will understand that a conservative position will not be tolerated and silenced , “Stefanik said. “I enjoy the opportunity to stand up for freedom of speech and freedom of thought on college campuses across America. Congratulations Harvard, the entire board of the Institute of Politics is now just Joe Biden
Joe Biden Capitol Police Confirms Investigation Into Some Officers’ Behavior During Riot GOP Lawmakers Told Trump Trump Takes Some Responsibility for Capitol Riot Director of Army Staff Disputes Capitol Police Chief Account of National Guard Deployment MORE voters – how does America reflect. “
Stefanik, an ally of President Trump
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Stefanik also joined more than 100 House members who objected to the certification of Biden’s Electoral College victory when a joint session of Congress convened last week to certify them.
“I am not taking this action lightly. I am acting to protect our democratic process,” Stefanik said last week.
A crowd of angry Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on Wednesday in an attempt to stop Biden’s certification of victory, an event that condemned Stefanik but failed to stop her from objecting to the election results after the attack.
“Tens of millions of Americans are concerned that the 2020 election was an unconstitutional surplus by unelected state officials and judges who ignored state laws,” she said after the riot. “We can and should discuss these concerns peacefully.”
Following the riots, hundreds of Harvard students, faculty, and alumni petitioned the school’s Institute of Politics to disqualify himself from the upstate New York congressman, who graduated from Harvard in 2006.
“We knew Representative Stefanik was someone who held a position at Harvard, who was a member of the Senior Advisory Committee for the IOP, so we thought we would try to get her released,” said Megan O. Corrigan, an alumna who wrote the petition, The Harvard told Crimson. “This is someone who should have no legitimacy right now, and Harvard is lending her legitimacy.”