Elise Stefanik Takes Her VP Campaign to NH for Audience of One: Trump

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire—Just a few days before the New Hampshire primary, and several years into her campaign to be Donald Trump’s next vice presidential pick, Elise Stefanik had finally arrived.

It was Saturday morning, and the No. 4 House Republican stood before Trump’s state headquarters in Manchester and told the MAGA faithful what they wanted to hear: that they were “hearty” America First patriots, that the Department of Justice was unfairly going after Trump, and that Nikki Haley raised the gas tax in South Carolina.

It was familiar, and mostly false, territory. Haley didn’t, in fact, raise the gas tax, and across the two cases special prosecutor Jack Smith has pursued against Trump, most charges appear to be open-and-shut felonies. But just as important as looking the part to these Trump diehards is showing your willingness to tell easy lies and avoid hard truths, to project and to mislead, in service to the former president. Stefanik is nothing if not a willing participant in that deal.

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