House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) offered Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) a seat back at the leadership table after the Trump administration withdrew her nomination for U.N. Ambassador over concerns about House Republicans’ narrow majority in Congress.
“There is no doubt she would have served with distinction as our ambassador to the United Nations, but we are grateful for her willingness to sacrifice that position and remain in Congress to help us save the country,” Johnson said. “I will invite her to return to the leadership table immediately.”
He said that Stefanik agreeing to give up her nomination for the sake of helping the team showed that she was a “devoted patriot” and “deeply devoted to her country and fully committed to see President Trump’s agenda succeed in Congress.”
“It is well known Republicans have a razor-thin House majority, and Elise’s agreement to…
