A hearty congratulations to one of New York’s own – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik!
President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Congresswoman Stefanik (R-NY-21) to be the next Ambassador to the United Nations for the United States of America. What an honor for her, her family, and every New Yorker.
“President-elect Trump hit a grand slam home run in appointing Congresswoman Elise Stefanik as the nation’s next U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Congresswoman Stefanik is smart, savvy, and fearless in the face of adversity,” said New York State Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar. “She will represent American interests at the world body with a tenacity unseen in years. Americans should rest better knowing that Ambassador-elect Stefanik is guarding the gate at Turtle Bay. No wool will be pulled over her eyes.”
Kassar added, “I think it's the perfect choice for her. I think it's the perfect choice for him (Trump).
Stefanik is just 40 years old and was the youngest woman to be elected to Congress in 2014 when she won for the first time. She rose to be the third-highest-ranking House Republican and was re-elected to her sixth term on November 5th. In 2021, she was elected to be Chair of the House Republican Conference.
President-elect Trump said, "I am honored to nominate Chairwoman Elise Stefanik to serve in my Cabinet as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Elise is an incredibly strong, tough, and smart America First fighter."
Stefanik has been a staunch supporter of Trump throughout this campaign and was even mentioned as a vice-presidential possibility. She gave a powerful speech at the Republican National Convention.
Stefanik told the New York Post she was "truly honored to earn President Trump's nomination to serve in his Cabinet as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations." She said that when speaking with Trump, she "shared how deeply humbled I am to accept his nomination and that I look forward to earning the support of my colleagues in the United States Senate."
South Shore Press spoke further with Kassar on Stefanik being UN Ambassador and he’s thrilled.
Kassar said, “I think it's a great honor. The UN position has often been a cabinet-level position. I have no idea how the president's going to define it, but I do think it is telling that he announced it before he announced Secretary of State.”
“And I said, with the UN being such a hot mess of anti-Semitism and frankly, anti-Americanism, I think having a bulldog warrior like Stefanik saying, saying, "Look here, UN", is a good thing for the country”.
Kassar thinks she is “the perfect choice because there is a certain independence with the direct line to the president and how one quickly and effectively deals with those personalities of the United Nations that are constantly denouncing America.”
Kassar thinks Stefanik will likely focus first on “the broader aspect of the Middle East, which could be Gaza, it could be Iran, but it's the Middle East because the Middle East has a lot of components to it.”
“And, then I would have to believe that she's going to have to deal with the aspects of the pushback the U.S. is going to do on immigration because the first place, legal immigration obviously, the first place you're going to hear a lot about this is from these United Nations representatives coming up with all sorts of ridiculous commentary on the United States.”