WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 15: Rep. Elise Stefanik (R) (R-NY) listens with Rep. Will Hurd (L) (R-TX) as former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch (R) testifies before the House Intelligence Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill November 15, 2019 in Washington, DC. In the second impeachment hearing held by the committee, House Democrats continue to build a case against U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to link U.S. military aid for Ukraine to the nation’s investigation of his political rivals. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-New York), who is the third-ranking House Republican, double-downed on her effort to push the “great replacement” theory on Monday following Saturday’s mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, that is being investigated as a racially motivated hate crime.
The shooter believed in the “great replacement theory,” which is the idea that white Americans are being replaced by people of other races and color, and named it as one of his motives.
“Democrats desperately want wide open borders and mass amnesty for illegals allowing them to vote,” the Congresswoman wrote in a Monday tweet. “Like the vast majority of Americans, Republicans want to secure our borders and protect election integrity.”
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The Congresswoman’s views sparked a backlash from members of her own party as information started to come out about the shooter’s motives.
“Did you know: Elise Stefanik pushes white replacement theory?” Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois) asked. “The #3 in the house GOP. Liz Cheney got removed for demanding the truth. [House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy] should be asked about this.”
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming), who was replaced by Stefanik as the No. 3 GOP House member after criticizing former President Donald Trump, also released a statement calling on her Republican colleagues to renounce white supremacy. She did not name Stefanik directly.
“The House GOP leadership has enabled white nationalism, white supremacy, and anti-semitism. History has taught us that what begins with words ends in far worse,” she wrote. “GOP leaders must renounce and reject these views and those who hold them.”
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