Elise Stefanik Gets Heated With Fox News Host Over Trump Question: 'It's A Disgrace'
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Shannon Bream asked Stefanik about the New York Times reporting on her "revisionism" toward the former president.
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) bashed Fox News’ Shannon Bream on Sunday for asking about her reported change of tone toward former President Donald Trump.
Stefanik, who is reportedly on Trump’s vice presidential shortlist, was asked about the “veep-stakes” to be his 2024 running mate before Bream pointed to a 2022 report by The New York Times regarding her “revisionism” toward the former president.
The New York Republican once described Trump as “whack job,” according to The Times, while criticizing him for being “insulting to women” in an August 2015 interview.
The report also cited Stefanik’s former friends who described the Republican as having “thought Mr. Trump was too awful and ridiculous to be taken seriously.”
“So the question is when, more importantly why, did you change your mind about President Trump?” Bream asked Stefanik, who has since become a staunch supporter of the former president.