Stefanik’s Political Evolution Mirrors Story of Today’s GOP

NEW YORK (AP) — There was a brief time, not long ago, when Elise Stefanik wouldn't say Donald Trump’s name.

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Today, Stefanik is one of Trump’s fiercest defenders in the House of Representatives.

And her loyalty to the former president has carried the 36-year-old New York congresswoman to the brink of becoming one of the most powerful women on Capitol Hill.