'Your views have changed': CNN host reminds Elise Stefanik of her past Trump disdain
Whatever she said about Donald Trump in the past means squat, given his "positive success" in running the country.
Rep. Elise Stefanik's (R-NY), who is a dogged Trump surrogate and shortlisted to join his ticket as V.P., appeared on CNN's "Out Front" ahead of the debate and was confronted with a series of digs she lobbed publicly over the years slamming the former president's character and policy shortfalls.
"On the issue though, of President Trump — obviously your views have changed and that is a fact congresswoman for many things you said many areas of policy on which you have vehemently disagreed with the former president," said Burnett. "Here are a few things that you have said in the past that stood out to me."
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The congresswoman was then played a montage of various statements dating back years knocking the 45th president including: "I think he has been insulting to women", "I disagree with his belief that we should have a religious test for immigrants to this country," "I don't think that's who we are, that's not according to our Constitutional principles."
Burnett then asked Stefanik why she's shifted her positions.
"I mean, at one point you said in 2015, there's no place for what Trump said about Muslims in this country — why has your view on Trump changed?"
And Stefanik, whose grin throughout the interview suddenly straightened out to stoic, clapped back and went on a fulsome explanation of how she is so proud for being so bold as to back the MAGA leader.
"I'm proud to be the first member to endorse him, for his reelection," she said. "We saw the success, and the most successful president in my lifetime..."
She rattled off Trump's particular effort to "rebuild the nation's military."
But she claimed her support of Trump has cost her nonstop scorn from the left.
"I was smeared by Democrats for doing so," she said.
"Now we're seeing the failure of Joe Biden," she said. "So I'm proud to be a top surrogate. And you know what more and more people who maybe were hesitant ten years ago, it's about President Trump — they are now supporting him today. We welcome them."