performative prediction: past and future - Critic throw-down: MAGA lawmaker’s book reads like an 'alternate reality'
When Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-New York) first entered the U.S. House of Representatives in January 2015, she had a reputation as a traditional "business conservative" along the lines of 2012 GOP presidential nominee and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. And Stefanik was openly critical of Donald Trump during his 2016 campaign, making it clear that she considered him harmful to her party's image.
But Stefanik gave herself a far-right MAGA makeover during Trump's first presidency, emphasiz