MAGA Republican Elise Stefanik loses it with Fox News host: ‘This is a disgrace!’

MAGA Republican and Donald Trump loyalist Elise Stefanik lost her cool with a Fox News host on Sunday as she faced questions over the former president’s past comments about women.

Rep Stefanik appeared on Fox News Sunday where host Shannon Bream brought up a The New York Times article which quoted several of the lawmaker’s former friends, speaking about her transformation into a Trump loyalist.

Ms Bream read out a past 2015 quote from Ms Stefanik, which featured in the article, where she had called Mr Trump “insulting to women” and said he would hurt the Republican party’s image among half of the US population.

“The question is when, and more importantly, why, did you change your opinion about President Trump?” asked Ms Bream.

Ms Stefanik didn’t take kindly to the question and instantly hit out at Ms Bream, saying it was “disgraceful” for her to quote from the Times.

“Shannon, it’s a disgrace that you would quote The New York Times,” she said.

Ms Bream interjected, saying: “But they’re quoting you, Congresswoman.”

“No, no, no, Shannon … they’re not quoting my friends. Those names are not included because they are false smears,” the lawmaker fired back, calling her critics “nameless” and “faceless”.

Ms Bream again corrected her, noting that some of her critics are named.

“To be fair, there are a number of names of people who are quoted in the article,” she said.

Ms Stefanik insisted that the story was a “false smear” as she tried to point out her early public support for Mr Trump upon taking office.

“This is a false smear. And let me tell you … a fact, Shannon, in 2016, I was attacked as the only elected Republican from the Northeast who voted for President Trump,” she said.

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