在周五的一次党内会议上，众议院共和党成员选举众议员Elise Stefanik取代众议员Liz Cheney，成为众议院第三大共和党人。
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众议员埃利斯·斯特凡尼克抵达时，众议院共和党成员正在举行众议院新主席的选举...
无记名投票的最终计票结果是134票对46票。
她的对手是德克萨斯州的自由党团保守派众议员奇普·罗伊。
在随后的新闻发布会上，斯特凡尼克说她想感谢总统唐纳德·特朗普她说，美国人民正在遭受她所说的乔·拜登总统和众议院议长南希·佩洛西的“社会主义、激进”政策的“折磨”。
“他是我们共和党团队的重要组成部分，”斯特凡尼克谈到特朗普时说。
几分钟后，特朗普发表声明称赞她。
“祝贺伊丽莎白·斯特凡尼克取得了巨大的压倒性胜利!众议院共和党团结一致，让美国再次伟大运动强大起来!”特朗普说。
当记者问她是否认为特朗普是该党领导人时，斯特凡尼克说他是共和党人“期待的人”。
斯特凡尼克说:“我相信选民决定了共和党的领袖，特朗普总统是他们期待的领袖。”。“我支持特朗普总统，选民支持特朗普总统，他是我们共和党的重要声音，我们期待着与他合作。”
当被问及众议院共和党内是否有切尼的空间时，斯特凡尼克说，她希望与自己和切尼的支持者众议员亚当·金辛格(Adam Kinzinger)团结一致。切尼誓言要让特朗普远离椭圆形办公室，称他对党和民主构成威胁。
斯特凡尼克说:“利兹·切尼是这次会议的一部分，亚当·金辛格是这次会议的一部分。”。“他们是由他们所在地区的人民选举出来并送到这里的。他们是这次共和党会议的一部分，我们团结一致与特朗普总统合作。”
“我的重点是团结——因为这是美国人民，也是我们的选民应该得到的，”众议员伊丽莎白·斯特凡尼克(Elise Stefanik)在取代利兹·切尼(Liz Cheney)当选众议院共和党大会主席后不久说。https://t.co/NFkLfUHxAOpic.twitter.com/uIWufLtNrq
——美国广播公司新闻政治(@美国广播公司政治)2021年5月14日
斯特凡尼克是今天早上由一系列代表共和党各阶层的共和党议员秘密选举出来的。纽约州温和派众议员约翰·卡特科(John Katko)投票弹劾特朗普，爱荷华州大一众议员阿什利·辛森(Ashley)和共和党众议员迈克·凯利(Mike Kelly)，前者是斯特凡尼克在竞选期间招募和支持的。
“共和党人对这个国家有一个强烈的议程……我们作为一个会议有一个非常重要的故事要讲，”辛森在接受美国广播公司新闻采访时说。“伊莉斯是团结我们的合适人选，这样我们就可以最好地告诉美国人民。让我们团结在爱丽丝的身后，团结在一个我知道我们都认同的目标——在2022年夺回众议院。”
这位36岁的纽约共和党人的唯一竞争对手是罗伊，一位保守派人士，他基本上说他在竞选，因为他不喜欢斯特凡尼克竞选没有对手的领导职位。
周五早上，罗伊走进共和党会议，告诉记者他没有“太多时间”去争取选票。尽管有人质疑斯特凡尼克有多保守，罗伊说，如果斯特凡尼克被选为切尼的继任者，会议将会团结一致。
罗伊说:“我将永远努力成为推进我认为正确的政策的声音，并努力确保我们代表人民，但我们将团结一致。”。“很容易联合起来反对现政府的激进议程。我的意思是，我们现在看到它在能源价格方面的表现。煤气管道，没有工作的人，因为我们付钱让他们不工作。有些公司想雇佣他们。所以，我们要团结一致，做到这一点。”
包括共和党众议员肯·巴克(Ken Buck)和共和党众议员劳拉·博伯特(Laura Boebert)在内的一些保守的众议院议员将支持罗伊，更喜欢他的保守记录。
周三，众议院共和党人投票罢免了切尼的领导职务，此前她一再谴责切尼挑起了1月6日的冲突。他的支持者对国会大厦的暴力攻击，并声称他赢得了选举。
切尼尽管被赶下台，但她表示，她“绝对”会在2022年竞选连任。她还表示，少数党领袖凯文·麦卡锡“目前没有以原则领导”，称他的例子“可悲”和“危险”。
House Republicans elect Trump supporter Stefanik to replace Cheney in leadership
House GOP members elected Rep. Elise Stefanik to replace Rep. Liz Cheney as the No. 3 House Republican during a party conference Friday.
The final vote count in the secret ballot was 134-46.
Her opponent was Freedom Caucus conservative Rep. Chip Roy of Texas.
At a news conference afterward, Stefanik said she wanted to thank PresidentDonald Trumpfor his support and said the American people are "suffering" from what she called the "socialist, radical" policies of President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
"He is a critical part of our Republican team," Stefanik said about Trump.
Within minutes, Trump released a statement praising her.
"Congratulations to Elise Stefanik for her Big and Overwhelming victory! The House GOP is united and the Make America Great Again movement is Strong!" Trump said.
Asked by reporters whether she thought Trump was the leader of the party, Stefanik said he was the one Republicans "look to."
"I believe that voters determine the leader of the Republican Party and President Trump is the leader that they look to," Stefanik said. "I support President Trump, voters support President Trump, he is an important voice in our Republican Party, and we look forward to working with him."
Asked whether there was room in the House GOP for Cheney, who has vowed to keep Trump out of the Oval Office, calling him a danger to the party and democracy, Stefanik said she wanted unity with both her and Cheney supporter Rep. Adam Kinzinger.
"Liz Cheney is a part of this conference, Adam Kinzinger is a part of this conference," Stefanik said. "They were elected and sent here by the people in their district they are part of this Republican conference, we are unified in working with President Trump."
"My focus is on unity—because that's what the American people, and that's what our voters, deserve," Rep. Elise Stefanik says shortly after being elected House GOP conference chair, replacing Liz Cheney.https://t.co/NFkLfUHxAOpic.twitter.com/uIWufLtNrq
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics)May 14, 2021
Stefanik was elected behind closed doors this morning by a slew of GOP lawmakers representing the full breadth of the Republican spectrum. Moderate Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., who vote to impeach Trump, freshman Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, who Stefanik recruited and supported during her run for office, and Trump loyalist Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa.
"Republicans have a strong agenda for this country… We as a conference have a very important story to tell," Hinson said in remarks obtained by ABC News. "Elise is the right person to unify us so that we can best tell it to the American people. Let’s unite behind Elise and unite behind a goal I know we all share—taking back the House in 2022."
The 36-year-old New York Republican's only competition was Roy, a conservative who has essentially said he is running because he doesn’t like the idea of Stefanik running for leadership unopposed.
Walking into the GOP conference meeting Friday morning, Roy told reporters he didn't have a "whole lot of time to whip" for votes. Despite some questions about how conservative Stefanik is, Roy said if Stefanik was chosen to succeed Cheney, the conference will be united.
"I am always going to try to be a voice for advancing the policies that I think are right and to try to make sure that we're representing the people, but we'll all be united," Roy said. "It's pretty easy to unite against the radical agenda of the current administration. I mean, we're seeing it play out right now in terms of energy prices. gas lines, people who don't have jobs because we're paying people not to work. There's businesses they want to hire them. So, we're gonna be united doing that."
Some conservative House members including Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., and Rep. Laura Boebert, R-Colo., will back Roy, preferring his conservative record.
House Republicans voted to remove Cheney from leadership Wednesday after she repeatedly condemned him for provoking the Jan 6. violent assault on the Capitol by his supporters and for claiming he won the election.
Cheney, despite being ousted from leadership, said she is "absolutely" running for reelection to the House in 2022, also said Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy "is not leading with principle right now," calling his example "sad" and "dangerous."
